Colin Firth introduces BAFTA pals to eco-friendly outfits
Viola Davis and Michael Fassbender showed off their green credentials by wearing recycled clothes to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards on Sunday (12Feb12).
Colin Firth's eco-warrior wife Livia convinced Fassbender to wear a Giorgio Armani tuxedo made from ethical wool as part of her Green Carpet Challenge.
As part of the test, top fashion houses must use recycled materials
for their red-carpet looks.
Colin Firth reveals there was a last-minute panic for top designer
Valentino after the material for Davis' pink recycled soda can gown
was almost lost in transit.
In a post on her Vogue blog, she writes, "On a scale of calm to
blind panic, we were somewhere near the latter when the fabric for
Viola's dress got stuck in an epic snowstorm on the way to Turin.
If it weren't for the valiant attempts of my dear friend Giorgio
taking the fabric from Milan to Rome on the train, I think Viola
would be wearing actual soda cans rather than the miraculously
recycled ones."
She adds, "We struck gold with Viola Davis, who has also revealed
herself not just as a prodigiously talented actress but as a true
fashion icon during the past few weeks on the world's red carpets.
I hope you find the combination and this first ever eco Valentino
gown as breathtaking as I do."
Both Colin and Livia donned tuxedos made of sustainable materials -
and the Italian beauty was thrilled with her menswear-inspired
choice, adding: "Contrary to what I would've thought, the tux makes
me feel incredibly feminine, and quite naughty (I know, I know -
too much information!)"