Posts with tag PETA

Despite PETA throwing flour on LiLo and continually hating on the Olsen twins, fur is still everywhere this season. And the crazier the better. Throw one of these babies on and you'll instantly be catapulted into rock star status. Read on to for tips on how to really rock a fur, what to look for when buying and our five favorites furs.

Lindsay Lohan is no stranger to white powder, but this weekend she had a rather unpleasant white powder encounter. While entering the VIP Room Theater in Paris, Lindsay was hit with a flour bomb thrown by an animal rights activist protesting LiLo's fur stole.

Whatever opinions someone may have concerning the tireless animal rights organization PETA one thing is for certain, no one can ever say they don't try.

Pretty much any other time of year, we'd see this photo of singer Alaska and her husband Mario Vaquerizo and merely wonder, "Hey, when did Steve Perry get a flatiron?"

As a high-profile clothing designer, you know that PETA's going to come at you with all they've got if you like to showcase fur in your collections, whether or not you've given any indication that you support animal rights. But, if you really want to make PETA angry, do what Giorgio Armani did. After reporting that PETA had convinced him to drop fur from his collections in an interview with Time last year -- he apparently had a little change of heart.

Instead of ditching fur in his designs, his fall lineup is covered up with the stuff. Chock full of fur coats, fur-hemmed skirts, and even fur coats for children (an unforgivable sin in the eyes of fur-haters) -- it's almost like Giorgio's latest designs were meant to publicly snub PETA . Ouch!

Now, according to the NYP, hardcore PETA groupies like Pamela Anderson are planning a serious counterattack against the perceived betrayal. Word has it that PETA devotees will put celebs that attend Armani shows "in the hot seat" as part of an attempt shun the superstar designer and his fur-loving fashions.

[via Ecorazzi]

In a move that's sure to make anti-fur activists giddy, Britain's Ministry of Defence is currently searching for synthetic material to outfit those stonefaced iconic guards at Buckingham Palace. Today, the MoD is meeting with Peta representatives to find a reasonable substitute for those funky black bearskin hats. Yes, they're really made of Canadian black bear fur, and what's more -- it takes an entire bear to make just one hat. So, the MoD's switch to synthetic isn't purely symbolic.

Government officials have pondered the idea of finding a substitute before, but apparently they haven't like any of their options. Now Peta's bringing out the big guns. They've got anti-fur designers Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney working on the case.

Since these guards are one of the foremost icons of British military tradition, the standards are set understandably high. In other words, cheap rugs aren't going to cut it. If you're an aspiring headgear designer, the Telegraph is accepting submissions for an alternative helmet design.

[via Fashionista]

Is pop star Leona Lewis, aka PETA's most sexy vegetarian, about to get her own Topshop line? British rag The Sun reports that Leona and Fashion Svengali Sir Phillip Green have a dinner scheduled, as soon as he gets back from his trip to Ibiza with Kate Moss.

Since she's young and beautiful, and he's old and rich, this can mean only one thing. They're collaborating on a new clothing line. (What did you think we meant?)

The notorious Kate is Sir Phillip's current celebrity designer cash cow, but she can't stay young forever. Leona's staggering success in the U.K. and the U.S., plus her broad appeal make her a very marketable choice.

Let's see: popular and pretty celebrity, trendy clothes, inexpensive price points...we're going out on a limb and predict this will make buckets of money for Sir Phillip, and one hopes for Leona. Oh, yes, and as The Sun points out, Simon Cowell, too.

It's been a while since PETA came up with an idea hilarious enough to win us over, but this one has truly awesome/disgusting/ridiculous potential. It's centered around the fact that it's the Olsen twins' birthday this Friday -- the 13th -- and PETA wants the twins to receive some freaky gifts in the mail. Their idea: to have all fur-haters send them a birthday package containing some hair clippings and a note that says 'please, use my hair instead of the animals.'

Nicknamed the Trollsen Twins by PETA's Olsen-hating website -- Hairy Kate and Trashley -- the animal rights group apparently hates them because they use fur in the celebrity clothing line. We're OK with fur, but we think we might send some beard trimmings anyway -- just for a laugh. The sad thing about this gag is knowing that some poor intern will end up being the one to open all the disgusting hair packages.

