Its not a very nice day here in Lairg raining, and dull, dull dull! We are supposed to be going on a fairly short sponsored walk later and its going to be a soggy one but never mind the craic will be great.
I was reading some green news today and saw a piece about Armani introducing fur coats for babies. It has enraged PETA ( People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) and there is a war of words going on. This was after Armani last summer promised never to use fur in his collections again a mite unprincipled methinks!
The promise was not so much broken, as smashed on the floor and
jumped on by Armani, who went on to include fur trims in his men's and
womenswear A/W '08 collections: he also used fur in his kids and
babywear ranges. Fur coats for babies!? Needless to say, PETA were not
impressed...
We're not quite sure what PETA plan to do to Armani next (will his
skins be appearing in a gruesome catwalk collection of their own,
perhaps?), but you can be sure it won't be pretty. Since the row
erupted, they have limited their attacks to bad mouthing Armani among
his celebrity friends. They wrote a letter
to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, begging them not to pick up on the
baby-fur trend and dress little Suri in furs, and have stated the
intention to confront people wearing Armani in the street.
Meanwhile, X-files star Gillian Anderson has publically declared her
support for PETA on this one, saying: "I am stunned that Armani has
gone back on his word," she said. "I can't understand why anyone would
want to use real fur, and especially rabbit because it is so easy to
replicate as the pile is so short."
Well all I can say is there is no fur involved in the Sones collection, no animal cruelty or testing and no exploitation in any form. Seriously though can you think why anybody would even want to dress their baby in fur unless they lived in Antartica. I would personally not wear fur as the poster rightly says it looks better on its rightful owner!
Linda