Extinction Rebellion stages funeral procession to end London Fashion Week

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Climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion staged a funeral procession in London on Tuesday, the last day of London Fashion Week

The group is calling for this year's fashion week to be the last, after demanding its cancellation in anThe march began at Trafalgar Square before progressing along the Strand, a major road in the center of London, to London Fashion Week's central venue at 180 The Strand. Protesters were dressed in black, wearing veils and carrying white roses.

Caroline Rush, chief executive of the British Fashion Council, said in response that London Fashion Week was a"platform to discuss societal issues from access to education to diversity and inclusion, and in this case, climate change.

On Friday, the opening day, five activists glued themselves to the entrance of London Fashion Week's official venue, 180 The Strand, wearing white outfits smeared with red. Others spilled buckets of fake blood to create a"bleeding red carpet," before lying down in the pools of fake blood to stage a"die-in."

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