The Vivienne Westwood MAN Spring-Summer 2012 Show at Milan Fashion Week

WORLD MAN Spring-Summer 2012

With this collection, we pay homage to sporting heroes and the gentleman sportsman is our inspiration. This collection is not only about sportswear but what one would wear to attend such formal ceremonies. Tailoring is as always the core of the collection.

Our model athletes are dripping in sweat. They hope to win a medal. Laurel wreaths which were awarded to the victors in ancient Greece remind us that we owe not only the games to the Greeks but our civilization.

After many years, Andreas has agreed to acknowledge his true position as my partner in design. It is important to both of us that his public image should match the reality. He heads the MAN team and I'm very glad to share with him our creative work in fashion.'