Viviene Westwood blasts Michelle Obama's style as ‘dreadful’

British designer Westwood has previously slammed Duchess of Cambridge’s style Veteran designer Viviene Westwood has criticised Michelle Obama's style, referring to her fashion sense as "dreadful". Renowned for her provocative outspoken nature and often controversial opinions, the 71-year-old's comments follow her recent tirades against the Duchess of Cambridge and Jemima Khan.
"Don't talk about her, it's dreadful what she wears," she said of the US First Lady. "I don't want to talk about it, really, She's a very nice looking lady but it's a nonstarter regarding clothes that suit her."
"Jackie Kennedy was a different matter altogether - it just had to suit her and be something that makes a human being more glamorous," she said. "That's what fashion is there for. It's there to help, not just to make you look more conservative," she added
The British-born designer was discussing the appearance of her early Seventies and Eighties designs in the upcoming exhibition at New York's Met Museum, Punk: Chaos To Couture. Never one to mince her words, Westwood made it known that she's not entirely happy with the American media, or the museum itself.  
"I'll tell you the truth, not that it is a very good idea to tell the truth about things, but I was very cross with the Metropolitan Museum for not taking my retrospective [her 2004 exhibition held in London]," she told the New York Times. "I think it's ridiculous. I'm also rather bored with American journalists. Every time punk comes up, they think of me as a kind of trophy, and then you hear nothing from them in between. You know, America is an isolated territory, with all those editors who think they are so powerful. Mostly, I think they are rubbish."