It's not her designs that Vivienne Westwood hopes fashion fans will remember her by, but the attitude behind them.
'My legacy ... I would like it to be my strong understanding and resistance to the propaganda movement. The antidote is culture,' the 67-year-old said yesterday at the belated Hong Kong launch of an exhibition, 'A Life in Fashion', about her work.
She also complimented Asia on its sense of style.
'[People in Asia] are much better dressed than where I come from,' said the orange-haired Briton, who wore her trademark towering platform heels.
She also revealed that she still harbours some ambitions, saying: 'I enjoy fashion, but I would love to do something in theatre.'
The retrospective - which the government rejected three years ago as being of no interest to Hongkongers - features more than 140 designs and 70 items chosen from her personal archive and the collection of her work at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. The show has been put on by the museum with Swire Properties.
It has been touring the world since 2004 and has already been seen in Shanghai and Taipei.