“I cannot stand by while the planet is slowly coated in a thin, oily film of plastic to be inherited by our children and generations to come.” Such a declaration would normally be delivered by a Greta Thunberg-type but, on this occasion, its emissary was the fashion designer Tom Ford wearing his trademark tailored suit and thick-rimmed glasses.
He said it to the crowd at the Green Carpet Fashion awards (GCFA) in Los Angeles on 9 March before announcing the winners of the plastic innovation prize to the unusual mix of stars, activists and sustainable fashion personalities in the room.
