Mary-Kate, Ashley Olsen slammed by PETA for fur backpack
Published Jun 28 2012, 07:38 BST | By Tara Fowler
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have been slammed by PETA for creating a fur backpack.The twins recently designed a backpack made of patches of animal fur priced at almost $17,000 (£10,902) as part of their fashion line The Row. PETA has now released a statement condemning the luxury item.
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"If it looks like a troll and acts like a troll, it's probably a Trollsen Twin - or someone wearing one of their new $16,000 totes, which are made from the fur and skins of innocent animals," the PETA statement read.
"What the Olsens lack in creativity, they try to make up for in shock value. Sadly, it's the foxes, calves, and alligators - who often have the fur ripped off them while they are still conscious and able to feel pain - who pay the dearest price."
The Olsen twins were recently named 'Womenswear Designers of the Year' by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA).
A PETA representative compared Kim Kardashian to 101 Dalmatians character Cruella de Vil, after the socialite was seen wearing Christian Louboutin snakeskin boots in Paris last week.
How dare the Olsen twins do something that angers the humble Peta?
July 1st 2012 at 11:20pm
Ok, the fur trade is not something most of us find easy to justify, however, since when did taking the moral high ground give anyone, especially a charitable organisation, the right to insult, bully and abuse those in opposition to it's views .
PETA could gain much more support for it's causes if it acted in a grown up way, using the truth and logical arguements in a adult forum, instead they act like a bunch of aspergers suffering blinkered students, unable to understand or empathise with anyone or anything that comes between them and their unobtainable nirvana!
June 28th 2012 at 9:55am(+1 like)
Even if I agree with PETA's message when it comes to fur, they make themselves VERY hard to agree with. They're disgusting bullies, pure and simple - it wouldn't be acceptable for one person to say the things they say, so why is it OK for them to do so when they don't put their own names to it?
June 28th 2012 at 9:19am(+1 like)