[via Sassybella]

Despite all the 'are they really married?' rumors that are flying around the internet, we feel it's safe to say that Beyonce and Jay-Z have actually tied the knot. Why do we suddenly feel so confident? Because PETA sent Beyonce a wedding gift -- and when the uber-informed PETA seems sure, we figure it's a safe bet. So, what did they send the fur-loving superstar who, consequently, was a victim of one of their most sneaky celeb-attacks yet? A faux-fur throw of course.

In 2006, PETA won a charity auction on Ebay to eat lunch with the pop diva and jumped on the opportunity to show Beyonce one of their famously graphic DVDs about animal slaughter. Now, with this wedding gift, we have to wonder if PETA has gone soft. It's hard to tell whether the gift was meant to be tongue-in-cheek or not, but we interpret this as a sincere gesture of good will from the animal rights org. Maybe they're just afraid to be on Jay-Z's bad side? We would be.

[via Jezebel]

Whit Honea is a slacker, a borderline degenerate, and a daydream believer. He's also our resident expert on casual chic. If it's comfortable, and not heinous, he's all over it. He's quite charming, really.

Peanut butter and chocolate? Sure, those are two great tastes that go great together, but let's face it, they're no longer shocking the world with their combined novelty. The time as come for Reese's to step aside, there's a new cup in town, and it ain't kosher.

Once again, anti-fur coalition forces have decided to set their sights on the home of fashion empress Donna Karan. This time, a group called the Paint Panthers decided that it would be a good idea to spray paint some messages to the designer on the road leading up to her house in the Hamptons. One message read "Bunny Butcher" in hot pink scrawl with an arrow pointing towards DK's house. Another featured a carton bunny and the message "I don't want to be a handbag."

Kyle reported back in February that PETA was awarding Aretha Franklin with the distinguished title of Worst Dressed Celebrity in 2008. In a follow up to that tasty bit of news, I read today that PETA is offering the Queen of Soul a way to redeem herself in the eyes of the fur-hating masses.

It seems that Aretha has run into some hard times, financially speaking, and she's let her $700,000 Detroit home go into foreclosure. When PETA heard about this, they jumped at the chance to play the hero and offered to pay the $19,000 in back taxes on the property. There is one condition though: Aretha has to promise that she will never wear fur again. Read PETA's letter to Ms. Franklin here.

Most anyone who has seen Jenna Jameson, has seen Jenna Jameson -- if you know what I mean. That's probably why PETA didn't pick the ex-pornstar to pose nude for their "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaign. Instead, Jameson was asked to do some sexy vintage pics à la Bettie Page for PETA's "Pleather Yourself" Campaign. The pictures will hit the interweb March 10th, in order to coincide with the start of LA Fashion Week.

It's certainly fitting that Jameson pays homage to one of the trailblazers of American erotica. Page was infamous for being featured in portraits with sado-masochistic and bondage themes, which obviously involved a leather whip or two. Jameson is taking the opportunity to salute the cruelty-free miracle of synthetic leather by showing how functional it is in an S&M setting:

"I've worn a lot of pleather in my life. Anybody who knows me knows that I've kind of lived half my life in it. I love the idea of having choices outside of leather. The outfit that I'm wearing in the ad is so sexy that I suggest if people want to have a better time in the bedroom - then please explore the pleather side."

The cameraman for the momentous shoot was none other than Gavin Bond, so the Jameson images should be nothing short of works of art. It feels weird putting "Jenna Jameson" and "work of art" in the same sentence, doesn't it? I say: pleather smeather, just give us the pictures already.

Lookin' good, Sharon! Look at the cute brooch she's wearing. It's furry and--holy jackhammers, that's a rat's paw!

Dubbs TF, Sharon? That rat steal something from you?

Perhaps Sharon has chosen the rat as her totem animal and is calling upon its ancient powers.

Totem animals were explained to me by this hip 20-something I knew when I was in high school. One day I mentioned that I was seeing a lot of turtles everywhere, and she said "oh, it has become your totem animal." She then explained that in Native American lore, every animal has a meaning, a power. Spiders represent or embody creativity, for example. Turtles are survivors; their power encourages you to get in touch with your primal essence.

Rats, according to www.sayahda.com, are resourceful, but they also "personify humankind's imperialistic drives."

Whoa, Sharon Stone. See how she even attached a little bloody looking jewel to it? I feel nervous.

[via ecorazzi]