It's not very politically correct these days, but Chanel head designer Karl Lagerfield has defended his use of fur.
The fashion head honcho justified his lavish animal skins, insisting it's a case of "us against them." He added that hunters rely on "killing those beasts who would kill us if they could."
I'm not sure what sort of threat the rabbits and minks Chanel favors would ever pose to us humans, but I suppose that Mr. Lagerfield is entitled to his opinion.
He added that "In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish."
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has hit back at Mr. Lagerfield’s comments, labeling him "a fashion dinosaur who is as out of step as his furs are out of style.
"The vast majority of fur these days comes not from hunters as he suggests, but from Chinese fur farms, where no law protects the millions of animals who are routinely beaten and skinned alive.
"Lagerfeld's childish refusal to acknowledge the needless suffering behind every piece of fur and listen to public opinion means that he is being overtaken in the style stakes by an increasing number of designers who believe that cruelty has no place in fashion."
I'd hate to see the house of Chanel get left behind, but it is clear that many people are morally opposed to wearing fur. While Mr. Lagerfield it so committed to his views, I can't imagine Chanel's fashion philosophy changing any time soon.
[Source: Telegraph]
[Image Source: Christophschaefer/Wikipedia Commons]
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April 9th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
I totally agree using your own cat fur to make handbag , at least you don’t kill them , only shave them, unlike all the famous brand using animal fur and I wonder whether they have any idea how the animal was kill just to get their fur and skin.
For those who do not know how each and every animal suffer and kill, please go to Peta and watch the terrifying video
April 9th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
the comment given by karl Lagerfield was totally irresponsible and childish, thinking that fur just comes from hunter.
April 10th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
I don’t own any fur products, wouln’t be bothered with them to be honest. That said, he does have a point — “In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.” — We farm, and kill other animals for their meat and their skins, just because someone does it to rabbits or mink, for the sake of fashion, does that really make it worse?
April 10th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Jake- why is it so hard for people to ‘get’ the diff between eating and killing (humanely) for survival, and torturing animals for fashion????
See a diff?
this ‘fashion jerk’ is so shallow
he makes Paris Hilton look smart.
April 10th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
PETA has no moral authority AT ALL to say anything to people about how they treat animals.
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
April 10th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Can someone please explain to me how you would make a fur handbag out of a shaved cat hair?
Last time I checked, you needed to skin the animal for a fur product, not just take its hair.
April 10th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
You shouldn’t do that to your cat!
Just look at this poor animal:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7896/sadpussy.jpg
I say, no more catbags!!!
April 10th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I find it interesting that animal rights activists are the least respected activists because they make these stupid arguments.
April 10th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
and minks are evil!!!!!
April 12th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Minks taste good
July 13th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Even though if you want to steal”their” skin or fur. don’t skin while they are still alive. I watch a video forward from my friend, it show how those people skin wolf,fox and dog. He will simply pull a wolf/fox out from the tiny cage with other fox inside(they will not bite them cos they are in the tiny cage , cannot move at all and starve for many days and w/o any water.Then, the man will use an axe chop off their 4 legs and hang them on a sharp hook and skin them while they still moving and breathing.Once done, throw them on a lorry.Just imagine the pain.