The only place you can find Alexa Chung, Karen Elson, Leith Clark, Tavi Gevinson and Lena Dunham lip-syncing together isnt a fashion party or Girls episode. Its a lo-fi campaign video supporting womens rights and the re-election of President Barack Obama.
The women listed abovealong with Zoe Kravitz, Miranda July, Tennessee Thomas and 45 other Obama supportersanswered artist Sarah Sophie Flickers call to speak out against presidential candidate Mitt Romneys so-called War on Women.
(Background: Governor Romney has vowed to defund family planning group Planned Parenthood immediately if hes elected. He also opposes equal-pay legislation for women, supports overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark court case that legalised abortion in the US; and would take measures that restrict access to birth control.)
So whats a high-profile creative with a webcam to do? Sing about it.
Personally, I'm struck by the fact that we are teetering dangerously close to a situation where my daughter won't have the same rights I've enjoyed my entire life and that scares the heck out of me, Flicker wrote in an email to Papermag. Women constituted 60% of the last election's voters. We can win this thing. We just have to agitate, motivate, and get out the darn vote!
Flicker convinced friends to lip-sync to You Dont Own Me, Lesley Gores 1964 classicand even gained the support of Gore herself. The singer endorses the message at the beginning of the PSA.
The result is certainly a lot more tuneful than anything the candidates have said themselves. No binders full of women here, thanksjust clued-up style stars raising awareness.
Take a look at the video below. And if youre eligible and in the US, dont forget to vote