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Rare shirt fetches more than £4k at Newcastle auction
A rare Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren shirt fetched more than £4,000 at a Newcastle auction. The 'Parachute' shirt, from the SEX boutique in 1977, sold for £4,375 at Anderson & Garland ...