Celebrities wore black to the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night in a powerful show of solidarity with the Time’s Up movement against sexual misconduct. The BAFTA red carpet mirrored January’s Golden Globes awards, where actors and actresses brought activists as their dates and wore black as a protest against harassment in Hollywood after the #MeToo reckoning swept the industry. Many also wore pins to support the Time’s Up initiative, an action plan and legal defense fund designed to fight workplace sexual harassment and inequality. At the BAFTAs, the star-studded red carpet included Jennifer Lawrence in a structured Dior gown, Lupita Nyong’o in Elie Saab, and Angelina Jolie and Margo Robbie in Ralph and Russo and Givenchy, respectively. The Duchess of Cambridge, who wore a green Jenny Packham gown with a black sash, was the only notable exception to the otherwise all-black dress code (though some saw the sash as a slight protest on her part).

Source: Huffington Post February 19, 2018 15:45 UTC