Vivianne Westwood is considered to be the matriarch of Punk. Westwood started making punk clothing in order to help her boyfriend, Malcolm McLauren, dress his band "The Sex Pistols." McLauren and Westwood opened a music and fashion shop on Kings Road in London famously known as SEX. Westwood now owns six shops and has many franchises all over Europe. She also has four showrooms in Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, and Honolulu. (Price, Vivienne Westwood (born 1941) and the Postmodern Legacy of Punk Style)