Vivienne Westwood recently caged herself, it wasn't her first political protest


Vivienne Westwood gestures from inside a bird-cage suspended off the ground in London. Photo: AFP

It was a scene that certainly turned heads. Vivienne Westwood, 79, was dressed in yellow and locked in a giant bird cage outside England's Old Bailey court on Tuesday (July 21).

The reason? She was showing support for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who is fighting extradition from Britain to the US.

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