Vivienne Westwood MAN — Autumn/Winter 2000–2001 Show Announcement

10.5 × 15.5 cm. Offset print on lightweight card, double-sided. Good vintage condition with light handling wear. Original Vivienne Westwood USA press contact label affixed to the reverse — FOR PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: MARK PALMEN / VIVIENNE WESTWOOD USA / 71 GREENE STREET–NYC 10012 / T: 212-334-1500 X131 F: 334-1151 — with offset ink transfer and handling marks from circulation.

Printed announcement issued for Vivienne Westwood MAN, Autumn/Winter 2000–2001. The recto reproduces the collection’s graphic identity: the Vivienne Westwood orb logo at top, Vivienne Westwood in script, MAN in large distressed letterpress-style type, AUTUMN/WINTER 2000/2001 in spaced caps, and below a full-bleed collage of dictionary page spreads with entries for mammy, man, and related terms, overlaid with enlarged fragments of the same text and three engraved portrait heads labelled BOWN MAN, HEIDELBERG MAN, CRO-MAGNON, 10. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

The announcement belongs to a pivotal period in Westwood’s mature practice, when historical dress, political commentary, and graphic experimentation were brought together with increasing confidence. Dictionary typography, fragmented imagery, and references to human evolution combine to produce a printed object that sits somewhere between fashion ephemera, artist’s publication, and manifesto.

The reverse retains its administrative history. The press contact label for Vivienne Westwood USA identifies this example as one intended for fashion editors, journalists, or industry recipients at the Greene Street showroom in New York. The ink transfer and handling marks are evidence of movement through a publicity network rather than later damage.

The object records the circulation of a collection before it entered magazines, archives, and museum collections. It remains a modest printed support from an influential fashion house at the moment of its distribution, preserving both its graphic identity and its institutional afterlife.

Shipping and handling included in the listed price. Carefully packed and shipped flat.