3.08.2015

8th March: Women's day

On 8 March 1914 In London there was a march from Bow to Trafalgar Square in support of women's suffrage . Sylvia Pankhurst was arrested in front of Charing Cross station on her way to speak in Trafalgar Square.
In 1917 demonstrations marking International Women's Day in Saint Petersburg on the last Sunday in February (which fell on March 8 on the Gregorian calendar) initiated the February Revolution.Women in Saint Petersburg went on strike that day for “Bread and Peace".

We've come a long way since those days, but there's a lot still to be done for equal rights, education and wages!

In spite the fact they may seem just fashion horses, the girls here are very conscious about these problems so they asked me to pose in front of the Wall of Dolls in Milan. The Wall of Dolls is an installation unveiled during menswear fashion week in june 2014 to shine a light against the increasing wave of violence against women which is rising all over the western world.


They also wanted to pose in front of this installation by Francesca Biasetton in Genoa's Palazzo Ducale, inspired by the "Zapatos Rojos" project.


Zapatos Rojos or Red Shoes is an art project realized by the Mexican artist Elina Chauvet. It deals with a city route which consists in lots of pairs of red or red-painted shoes to commemorate the many cases of violence against women in the whole world. In particular, her first work was realized in Ciudad Juarez, the border city between Mexico and the United States, where for the first time it was used the expression “femicide”. Here, indeed hundreds and hundreds of women were abducted, raped and then killed since 1993.

On a lighter side: In Italy to celebrate this day men give women yellow mimosas branches, mimosa blossoms also mark the beginning of springtime!


A great Women's day to all of you!


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11 comments:

  1. Hey Billa! This is such an important day for us all, I agree that we have come far, but still there's a lot to improve. I love the tradition in Italy, Italian men are the best (hmhm, my sweetheart has a bit of Italian blood too) :-). Big hugs!

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    1. Hi Linda, the Girls and I wanted to share this, as there are many ugly things happening around. Two months ago I saw the installation in Milan and was really impressed, it really makes you stop and think about it.
      Kisses Billa

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    2. ps. I love when Sasha arrives with the mimosa in the morning (he's got a more than a bit of Russian blook though)

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  2. Billa, what a wonderful post. I did not heard anything about these exhibitions, so thank you for sharing. Your girls are so beautifully dressed in fresh, spring dresses which is a sight for my winter-worn eyes. Big hugs!!! April

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    1. Hi April, it was such a perfect chance to begin showing some spring dresses!
      Kisses Billa

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  3. Thanks so much for sharing, Billa!

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    1. Hi Muff, I'm glad you liked it. I don't like mixing dolls with politics, but this is a thing I really felt I had to write about!
      Kisses Billa

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  4. Hi Billa,hope you had a lovely woman day.
    i learned a lot with this post,so cute your dolls between the red shoes,as a italian lover i am amazed with the mimosas flowers from italian tradition,i would love to have italian husband šŸ˜Š;-)

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    1. Hi MC thank you! I don't know exactly where this mimosa tradition comes from, but it is very sweet!

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  5. Hello from Spain: Happy woman Day. you are very creative. Fabulous photos. Great dresses. Keep in touch

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    1. Hi Marta thank you! Hope you had a wonderful woman day too!

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