<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Dear friends,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Join us for RED’s first webinar this
year titled '<b><i>Tearing the Straitjacket: Reimagining Fashion and Beauty in
the 21<sup>st</sup> Century'</i></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">In conversation with Dario Casalini
(textile entrepreneur and founder of Slow Fiber) and Alessandra Monaco
(independent sustainability consultant and advisor), we explore emerging
alternatives to the dominant, ecologically destructive industrial model of fast
fashion and commodified notions of beauty. How can we bring about cultural
shifts by reimagining beauty as a form of art and fashion as a tool for creative expression and liberation?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">We will hear from Dario about the Slow
Fiber Movement in Italy and its radical approach towards sustainability. Alessandra will share more about her work at the intersection of fashion,
sustainability and beauty, which she also explored in a <a href="https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/beauty-and-fashion-imagining-alternatives-part-3/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">three-part
series on REDWeb</a> last year.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Date</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">: Thursday, 23<sup>rd</sup> January 2025</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Time</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">: 6.30 pm IST | 1.00 pm GMT</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Link
to Register: <a href="http://bit.ly/RED-fashion-webinar" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">bit.ly/RED-fashion-webinar</a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Please do join us and share widely! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">In
solidarity, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt">



















</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%">Pooja </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><br></p><img src="cid:ii_m5yppe110" alt="RED Fashion and Beauty Webinar.png" width="476" height="476"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt"><br></p></div></div>