As well as the unique opportunity to experience and enjoy a carefully curated selection of digital pioneers, musical mavericks, art rebels, evangelists and optimists, bands, DJs and performers, a ticket to the inaugural Dazed Live festival this
As well as the unique opportunity to experience and enjoy a carefully curated selection of digital pioneers, musical mavericks, art rebels, evangelists and optimists, bands, DJs and performers, buying a ticket to the inaugural Dazed Live festival this weekend will also help benefit Japan relief efforts. 15% of ticket sales are being donated to Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund. Headliners include experimental American group Gang Gang Dance and cultural iconoclast, acclaimed filmmaker, prolific author Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Here, AnOther highlights some of the other key industry initiatives that followed last month's mighty earthquake and resulting tsunami, which has caused widespread destruction and suffering. More than 8,000 people have died in the disaster, thousands are injured and at least 12,000 are missing. Many people are living in evacuation centres as 14,000 homes have been destroyed and around 100,000 are damaged.
Jane Birkin's Birkin bag up for auction
Today, the French-born actress and singer's personal Birkin – the iconic Hermès design named after her in 1984 – will be sold on eBay to benefit Red Cross efforts in Japan with bids starting at $2,000. The bag, customised with stickers from her travels and a talisman hanging from the handles, has been in Birkin's possession for five years and is described to be in exceptional condition.
Resurrection Vintage
American store Resurrection Vintage's impressive selection of stock includes Chanel bags, Dolce & Gabbana bustiers as well archive pieces by prominent Japanese designers Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, Comme Des Garçons and Junya Watanabe. Its owners Mark Haddawy and Katy Rodriguez decided to donate 15% of all sales of Japanese designers and Rodriguez's own line to Direct Relief International, a US-based charity that sends shipments of medical equipment and supplies worldwide to help the victims of natural disasters.
Damir Doma's red sample sale
Croatian-born designer Damir Doma’s humanitarian effort was symbolist. Coinciding with his sample sales in Paris, all profits from the red coloured garments went to Japanese Red Cross. Bloody-red monastic pieces were at the core of his S/S10 menswear presentation, famed at the time for being organic and harmonious.
UNIQLO, LVMH and Alexander Wang join the noble cause
One of the first conglomerates to offer help was itself Japanese. UNIQLO, famed among fashion connoisseurs for its reliable basics, distributed 700 million yen (£5.25 million) worth of coats, jeans, towels and 300,000 pairs of HeatTech thermal underwear to victims of the earthquake and the following tsunami as well as numerous large monetary donations. Other brands have followed suit: LVMH, owner of Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Fendi and Givenchy, has contributed £3.75 million to Japan’s earthquake relief efforts, whilst Alexander Wang has decided to give away 10% of all online sales to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Tickets for Dazed Live taking place 9-10 April in East London are available to buy here.
Text by Anzej Dezan
