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“GOD SAVE THE QUEEN OF FASHION VIVIENNE WESTWOOD”

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Steven’s Viewz. “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN OF FASHION VIVIENNE WESTWOOD” Back in London from several years in Los Angles, my dear friend, the late journalist Lester Middlehurst, could not wait to take me out on to the London party scene. It was all a little overwhelming on our first outing for the launch of Naomi Campbell’s first album. Particularly as, while we pushed through the excitable crowd onto the red-carpet, Lester whispered, “You’re not actually invited. I only have one invite so we will just blag you in!” In true Lester style, blag me in he did, leaving my face as red as the carpet and shaking (blagging is not my forte) and feeling less than confident as I clasped my glass of champagne. It really was a case of me being the only person amongst the assembled celebrity guests I had never heard of! My nerves were soon eased when a lovely woman with a soft accent asked, “How are you tonight? You look great!” It was none other than...