Extinction Rebellion is planning to disrupt London Fashion Week with a number of protests including a huge funeral procession along the Strand.
In a series of actions starting on Friday, the climate change protest group will target major fashion show events in order to rally against the industry's global carbon footprint.
Extinction Rebellion spokeswoman Sara Arnold confirmed the action will start with a non-disruptive rally in Lyric Square, Hammersmith, on Saturday.
On Sunday and Monday there will be "swarming actions" to block major roads near Fashion Week venues, Ms Arnold said - though the locations have yet to be chosen.
The activists will swarm the roads for seven minutes and then retreat for three minutes at a time rather than a full blockade, she said.
The main event will be held on Tuesday for Fashion Week's last day as activists take part in a funeral procession from Trafalgar Square to 180 Strand - London Fashion Week's central venue.
Ms Arnold said: "This will be the biggest action, a funeral procession to mark the end of Fashion Week, called 'London Fashion Week: Rest in Peace'.
"It will be a funeral for London Fashion Week but also commemorating the lives that have been lost due to climate change and ecological collapse.
"Obviously the fashion industry has had a big impact on the crisis."
Activists will meet at 5pm at Trafalgar Square before marching off at 5.30pm towards 180 Strand, where a ceremony will take place blocking all traffic.
"There will be a eulogy and music so it should be quite moving," Ms Arnold said, adding the group istargeting London Fashion Week because it is seen as a fashion hub with a global spotlight.
"The fashion industry obviously has a huge impact to the environment - somewhere between 7 and 8 per cent of carbon emissions. This is more than international shipping and airplane carbon combined.
“Even to make one standard cotton t-shirt takes 2,500 litres of water."
Ms Arnold said Extinction Rebellion recognises that within London Fashion Week there has been "a lot of movement" to make the fashion industry more sustainable.
“But given that the footprint of the industry is growing more and more," she added, "and there is no signs of real progress, we need to see drastic changes.
"The political will needs to be set in stone and needs to happen now. We are just running out of time.”
The Standard has approached London Fashion Week for comment.
