It’s been nearly two years since the Grenfell Tower disaster, but activists are committed to making sure the 72 people who lost their lives in the devastating blaze will not be forgotten.
Using London Fashion Week as a platform, 72 activists took to the catwalk as part of the Justice4Grenfell campaign, staging a moving protest which brought home once again that those who lost their lives, homes, friends and family on June 17 are still in the minds and hearts of those campaigning for accountability.
Each activist wore a #NoDeathInVain T-shirt, inspired by the tactic used by Frances McDormand’s character in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The protest was a continuation from last year’s protest from Grenfell’s activists, where three red billboards emblazoned with the same message were driven through the streets of London.
Designed by community group Grenfell Speaks and Splitsquare Design, the T-shirts read “72 dead and still no arrests? How come?” Grenfell Speaks T-shirt designer Faisal Metalsi said of the shirts: “We wanted to create a design that remembered and honoured the people who died at Grenfell Tower, and to serve as a reminder of why we continue to campaign as a community.”
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