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{{Short description|British activist and businessman (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Joseph Corré
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| birth_name = Joseph Ferdinand Corré
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|30 November 1967}}
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▲| known_for = [[Entrepreneur|Founder of]] [[Agent Provocateur (lingerie)|Agent Provocateur]]
▲| years_active = 1994–present
| occupation = Businessman
| parents = [[Malcolm McLaren]]
| spouse = [[Serena Rees]]
| children = 1
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==Early years==
Corré was born in [[Clapham]], south London, the son of British fashion designer [[Vivienne Westwood|Dame Vivienne Westwood]] and [[Malcolm McLaren]], former manager of [[Sex Pistols]].
Corré's surname, which was not adopted but given at birth, derives from his father's maternal grandmother, a [[Sephardic Jew]] from Portugal.<ref name="independent.co.uk">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/joe-correacute-and-serena-rees-sex-and-the-city-649844.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412135859/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/joe-correacute-and-serena-rees-sex-and-the-city-649844.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2010|work=The Independent|location=London|title=Joe Corré and Serena Rees: Sex and the City|date=29 July 2002|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> As a child, he wore his mother's designs and regards the Sex Pistols as his favourite band, despite a poor relationship with frontman/singer [[Johnny Rotten|John Lydon]].<ref name="independent.co.uk"/>
==Agent Provocateur==
Agent Provocateur was established in 1994 after [[Serena Rees]], Corré's wife and co-founder, grew tired of seeing drab undergarments.<ref name="Attwood">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/agent-provocateur-sold-to-private-equity-firm-3i-for-pound60m-400593.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/agent-provocateur-sold-to-private-equity-firm-3i-for-pound60m-400593.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Independent|location=London|title=Agent Provocateur sold to private equity firm 3i for £60m|first=Karen|last=Attwood|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> The couple opened a shop in which they originally sold other designers' pieces. Corré had no desire to design [[lingerie]] but, after not finding enough of the type they wished to sell, decided to create their own lingerie line. Since then, the company has expanded to 30 shops in 14 countries. {{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
Rees left Corré for ex-Clash bassist [[Paul Simonon]] in 2007, and in the same year the to-be divorced couple agreed to sell Agent Provocateur to [[private equity]] house [[3i]] for £60m.<ref name="Attwood"/>
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==Ownership of father's domain name==
Corré is registered as the administrative officer of malcolmmclaren.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/malcolmmclaren.com|title=Malcolm McLaren R.I.P.|publisher=Whois.domaintools.com|accessdate=2 August 2013}}</ref> In 2012 he bought the domain name from Paul August Nordstrom of Singapore for $750; August had worked for McLaren and in 1997 registered the domain to himself without McLaren's knowledge.<ref name="domains.adrforum.com">{{cite web|url=http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/1492383.htm |title=Registrar and Disputed Domain Name |publisher=Domains.adrforum.com |accessdate=12 August 2014}}</ref> August, who said in 2013 he could "no longer recall specifically why he placed his own name as registrant",<ref name="domains.adrforum.com"/>
==Politics==
Prior to the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], he was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]'s [[Caroline Lucas]].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/24/celebrities-sign-statement-support-caroline-lucas-not-green-party | title= Celebrities sign statement of support for Caroline Lucas – but not the Greens | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Jessica | last=Elgot | date=24 April 2015 | accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref> Together with his mother, he has publicly campaigned for the release of [[WikiLeaks]] publisher and journalist [[Julian Assange]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=
==2016 protest==
In November 2016 in a staged protest to encourage use of [[renewable energy]], Corré and Vivienne Westwood burned an estimated £6,000,000 worth of his punk rock memorabilia archive on a barge on the [[River Thames]]. When asked about the incident by ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'', "Did this feel like burning a Picasso?", Corré replied "I don’t know what burning a Picasso feels like," adding, "but I thought that was great. Punk rock is not important. Punk has become another marketing tool to sell you something you don’t need".<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|title=Anarchy in the U.K.: Vivienne
