Tim Gunn VS. Armani and Donna Karan
Tim Gunn is my boo and hero. He is pretty much the Jesus of Fashion. After working his way through Parsons as a teacher, he moved on to be Heidi Klum’s sidekick on “Project Runway.” From here he became more mainstream and captured my heart.
Gunn is bravely taking on fashion power houses Giorgio Armani and Donna Karan. He joined the celebrity movement to end the use of real fur. My boo narrated a video that featured footage of rabbits being skinned alive for their fur and foxes being electrocuted. He delicately attacks designers who still use genuine fur with his stunning vocabulary. Page Six reports his moving words:
“Any designer in the fashion industry who does not want to watch the PETA video and see exactly what happens to animals and how they’re treated and how the product that they use comes to the marketplace, I believe, is egregiously irresponsible.”
Armani and Karan were singled out due to their reneged promise of never using real fur again. Reps for Giorgio’s label have released as statement damning the video.
“Despite the fact that we have previously sold products made from animal fur, the Armani Group has now decided to renounce making such items with the exception of those in rabbit fur, the by-product of an animal that is a staple source of food . . . We must stress that PETA is exploiting our name to stir up public opinion without acknowledging that we actually include very few fur items in our collections, while certain competitors of ours base much of their business on furs.”
Meanwhile, Donna Karan, who was a guest on the last season of “Project Runway” simply stated:
“There is no fur in any of our lines for Fall 2009, and we currently have no plans to use fur.”
Her is a more horrifying image…Pamela Anderson and Tim Gunn fighting crime Peta style. It’s like two opposing forces of classiness mingling together for the sake of bunnies. Now that is a tale to tell the kiddies this holiday. Silicone Sally and Tiny Tim save the fluffies of the world in time to save Christmas.
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