Last week it was the Pope who upset anti-fur campaigners, and this week it is Gwyneth Paltrow. The vegetarian actress has angered PETA over her autumn/winter 2008-9 campaign (pictured) for Tod's in which she models fur-lined boots and bags made from ostrich and snakeskin. In particular, an ad depicting Paltrow draped in fox fur, has prompted the animal-rights group to label her as a 'terrible example'.
Pope Benedict's attire has fallen under the spotlight yet again, after anti-fur protesters in Italy launched an online petition appealing to the pontiff not to wear his fur-trimmed robes.
The Italian Association for Defence of Animals and the Environment has so far gathered 2,260 signatures for its petition.
"The pope has often talked about protecting the environment and we are asking that he acknowledges that animals, as God's creation, also deserve respect," said Lorenzo Croce, head of the organisation.
While there is no denying that the measures put in place by the Model Health Inquiry have gone some way into tackling this issue, such as banning models under 16 from London Fashion Week shows (the knock-on effect travelling all the way to Australia), and ensuring that backstage is kept healthy (trust me, I saw those sandwich tables) their announcement to abandon their plans and handball responsibility over to the U.K.'s Association of Model Agents (AKA) still doesn't sit right. You might say that while we have won the battle, we are a long way off winning the war.
An advert featuring a model wearing Stella McCartney lingerie underneath a fur coat has outraged the British designer, prompting her to threaten legal action. McCartney, an avid animal-rights campaigner, was reportedly angered after seeing one of her black lace bras together with a mink fur coat in an advert for Mayfair fur boutique, Hockley.
Giorgio Armani's decision to dress Spanish matador, Cayetano Rivera Ordóñez, for the historic Goyesca de Ronda bullfight, has attracted protests from animal activists.
The 100% Animalisti group plastered three angry posters on the Emporio Armani megastore in Milan, calling the designer a hypocrite for his previous participation in ad campaigns against animal abandonment.
With the 2008 Olympic Games right at our doorstep, Beijing isn't pulling any punches when it comes to polishing up its city, and its residents. The city government has issued etiquette booklets, asking locals to shape up or ship out... and no, this isn't a Friday funny.
Beijing's 15 million residents have received the instructions from the Capital Spiritual Civilisation Construction Commission, which has advised them on clothing and social etiquette.
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