Jezebel: Fur

Kanye's Completely Conspicuous Yet Cozy Coat

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:07:00 EST

[New York, January 3. Image via Splash.]

Rihanna's Rumored Topshop Line

Jenna Sauers — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:43:00 EST

Rihanna had dinner with Topshop founder Philip Green and Simon Cowell. Because Green and Cowell run an entertainment company that produces television and fashion ventures, the tabloid seers are pretty sure that means Rihanna's getting a clothing line. [Daily Mail]

January Jones Goes Nude For Versace

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:56:00 EST

January Jones' reward for holding up the spring Versace show by over an hour is apparently...the brand's spring campaign. Says Donatella Versace, "In January I feel I have found a perfect Versace woman for the 21st century." [WWD]

Gaultier Calls Out Gaga On Her Madonna Routine

Jenna Sauers — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:25:00 EST

Jean-Paul Gaultier, on Lady Gaga: "I think she's talented and very inpolitically incorrect, which I love. But I also think that she read up on Madonna's life and learnt it like the Bible." [Telegraph]

Kim Kardashian Looks Ridiculous, That's Fur Sure

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:21:00 EST

[New York, November 14. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

Have You Heard The One About Miley, A Bindi & A Tail?

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:07:00 EDT

[Hollywood, November 3. Image via Flynet.]

Mary-Kate Slays A Tauntaun & Goes Shopping

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:40:00 EDT

[Paris, October 6. Image via INFDaily.]

Kate Moss Breaks Out Her Fall Fashion A Little Early

Dodai Stewart — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EDT

[London, September 16. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

Literal Ice Queens Rule At Chanel

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:20:00 EST

Freeze! There was a bitter chill on the Chanel runway today in Paris. Was it the glaciers shipped from Sweden? Is Karl Lagerfeld making a statement about climate change? All questions and no answers in a wintry mix, below. More »

Animal Farm

Anna Holmes — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:10:00 EST

[Paris, March 2. Image via Getty]

Humane Nature

Anna Holmes — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:10:00 EST

[Hong Kong, February 25. Image via Getty]

Defiance

Sadie Stein — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:30:00 EST

Paging Amy Sohn: Courtney, the woman who found mommy mecca Park Slope, Brooklyn to be insufficiently fabulous for her fur coat, has gotten the best revenge - or something. Anyway, "Fabulous in Park Slope" is now live. [Via Racked] More »

Coats For Cubs

Katy Kelleher — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:40:00 EST

Instead of attacking fur-owners, the Humane Society asks for donations of old coats, which are used to keep orphaned animals warm. "The fur garments act as a surrogate mother. It is a warm and furry substitute," said a spokesman. [CSMonitor] More »

PETA Pulls Michelle Obama Ads • Cougars And Cubs Cruise Denied

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:40:00 EST

• PETA announced it's taking down the unauthorized anti-fur ads featuring Michelle Obama. Now PETA members want the White House to do something for them: Demand that Ringling Bros. change the name of its newest elephant, Baby Barack. • More »

PETA Refuses To Remove "Fabulous" Posters

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:20:00 EST

PETA has received a rebuke from the White House for running ads featuring Michelle Obama's image in their "fur-free DC" campaign. Although she does not wear fur, as the first lady, she is unable to endorse PETA's message. [Guardian] More »

One Life To Live

Anna Holmes — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:10:00 EST

[Seoul, December 9. Image via Getty]

Bare Necessities

Anna Holmes — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:10:00 EST

[Seoul, December 6. Image via Getty]

The Urban Jungle

Anna Holmes — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:10:00 EST

[Sydney, November 24. Image via Getty]

Meat, Fur, Razors, And The Challenges Of Living Ethically

Anna North — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST

Vegetarianism has gotten a lot of press lately, but in yesterday's Times, Gary Steiner argued that being truly ethical involves eschewing far more than meat — and this kind of abstemiousness may be falling out of favor. More »

LOLVogue: Duz Dis Make Me Luk Lyke A Sex Kittin?

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST

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The "Fur Play" shoot in Paris Vogue's November issue is feline-themed! Let's ignore the animaux morts/fur-pushing and Raquel Zimmermann's "tribal" makeup and focus on: KITTY!!! After the jump, we're in ur magazeen, puttin werds on ur moddles. More »

Riri's Pelts & Pout

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:50:00 EST

[London, November 15. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

Poll: Animal Pelts More Objectionable Than Death Penalty

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:20:00 EDT

A poll found 35% of Americans consider wearing fur morally wrong, while only 30% consider the death penalty unacceptable. Even worse: Having a baby outside of marriage (45% opposed), homosexual relations (47%), and abortion (56%). [Gallup via U.S. News] More »

Emma Thompson: Celebrities + Charities = "Causeweariness"

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Today, Drew Barrymore penned a 760 word essay about the battle of global hunger. Somewhat unrelated, Emma Thompson has written a piece about how celebs with causes can be irritating. More »

What's Tim Gunn Been Up To? Helping Animals, Designers

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:30:00 EST

It's impossible not to love Tim Gunn, even when he tricks you into watching bloody images of slaughtered bunny rabbits. More »

Is Fur Becoming Acceptable? • Police Solve Murder Of John Walsh's Son

Maria — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:20:00 EST

• The Guardian asks: is the wearing of fur starting to become more socially acceptable? • More »

Ivana & Star Look Awfur-ly Happy

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:50:00 EST

Fur Flies

Sadie Stein — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:30:00 EST

The Humane Society of the United States has filed a lawsuit in D.C. against six retailers and designers — Dillard's, Lord & Taylor, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue and Andrew Marc — claiming they falsely label real fur as "faux" and pass Asian raccoon dog fur off as fox, rabbit and raccoon. The HSUS claims it only took legal steps after having the allegedly faux fur analyzed and sending dozens of letters to the stores notifying them of the findings. In addition to fines, the HSUS has asked that the falsely-labeled inventory be seized, and has suggested that charges be filed against the retailers. [Crains] More »

Katherine Heigl's Coat: Fur? Or Faux?

