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The fashion industry is provoking animal fanatics to desperate actions

Published by Stefan Engeseth on november 25, 2010 at 1:36 e m

A animal that has no way to escape is a dangerous animal. Today leading fashion brands are shocking the world. This is something pointed out today by Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, where these brands are pushing consumers to wear a fur coat.

I would argue that this is extremely bad taste, in a time when Mother Nature is threatened—what will the next fashion be? Dress in the latest polar bear? This arrogance will only make consumers believe that the fashion industry is shallow, with no understanding of ethics.

Even worse are those supermodels giving the finger to animal fanatics.

If supporters of animal rights feel that they are being given the finger, they could strike back in a way that could be nasty.

I am not advocating that we undertake desperate actions. But an animal that has no escape will, as a survival instinct, strike back. And there is a parallel there with what the fashion industry is doing, by offending animal fanatics.

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# Lucire: Insider » Fashion’s promotion of fur is provocative in light of the tipping-pointon 26 Nov 2010 at 12:21 f m

[...] Soﬁa Hedstrom, in the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet, notes that the use of fur is on the rise. Designers including Jean-Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld have been using fur in recent collections, spurred on by support from the likes of Anna Wintour and Carine Roitﬁeld. Models who once said they would rather go naked than wear fur are reversing their decisions. Our thought: this won’t do, because there are better ways. Stefan Engeseth, in his blog today, notes: [...]
# Fashion in Karachi » Blog Archive » Fashion’s promotion of fur is provocative, in light of the tipping-pointon 30 Nov 2010 at 12:10 e m

[...] Soﬁa Hedstrom, in the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet, notes that the use of fur is on the rise. Designers including Jean-Paul Gaultier and Karl Lagerfeld have been using fur in recent collections, spurred on by support from the likes of Anna Wintour and Carine Roitﬁeld. Models who once said they would rather go naked than wear fur are reversing their decisions. Our thought: this won’t do, because there are better ways. Stefan Engeseth, in his blog today, notes: [...]