WE STAND WITH THE WOMEN OF IRAN (Protest Performance Video)

Cypriot film director Savvas Christou released an art video dedicated to the women of Iran which came out last night. The team behind the dance video had one main purpose - to show their support and gratitude to these women who are fighting for their own freedom to choose, to live, to be free.

Savvas and the choreographer of the clip, Elena Gabriel note:

“We stand with the women of Iran in their rightful fight. Everyone should be able to exercise their bodily autonomy, including their choice of dress, to protest injustice without reprisal and have their basic human rights upheld. We align with the protestors and all their supporters worldwide. This video is a small tribute to Mahsa Amini who was murdered by the police and all the women of Iran who want their voices to be heard.

For their kids, for their future, for our kids and our future.”

Director: Savvas Christou (Beach Avenue Productions)

Choreographer: Elena Gabriel

Producer: Konstantinos Giannoulis (Beach Avenue Productions)

Performers: Elena Gabriel, Nefeli Mak, Myria Argyrou, Eleni Anastasiou, Annita Charalampous, Christina Polycarpou, Evdokia Georgiou, Chloe Therapontos, Emmelia Paphiti, Marilena Pistenti, Gabriella Panagidou

Crew: Ntiana Themistokleous, Sana Akbari

A Freedom Movement 2019 - The Exhibition at Leman Locke, London

The lifestyle hotel in Aldgate East, continues to host worth seeing creative exhibitions. Leman Locke is now introducing Michelle Beatty and her new photographic series A Freedom Movement 2019.

Michelle is an Australian born Londoner who has spent a creative lifetime moving seamlessly from the carnival of catwalks and high fashion showrooms, to the subtle backdrops of fine art photography - landscapes, architecture and foreign, far-off lands. For the first time, Michelle has created a body of work that straddles these two parallel career tracks, and the contrasting sides of herself.

Leman Locke is proud to present her newest photographic series, where three talented subjects with backgrounds in ballet, modelling and choreography are captured in the prime of their lives; embodying strength, wisdom, and feminine beauty. The subjects are offset by strong skies, powerful waves and brooding clouds. The photography exhibition runs across all 22 floors of the East London lifestyle hotel, open to the public from 10th May until 31st July.

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Foreign Beauty

A new Azzedine Alaïa exhibition is coming to Milan this month

After the huge success of the London’s Design Museum exhibition "Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier", a new announcement confirmed the good news.

The exhibition is travelling to Milan and it will be open on the 20th of September for four days only! 

Showcasing his creations from the early 1980s and following his creative path right up until his final Paris Couture show in July 2017, the retrospective is curated by fashion historian Olivier Saillard, who, it’s safe to say, knows the ‘King of Cling’ and his work like the back of his hand.

Saillard was also behind Alaïa retrospective Je Suis Couturier, which took place in Paris earlier this year. The exhibition brought together looks including the iconic purple hooded gown worn by Grace Jones in 1985 Bond film A View to a Kill and a series of dresses worn by the likes of Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, and Helena Christensen.

Taking place in the Italian city’s Palazzo Clerici throughout fashion week, the exhibition runs from September 20-25. Book your flights now, fashion fans.