Vivienne Westwood Rules Out China

British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood said this week that she has no plans to expand further in China.

Speaking at the Milan showing of her 2014 men’s spring and summer collection, Westwood said she is assessing her company, its operations and its aims.

“I want to backtrack and control it,” Westwood said before showing her men’s spring/summer 2014 collection in Milan. “I don’t want to expand in China anymore at the moment.” She has retail operations in 15 other countries.

According to The Reuters News Agency, Westwood, an environmental activist, said she has turned her attention to her supply chain, starting with the material used to make the protest T-shirts that have become a feature of her shows.

“We do a lot of T-shirts and at least I’ve managed to get the jersey that we use for the T-shirts, which comes from Peru mostly. It’s organic and it’s not harmful,” she said.

Her goods are expensive, but she said, “I think it’s ecologically friendly that the clothes should be expensive.”