London Fashion Week 2020 Extinction Rebellion

Dozens of demonstrators prevented traffic from passing through a busy intersection leading to the strand in westminster where the world famous trade show is being held.
London fashion week 2020 extinction rebellion. Extinction rebellion protesters angered motorists as they blocked roads in the capital on saturday demanding the cancellation of london fashion week. Extinction rebellion protesters disrupted the opening of london fashion week. The fashion industry s environmental impact has gained increased attention in part as a result of the rise of fast fashion. And yet this february the global fashion weeks convene again to display the clothes the industry wants us to wear for autumn winter 2020 21 past the un 2020 deadline.
According to the un 2020 is the make or break year to limit warming to below 1 5c now requires a 15 cut in emissions annually. The environmental movement blocked roads outside a. The procession saw 20 000 activists protest from trafalgar square to 180 strand london fashion week s central venue. For extinction rebellion or xr as it s referred to by those in the know.
The industry has responded by launching a fashion pact. As outlined before the spring summer 2020 show season extinction rebellion is urging for the cancellation of london fashion week in its current format to recognise the climate and ecological emergency our planet is facing. On monday 10th february extinction rebellion delivered a letter to british fashion council calling on it to cancel september 2020 fashion week and immediately start work on an emergency action plan that aids stakeholders through change. E arlier this week using section 14 of the public order act the metropolitan police effectively banned extinction rebellion s autumn uprising protests from the whole of london.
Extinction rebellion protesters angered motorists as they blocked roads in the capital on saturday demanding the cancellation of london fashion week. It was a bold and.