By Gemma Hayward
Dame Vivienne Westwood pulled in the largest crowd of the week so far, even leaving some with tickets standing in the cold after the venue was filled to the brim.
Westwood's loyal followers were treated to a collection of signature draped jerseys, textured knits and micro mini's inspired by the mix of people on the Kings Road in the Seventies.
As always, there was a political message too. This time its the Legal Action charity Reprieve which uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners held in the 'war on terror'.
For a capitalist economy to work properly, every employer needs the right to impose on his recruitment whatever conditions will give his firm the most profit. All that the law should require is that he state such requirements, however non PC, up front. "Pulchritudinous leggy Nordic blond, native English speaker with California accent" should perfectly acceptable, PROVIDED there were a levy to recoup the financial advantages such requirements would produce. So much for speaking English, more for a fashionable accent, for being male, for being whie, for being under 50, for being under 30, for being able bodied, etc. etc. A board of indepedent economists and social scientists would assess the financial implications of each category. The levy could be rough at first, then gradually refined until all physical, educational, gender, cultural etc. advantages were levelled out across the whole population by employers' increasing reluctance to pay the levy except where it were really commercially worthwhile.
Posted by: Laurence Hallewell | Saturday, 16 February 2008 at 08:04 AM