How long does it take to read Vivienne Westwood?
Vivienne Westwood by Jane Mulvagh takes about 7 hours 22 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 22 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1998. 402 pages, about 110,550 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 17 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 22 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This biography follows the working-class, provincial schoolteacher from Derbyshire who, untrained in either design or dressmaking, progressed from dressing up the Punk Rock movement in bondage to negotiating with the most prestigious culture house, Christian Dior, to become its designer-in-chief.
Subjects: Biography, Costume design, Fashion designers, History, Women fashion designers, Women, biography
