Welcome back to the Metropolitan Culture Corner! In our first interview of 2025, we go behind the scenes with Laura Avery, events organizer and co-founder of local non-profit organization Fashion Cares.
Laura was born in the UK, but has made Barcelona her home for the past ten years. She was an English teacher in London, Lisbon, and Santander, until she made a career change and decided to spend the next fifteen years in fashion print media in London and Mumbai. She later went on to become a fashion lecturer at the London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts in London.
After that, Laura moved to Barcelona, where she co-founded the nonprofit organization Fashion Cares in 2021. It organizes primarily fashion-related events in support of charitable foundations in and around the city of Barcelona, and they have their big annual fundraising event coming up on March 2nd, 2025. They’re still looking for volunteers, so feel free to get in touch via email or on Instagram if you’re interested in participating in the event, or collaborating with Fashions Cares in general.
Last month, we went behind the scenes with director, screenwriter, and editor Àlex Lora. Lora’s works have been screened multiple times at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as many of the most prestigious festivals around the world. He was listed as one of the “Top 10 Spanish directors to watch” by Variety magazine’s Cannes Edition, and is known for his unique narrative and visual style. His short films, documentaries, and feature-length fiction works often address social issues related to identity, immigration, disability, and youth, never shying away from controversial subject matter.
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