Fashion and clothing has always been a medium of protest. For decades, both designers and consumers have used their dress sense to determine what message they want to portray to the outside world. This has also rang true on the runway, where brands have leveraged the global platform to make political or societal statements on a current issue in...
Oct 3, 2023
Nicolas Ghesquière’s vision for Louis Vuitton which closed Paris Fashion Week was a pure fashion moment that perfectly represents the times in which we’re living. Louis Vuitton was the last fashion show to occur before Covid shut everything down eighteen months ago, and this collection was a triumphant post-lockdown bookend. While an activist...
Oct 13, 2021
Extinction Rebellion climate demonstrators burst onto the catwalk at Louis Vuitton's Tuesday Paris Fashion Week show to blast the industry's impact on the environment. "Overconsumption = extinction", a banner brandished by one demonstrator from the international civil disobedience movement against climate change read. She climbed onto the...
Oct 6, 2021
Extinction Rebellion activists on Saturday blocked traffic outside London Fashion Week to protest against the fashion industry's "exploitation" of the environment. Dozens of demonstrators blocked the road near the main building hosting catwalk shows, which began on Friday and continue until Tuesday. "We started by blocking the road, four people...
Feb 17, 2020
As fashion month gets into its stride, will the industry’s dark side upstage the glamor? Will PETA stage protests outside the shows of designers still stuck on using fur? Will Extinction Rebellion make headlines emphasizing the damage our industry continues to inflict on the planet? Currently the plight of the fashion industry’s “victims” forms...
Jan 14, 2020
The cross-industry trend intelligence agency, Stylus, broke down trends in consumer shifts across 20+ industries at their annual NYC flagship event, the Decoded Summit, an event designed to promote education, networking and inspiration. FashionUnited compiled the important takeaways for brand builders everywhere. Right to rebel If 2019 was the...
Oct 22, 2019
London Fashion Week found itself tainted with blood, as activists from Extinction Rebellion staged a 'die-in' at the opening of LFW. Five members of the notorious climate activist group glued themselves to LFW's main entrance, pouring buckets of fake blood as if to stage a bleeding red carpet, a call to action for the fashion industry to tell...
Sep 15, 2019
Extinction Rebellion, an environmental activist group, has called for a ban of London Fashion Week in a bid to bring awareness to the excess and damage of over consumption. Last month, Extinction Rebellion, together with Maria Chenoweth, CEO of Traid, and Safia Minney MBE, Founder of People Tree, delivered a letter to the BFC, calling on them to...
Aug 12, 2019
