BUFFALO GALS

Model wearing an ensemble from the Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Circa 1982 • Image courtesy of Another Magazine

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Invitation to the Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Show • Designed by Nick Egan • Image courtesy of Vivienne Westwood by Claire Wilcox

Worlds End Brown Leather Boots • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Image courtesy of Kerry Taylor Auctions

View of a decorated Oxhead posted above a tomb within the Bronze Age Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang, China

Worlds End Brown Sheepskin Waistcoat • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Victoria and Albert Museum, London

View of a wooden ‘boat’ coffin within the Bronze Age Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang, China • Image courtesy of Secrets of The Silk Road from the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana

Malcolm McLaren photographed wearing a Worlds End ‘Mountain’ hat • 1982 • Sounds • Paul Slattery

Worlds End Brown Felt ‘Mountain’ Hat • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Image courtesy of Kerry Taylor Auctions

Models wearing ensembles from the Nostalgia of Mud Collection • 1982 • Vogue Italia • François Lamy • Image courtesy of Vivienne Westwood by Claire Wilcox

Worlds End ‘Buffalo’ Ensemble • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

View of the sand covered Bronze Age Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang, China

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Worlds End Grey Suede ‘Bag’ Boots • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Image courtesy of Kerry Taylor Auctions

Female Tarim Basin Mummy • Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum • Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China

Worlds End ‘Buffalo’ Ensemble • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Detail of a Woolen Cloth • Buried with Tarim Basin Mummies • Discovered in Tomb 3 at Chärchän • Image courtesy of The Mummies of Ürümchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Worlds End Brown Sheepskin ‘Buffalo’ Coat • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Private Collection

Female Mummy or Witch from Subeshi • 4th - 2nd Century B.C. • Jeffery Newbury • Image courtesy of Penn Museum’s Expedition Magazine

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

View of a coffin filled with several wooden simulated hat-adorned heads within the Bronze Age Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang, China

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Leather boots originally attached to the trousers of a male mummy using goat leather • Discovered in a burial tomb in Subeshi • Image courtesy of The Subeixi Site and Cemeteries in Shanshan County, Xinjiang by the Xinjiang Institute of Antiquity and Archaeology and Turfan Prefectural Museum published in the Chinese Archaeology Journal

Model wearing an ensemble from the Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Circa 1986 • Carrie Branovan

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Female Tarim Basin Mummy • Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum • Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Images courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

View of the sand covered Bronze Age Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang, China

Female Mummy or Witch from Subeshi • 4th through 2nd Century B.C. • Jeffery Newbury • Image courtesy of The Tarim Mummies by J.P. Mallory and Victory H. Mair

Models wearing ensembles from the Nostalgia of Mud Collection at the Nostalgia of Mud shop on St Christopher’s Place • Circa 1982 • London

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Head of a male Tarim Basin mummy unearthed in a plundered grave • Image courtesy of MAFCX via Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères

Worlds End Brown Suede Boots • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • The Museum at FIT, New York City

Runway models for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Cream Felt Hat with Stitched Crimson Yarn • Circa 1800 -1500 B.C. • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection • Image courtesy of Secrets of The Silk Road from the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

‘The Beauty of Xiaohe’ • Tarim Basin Female Mummy • Circa 1800 -1500 B.C. • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection

Models wearing ensembles from the Nostalgia of Mud Collection at the Nostalgia of Mud shop on St Christopher’s Place • Circa 1982 • London

Painted Oxhead • Circa 1800 - 1500 B.C. • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection • Image courtesy of Houston Museum of Natural Science

Worlds End Sleeveless Top • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Private Collection

‘The Beauty of Xiaohe’ • Tarim Basin Female Mummy • Circa 1800 -1500 B.C. • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection • Image courtesy of Wenying Li, Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Worlds End Skirt • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Private Collection

Painted Oxhead • Circa 1800 - 1500 B.C. • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection

Model wearing suede ‘Bag’ boots on the runway of the Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud presentation

Detail of a shirt from Chärchän • Buried with Tarim Basin Mummies • Image courtesy of The Mummies of Ürümchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Worlds End Brown Leather Boots • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

‘The Beauty of Xiaohe’ still in her wooden ‘boat’ coffin • Tarim Basin Mummy • Circa 1800 -1500 B.C. • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection • Image courtesy of Secrets of The Silk Road from the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana

Worlds End Brown Sheepskin ‘Buffalo’ Coat • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Private Collection

Detail of a Woolen Tapestry from Chärchän • Buried with Tarim Basin Mummies • Image courtesy of The Mummies of Ürümchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Detail of a Worlds End Cotton Printed Wrap Skirt • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Image courtesy of 1st Dibs

Worlds End Cotton Printed Wrap Skirt • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Image courtesy of 1st Dibs

Detail of a Woolen Brocade of Argali Sheep • Buried with Tarim Basin Mummies • Discovered in Tomb 4 at Chärchän • Image courtesy of The Mummies of Ürümchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Brown Suede Boots • Buried with Tarim Basin Mummies • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery

‘The Woman from Zaghunluq’ otherwise known as ‘Chärchän Woman’ • Tarim Basin Mummy • Circa 600 B.C. • Discovered in Tomb 3 at Chärchän • Image courtesy of The Tarim Mummies by J.P. Mallory and Victory H. Mair

‘Chärchän Man’ • Tarim Basin Mummy • Circa 600 B.C. • Discovered in Tomb 3 at Chärchän • Image courtesy of The Tarim Mummies by J.P. Mallory and Victory H. Mair

Worlds End ensembles from the Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • From the Archive of Kim Jones • Image courtesy of Another Magazine

Worlds End ‘Buffalo’ Ensemble • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Collection of Sugawara Mao

Female mummy from Qäwrighul wearing a felt hood • Tarim Basin Mummy • Circa 1800 B.C. • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection • Image courtesy of The Mummies of Ürümchi by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Brown Felt Hat with Stitched Crimson Yarn • Circa 1800 -1500 B.C. • Excavated from Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Brown Woolen Trousers • Currently the oldest known trousers in the world and the predecessor of modern riding pants • 13th - 10th Century B.C. • Discovered on an adult male mummy buried in the Yanghai tombs in the Tarim Basin • Image courtesy of M. Wagner, Archaeological Institute

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

‘The Beauty of Loulan’ wearing a felt hood • Tarim Basin Mummy • Circa 1800 B.C. • Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology Collection

Model wearing a vintage ensemble from the Nostalgia of Mud Collection • May 1987 • The Face • Carrie Branovan

Worlds End Grey Felt ‘Mountain’ Hat • Autumn / Winter 1982 Nostalgia of Mud Collection • Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLaren • Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Malcolm McLaren in the Appalachian Mountains wearing a Worlds End sheepskin ‘Buffalo’ coat and ‘Mountain’ hat • Circa 1982

A pile of ox horns discovered within the Bronze Age Xiaohe ‘Little River’ Cemetery • Xinjiang, China

Runway model for the Nostalgia of Mud show • Image courtesy of CATWALK Vivienne Westwood : The Complete Collections by Alexander Fury

Album Cover of Dances of the World's Peoples, Vol. 3: Caribbean and South America • Released in 1958

Still from the video for ‘Buffalo Gals’ by Malcolm McLaren • 1982 • Image courtesy of Another Magazine

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