Vivienne Westwood's clothes and jewels headed for auction

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LONDON (Reuters) Dresses, suits, shoes and jewellery from the personal collection of late British designer Vivienne Westwood will go under the hammer this month is an auction aimed at raising funds for charity...

More than 200 lots are being offered by Christies in London for the two-part Vivienne Westwood: The Personal Collection auction, made up of a live sale on June 25 and an online auction running June 14-28...

Westwood, one of British fashions biggest names, died in December 2022, aged 81..

In addition to clothes and accessories, a set of enlarged prints of a pack of playing cards Westwood designed in 2017 focusing on issues such as climate change and inequality are also being offered for sale with an estimate of 30,000 pounds 50,000 pounds ($38,292 $63,820)...

Proceeds from the auction will go towards causes and charities Westwood supported her own Vivienne Foundation, Greenpeace, Amnesty International and Mdecins Sans Frontires, Christies said...