(16 Sep 2013) WESTWOOD WOWS WITH MODERN DANCE BY MODEL
London Fashion Week saw its busiest day so far on Sunday (15 September 2013), with editors and buyers rushing across the city for back-to-back spring womenswear preview shows.
British fashion's grand dame Vivienne Westwood dialed up her typical mix of fashion and environmental activism by opening her show with a modern dance performance by model Lily Cole.
The solo dance, used to symbolize the destruction caused by climate change, almost sidelined Westwood's designs, though her fans were still happy to see another collection of their favorite cinched-in outfits and draped dresses.
She said the piece was inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's fable about the red shoes that won't stop dancing. It symbolized all that was wrong about how humans treat the environment, she said.
Activism and fashion aren't in conflict for her, she added. "Because I'm a fashion designer it gives me a voice, which is really good. And it gives me a chance to use my fashion as a medium to say things."
The designs that followed Cole's performance, one in which she leapt and spun around in an ethereal grey gown, bathed in red light, carried through with the theme.
One model wore a climate change slogan T-shirt under a metallic brocade tube dress, and there were giant fabric flowers and green floral prints to reference nature.
All models wore exaggerated, frightening zombie-like makeup.
Regardless of the moral message, Westwood's signature looks were all there, although the collection was relatively small: draped dresses, slim tailored coats, the cinched-in dress suit, the femme fatale jumpsuit.
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