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.
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