Gwen Stefani and Punk

It's strange 'cause I would never consider myself

punk at all.

(exciting guitar music)

I was really anti-fashion and really anti-mall.

I mean I grew up in Orange County.

I didn't know about Vivienne Westwood.

I didn't know about where punker pants came from.

I liked it. I knew that it represented me

and it made me stand out and it made me different

from what's goin' on at the mall.

But I think the funniest story is Just a Girl had come out

and we were gonna be doing our next video for Spiderwebs.

I didn't have a stylist or a makeup artist.

It was nothing. It was just, you're on your own.

So I was like, oh I really wanna wear plaid punker pants.

I was really excited about it.

So I went to Melrose to try to find a top and I stumbled

upon this store that had all these amazing corsets.

They were all lined up on the wall.

They looked like little works of art.

I was like, Oh my god that's my dream

if I could get one of those.

And I really saved my money up and I bought it. It was $800.

For me at that time I would never be able

to spend that.

But I was like, I don't care it's my video.

It's my one chance, can we get it?

There it is.

This is Vivienne Westwood. I had no idea.

I didn't even know who she was.

I was drawn to her without even knowing the history.

And I just got so lucky to be eventually able

to meet Vivienne Westwood and have her make a dress for me.

I feel so connected to her,

and I feel like when I wear her it fits me so well

and it's everything that I love.

It's super traditional but it's super undone and punk rock.

And I love that clash of feminine and masculine.

It's everything that I love so it's just such a crazy story

that I would actually buy the corset

before I knew what I was actually buying.