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By Daniela Petroff

From Yahoo News | Original Article

 

A model runs during rehearsals of the Vivienne Westwood men's Spring-Summer 2014 fashion show, part of the Milan Fashion Week, unveiled in Milan, Italy, Sunday, June 23, 2013. The shirt portrays US Army soldier Bradley Manning, who was arrested in 2010 on suspicion of having made public classified material through the website WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) .

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MILAN (AP) — Vivienne Westwood, the British designer known for her eccentric fashion, dedicated her latest menswear collection to Bradley Manning, an American soldier currently on trial in the U.S. for leaking classified material to the website WikiLeaks. He was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq.

During the show for next summer, presented Sunday, the second day of Milan Fashion Week, models walked down the runway wearing a large badge with a picture of the soldier on it, and the word "TRUTH" written at the bottom in bold white letters on a red background.

At the end of the show, the designer herself came out for a runway bow wearing the same badge.

The collection was casual chic with African references, from the striped linen used for a long Kaftan shirt or a summer suit, to baggy pants and breeches, to geometric prints, to toe sandals and flip flops.

The show opened with a series of summer khaki slacks worn over classic shirts, perfect for a toney summer evening.

Absent were the usual Westwood menswear gimmicks such as skirts or high heels. Instead the designer made her runway appearance wearing colored stockings with "climate" written on one leg and "revolution" on the other, showing that truth is not her only battle.

 
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