PETA Finds an Animal Ally in Topshop

Topshop's Oxford Street store windows are a real jungle right now. Filled with stuffed animals that draw you in with their cuteness, this critters pack a powerful message: “Keep wildlife out of your wardrobe.” 

Topshop has teamed up with PETA for a campaign to advocate getting the fur and leather look without animal suffering. Faux is the new fur. Pleather and faked exotic skins are in. 

Personally, I used to say that even wearing faux fur promotes the bad cause, but now, submerged in the fashion world and acutely aware of fur's recent grand splash runway return, better to fake it then make it, in this case. The modern man and woman want the styles but without the suffering. And with major technological improvements, it's getting harder to tell the fake from the real thing anymore. 

Stella McCartney has been toeing the line of stylish and unreal specimens brilliantly for years and hers is now a successful business with profits increasing to $4.6 million during the fiscal year. Topshop is taking a leadership stance that will hopefully be the future of fashion. No longer will animals have to die to "get the look".

Umm... This Be Good: PETA and Sharon Needles Limited Edition Magnet

Just in time for Halloween this limited edition Sharon Needles for PETA magnet 

and is that price a coincidence or what? 

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(Limited edition magnet, $6.66 at Petacatalog.com)

Paul Mitchell Pulls Out of China

Paul Mitchell is the next in huge beauty names that rather than amend their anti-animal testing policies for mandatory Chinese testing, have forgone that market altogether

PETA recently awarded animal lover Paul Mitchell with Courage in Commerce Award for pulling out of China to prevent cruel animal tests that are currently mandatory by law. 

Meanwhile PETA "funded a group of scientists to travel to China and offer their advice on replacing animal experiments with superior non-animal methods, the country is poised to approve its first non-animal cosmetics test"

Kudos to Paul Mitchell for making the money talk and to PETA for keeping the focus on archaic policies and the forward and modern solutions. 

Penelope Cruz has Animal Passion

And I'm not just talking about lingering glances stolen through side swept bangs

Cruz joins the likes of Christy Turlington, Mark Ronson, Taraji P. Henson and more animal loving celebs who've fronted PETA's anti-fur campaign.


This closeup black and white style is particularly striking and combined with the hair and makeup give a radiant, Avedon-esque feel. And me gusta mucho!

PETA Calls Janet Jackson Some "Nasty" Names

For her modelling in ads and designing a capsule collection for furrier, Blackglama, Janet Jackson has been named 'Grinch of the Year' by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Never ones to mince words or avoid controversy, PETA goes on to say

"When Janet Jackson had her infamous wardrobe malfunction during Super Bowl XXXVIII, at least what popped into view of 170 million onlookers belonged to her, unlike the animal skins she drapes herself in, which are as dead as her fashion taste and her career.”

Ooh child! I cannot wait for Ms. Jackson's response because the claws are out and it's getting down and dirty.  




But I guess that's the way love and publicity goes. 

Happy World Vegetarian Day

Or, to paraphrase Kate Moss:

"Nothing tastes as good as being a vegetarian feels"

October 1st is World Vegetarian Day kicking off Vegetarian Awareness Month (October? Really? I guess candy corn is a vegetable. Right?)


Now, I'm not gonna get preachy here, but a vegetarian diet is one of the best things you can do for you, animals and the earth.

Your health and the lives and resources saved more than make up for fried chicken and California rolls.

So in honor of World Vegetarian Day, choose to have a plant based diet today and you'll feel the difference!



Here's some links to get ya' started:


World Vegetarian Day Info: http://www.worldvegetarianday.org/

PETA, the radical and EFFECTIVE animal rights group: http://www.peta.org/

Artwork from http://ameatlessyear.blogspot.com


xo

-It Can't Be Dior

The Anti-Gaga Meat Dress

Famous Chinese actress, Gao Yuanyuan is the star of a new PETA campaign to encourage a vegetarian lifestyle

The campaign is targeted towards China, where the growing economy has increased people's availability to formerly cost prohibitive meat.

Eating meat is now seen as a symbol of wealth and luxury in this historically veggie friendly country.

Meat isn't luxurious or sexy and it boggles the mind to think that emerging economies would promote such an archaic mentality especially as resources are growing scarcer everyday. Go veg!


Not only is it better for the world, it's pretty easy to style!

Original link: http://www.updt.me/go?item=actress-wears-dress-made-out-of-lettuce&t=tw