Anna Holmes — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:10:00 EST

Fur Flies

Sadie Stein — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:30:00 EST

Gwyneth Paltrow — an animal-rights supporter who is tight with fur-frowner Stella McCartney — aroused PETA's anger when she appeared in a Tod's ad draped in fox and sporting fur-lined booties. Now, she's apologized, telling PETA's senior VP, "That was awkward. And I’m glad you asked, because I do not wear fur at all. It was a daylong photo shoot on a boat near Capri, and there were all sorts of poses with all kinds of clothes — none with fur. During one set-up, a stylist came up from behind and draped a stole around my shoulders... I know it’s not a great excuse, but I hope you and your members understand.” [Celebrity Truth] More »

A Faux-Fur Lining?

Sadie Stein — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:40:00 EST

Well, at least someone might be benefiting from the economic downturn: all those animals who are just a glimmer in a mink farmer's eye. Anti-fur designer Marc Bouwer expressed the hope at last night's “Cool vs. Cruel” benefit at New York's Bowery Hotel that this was one "stupid luxury" that wouldn't survive the recession. Calvin Klein, Urban Outfitters and Overstock.com were also feted for their anti-fur stances, while Agyness Deyn and Albert Hammond, Jr. for some reason DJ'd. [WSJ] More »

PETA's Ingrid Newkirk has been criticized...

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:20:00 EDT

PETA's Ingrid Newkirk has been criticized for using naked women in her ad campaigns, and in a recent interview with Mother Jones, she says: "It's rubbish because the organization is run by a woman, who is me. I marched in the earliest of rallies, I am an adamant feminist, but I'm not a prude and I think you can go to the beach and see people who are in less than you can in a PETA ad...I would expect someone in, say, Iran to tell us that we should cover up, but I don't expect women or men in this country to criticize women who wish to use their bodies in a form of political statement, to tell them, you need to cover yourself up… It's not sexist, it may be sexual, but no. No woman has ever been paid to strip... That's her prerogative and I think it is anti-feminist to dare to tell her that she needs to put her clothes back on." [Mother Jones] More »

LOLVogue: Teh Billee Goatz Gruff (And Contest!)

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EDT

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Someone was smoking some really strong shit when they came up with the Burning-Man-esque "Natural High" photo shoot in the October issue of Vogue. Three lithe, billy goat-ish moddles are on a rocky landscape, under a blazing sun, wearing huge shaggy furs, and the magazine calls it "beastly beauty." Add "hooflike heels" and you've got a lurid fairy tale — without the bridge, troll or moral. It's hallucinatory and ridiculous. But! I mock because I love! Which is why, inspired by LOLCats, here is another episode of LOLVogue. After the jump: We're in ur magazeen, puttin werdz on ur moddles. (And! A contest!) More »

The Swiss Animal Protection Agency has released...

Sadie Stein — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:40:00 EDT

The Swiss Animal Protection Agency has released a harrowing report that chronicles the Chinese fur trade, which produces approximately 85 percent of the world's fur products and whose animal treatment is almost completely unregulated. Although the practices employed — beating animals with a metal or wooden stick or swinging the animal until it slams to the ground, then skinning it alive — are horrifying, SAPA spokesman Mark Rissi said that fur producers had no qualms about opening their farms to the organization: "As animals are considered objects in China, there is little or no awareness for the suffering of these sentient beings," he said, essentially describing a stark cultural divide, and adding that "the cruelty found was beyond our expectations, and it was hard to document without interfering. It caused nightmares to the team." (Warning: the descriptions and videos are very graphic. Possibly NSFW - certainly upsetting.) [World Net Daily] More »

Props to New York, which just became the...

Jennifer — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Props to New York, which just became the first state in the nation to ban the electrocution of animals for the purpose of harvesting their fur. [MSNBC] More »

Dear PETA, Have You Met Our Friend Madonna?

Jennifer — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:50:00 EDT

Want to wear fur but be "eco-conscious"?...

Jennifer — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:20:00 EDT

Want to wear fur but be "eco-conscious"? A company called Norsk Leather & Fur in Park City, Utah is shilling a line that it promises affords "all of the luxury, none of the guilt" for guilt-laden fur wearers. Thing is, the products are made from the fur of possums. In other words, we're not sure where "none of the guilt" comes in. [WSJ] More »

Kate Moss: Animal Print Shoes, Animal Skin Scarf

Jennifer — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:10:00 EDT

New DKNY Designer Rachel Bilson Can Neither Sketch Nor Sew

Jennifer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:30:00 EDT

DKNY Jeans has announced a "partnership" with Rachel Bilson, who will be doing her own denim line for the brand. "Fans of 'The O.C.' really like DKNY Jeans, and I know they make great stuff, so I thought it could be good... I can't draw at all, so I won't be doing any sketches, but I am learning to sew," she says. [WWD, sub req'd]

The Swiss government is banning the cat...

Jennifer — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:20:00 EST

The Swiss government is banning the cat fur trade after a rash of incidents in which domestic house cats have been poached from their homes to supply soft pelts. We can't decide if we're more upset that people wear cat fur, fur at all, or that people are stealing pets so that other people can wear fur. Ick to it all. [Telegraph] More »

Jill Stuart Jettisons Lindsay Lohan For Hilary Swank

Jennifer — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:30:00 EST

Lindsay Lohan has been dropped as the face of Jill Stuart, because she's, well, Lindsay Lohan. Her replacement: Hilary Swank. [Porfolio - Mixed Media]