Westwood returns

Over a 30-plus year career, British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has swung from punk to Madame de Pompadour. In her collaboration with the Rug Co., she appears to be working her way back to her rebellious roots. After producing plush rugs with romantic florals, she created a flat woven Aubusson Union Jack, a design that proved so popular it launched a line of pillows. The latest additions to the collection include “Mouth,” a Pop Art rendering of a woman’s lips, and “Westwood,” this hand-stitched pins-and-badges needlepoint cushion in wool and silk. At $575, it’s a pillow that probably won’t be found in UCLA student housing. 8202 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles; (323) 653-0303; www.therugcompany.info.