Vivienne Westwood: Chrissie Hynde and Paul McCartney lead tributes to fashion icon

Greenpeace calls designer a true radical' and Hynde says the world is already a less interesting place'

Tributes have been paid to Dame Vivienne Westwood from across the worlds of fashion and design, and by others including figures from the environmental and political causes she supported.

The pioneering British fashion designer, who played a key role in the punk movement, died peacefully, surrounded by her family" in Clapham, south London, on Thursday, her representatives said. She was 81.