Tonight: DIRECT ACTION FASHION HAPPENS

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The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) and chashama, the acclaimed New York City non-profit that supports artists by giving them space to create, will unite to kick off Fashion Week 2013 with DIRECT ACTION FASHION HAPPENS.

Designed to celebrate and educate about the often-ingenious, always-quirky use of fashion to drive positive social change, DIRECT ACTION FASHION HAPPENS will take place tonight 6:30-8 at Anita’s Way, West 42nd to West 43rd Streets between Sixth Avenue and Broadway.

With New York City’s own radical marching band, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, providing the soundtrack to a photo exhibit that includes images from MoRUS’s inaugural Direct Action Fashion Show held last February, DIRECT ACTION FASHION HAPPENS is free and open to the public.

“It’s exciting to have our organizations, both of which are active in reclaiming public space, collaborate in Times Square during Fashion Week to present an alternative view of fashion — one that celebrates how garments and accessories can be used to promote social change versus corporate gain,” says Laurie Mittelmann, co-director of MoRUS.

Previously on EV Grieve:
[Updated] At the Direct Action Fashion Show