Stephanie EckardtThe final stretch of the fall 2022 fashion week season has proceeded so normally, you’d never know that Russia’s war against Ukraine has been taking place a mere two-and-a-half hours away.—or at the very least acknowledge the crisis—and slowly but surely, their international peers been stepping up.
“Having a set Fashion Month schedule has meant that my colleagues and I often present new fashion collections during heartbreaking and traumatic times in history,” Hadid captioned a photo of herself walking this weekend’s Vivienne Westwood show. “We don’t have control over most of our work schedules, but we would like to walk ‘for’ something.”
To the 26-year-old supermodel, the crisis is about more than just Ukraine, which is why she’s donating a portion of the money to organizations helping support “those experiencing the same” in Palestine. “Our eyes and hearts must be open to all human injustice,” she continued. “May we all see each other as brothers and sisters, beyond politics, beyond race, beyond religion. At the end of the day, innocent lives pay for war, not leaders.
Hadid’s sister Bella, who has walked 17 shows this season, has also been highlighting ways that her followers can help: Meanwhile, as the season comes to a close, more and more designers have been speaking up. Giorgio Armani became the first major name to even acknowledge the situation when he staged his Milan Fashion Week“as a sign of respect towards the people involved in the unfolding tragedy,” and Demna became the latest at Sunday’s Balenciaga show.
Finally something important