Vivienne Westwood protests climate change and consumerism with London Fashion Week show
Models wore clothes with slogans berating politicians during Vivienne Westwood's Homo Loquax show, which happened as protests about the environmental impact of London Fashion Week took place.
Returning to the London Fashion Week catwalk after two years of digital presentations, Westwood sent models down the catwalk wearing aprons and tabards with anti-consumerist and climate change slogans.
The show happened at the same time as environmental action group Extinction Rebellion organised protests at several of London Fashion Week venue's to highlight the throwaway nature of the fashion industry.
At Westwood's Homo Loquax show models wore shirts with various anti-capitalist messages. One model wore a boxy t-shirt with a picture of Westwood printed on it holding a message that read: "We sold our soul for consumption. Press tell us what we want to hear. To hell." Another wore a smock-style top with a cartoon joker on the front. A speech bubble coming from the joker's mouth read: "You think you own the world".
Other models also sent a strong message, with one wearing a sandwich-board-style tabard over a blue shirt that had the slogan, "Politicians are criminal" and "Bankers are evil" across the front.
While another model wore one that read: "All profit belongs to me, so long as you keep buying crap", alongside a sinister-looking figure called "Loans the banker".
The group of models, including activist Rose McGow...
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