Musician [[Henry Rollins]] wrote in response to the incident, "Corré and Westwood might think they have taught everyone a lesson in what punk’s all about, but all they did was show off their massive egos and how much they’ve lost the plot. Maybe it was something else, too. Perhaps it was an emotional response to the fact that McLaren cut Corré out of his will. It doesn’t matter now. It’s yesterday’s garbage. Ooh, how punk."<ref>{{cite web|work=[[LA Weekly]]|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/henry-rollins-burning-punk-rock-artifacts-is-not-punk-rock-7692478|title=Henry Rollins: Burning Punk-Rock Artifacts Is Not Punk Rock|date=
''Wake Up Punk'' is [[Nigel Askew]]{{'}}s<ref name="player.bfi/wake-up-punk">{{cite web |title=Watch 'Wake Up Punk' |url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-wake-up-punk-2022-online |website=BFI Player |language=en}}</ref> documentary with interviews of Vivienne Westwood and her two sons Ben Westwood and Joe Corré,<ref name="nme/3220194">{{cite news |last1=Starkey |first1=Adam |title=‘Wake Up Punk’ documentary: watch an exclusive clip featuring Vivienne Westwood |url=https://www.nme.com/news/film/wake-up-punk-watch-an-exclusive-clip-featuring-vivienne-westwood-3220194 |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=NME |date=6 May 2022}}</ref> about burning some<ref name="heraldscotland/corre-punk">{{cite news |last1=Jamieson |first1=Teddy |title='Punk is meaningless.' Joe Corre on growing up with Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19979817.joe-corre-punk-vivienne-westwood-malcolm-mclaren/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=HeraldScotland |date=2022-03-12 |language=en}}</ref> of his own (Joe Corré's) collection of punk memorabilia,<ref name="theguardian/wake-up-punk-review">{{cite news |last1=Bradshaw |first1=Peter |title=Wake Up Punk review – memorabilia-burning punk progeny fails to check his privilege |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/may/04/wake-up-punk-review-memorabilia-burning-punk-progeny-fails-to-check-his-privilege |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=4 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="eyeforfilm/wake-up-punk">{{cite web |title=Wake Up Punk (2022) Movie Review |url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/wake-up-punk-2022-film-review-by-jennie-kermode |website=Eye for Film .co.uk |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> and having Nigel Askew record the event.<ref name="heraldscotland/corre-punk"/>
<blockquote>"The lack of clarity and disjointed information ultimately keeps Askew’s production from joining the ranks of the great punk films that came before."—''Film Threat''<ref name="filmthreat/wake-up-punk">{{cite web |title=Wake Up Punk |url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/wake-up-punk/ |website=Film Threat |access-date=4 May 2023 |date=13 May 2022 |quote=MOVIE SCORE: 5.5/10}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"She (Vivienne Westwood) amusingly recalls a police raid wherein all t-shirts emblazoned with swear words were removed, while t-shirts demonstrating how to make a bomb were left unmolested on the shelves."—''The Irish Times''<ref name="irishtimes/4868395">{{cite news |title=Wake Up Punk: Railing against the commodification machine |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/wake-up-punk-railing-against-the-commodification-machine-1.4868395 |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=The Irish Times |date=May 6, 2022 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"We learn McLaren thought himself to be a Fagin-like figure, someone 'who wanted to cause maximum chaos,' adds fellow punk Eddie Tudor Pole. 'He was like a kid who wanted to take a tin of beans from the bottom of a supermarket display.'"—''[[Camden New Journal]]''<ref name="CNJ/wake-up-punk">{{cite news |title=Wake Up Punk: how anarchy went up in smoke |url=https://www.westminsterextra.co.uk/article/wake-up-punk-how-anarchy-went-up-in-smoke |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=[[Camden New Journal]] |date=5 May 2022 |language=en-gb}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"This is the first feature from activist, videographer and fashion archivist Askew, who has had a long-standing creative relationship with Corré, having previously made a series of music videos for Corré’s lingerie company Agent Provocateur."—''[[Screen Daily]] ''<ref name="screendaily/5168132">{{cite news |last1=Ide |first1=Wendy |title=‘Wake Up Punk’: Glasgow Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/wake-up-punk-glasgow-review/5168132.article |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=[[Screen Daily]] .com |date=2022-03-12 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>"He (Joe Corré) wanted to make a film about nobody understanding what’s going on in the world when we’re all going to die from climate change."—Vivienne Westwood<ref name="nme/3225121">{{cite news |last1=Flood |first1=Alex |title=Vivienne Westwood: “Oasis? I heard it and thought: ‘Is that it?’” |url=https://www.nme.com/features/film-interviews/vivienne-westwood-oasis-wake-up-punk-interview-billie-eilish-3225121 |work=[[NME]] |date=13 May 2022}}</ref></blockquote>
==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Clapham]]
[[Category:English Sephardi Jews]]
[[Category:English fashion designers]]
[[Category:English businesspeople]]
[[Category:English people of Portuguese-Jewish descent]]
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