'Tis the season to be wary, if you're decked out in top-of-the-line designer duds trimmed or fashioned totally in animal fur (endangered species or not).
No Sir, the argument that minks were raised specifically for the fur trade, doen't hold up with die-hard animal activists.
Today, a Merry band of dedicated protestors from PETA - adorned in Santa outfits - paraded across the street from the oh-so-trendy Fendi retail outlet waving acccusing placards and pointing fingers.
Years ago, during an actor's Union strike, I accepted an assignment as a model for Fendi cologne.
But, in today's political and social-savvy climate, it is doubtful I would sign on for the job.
The gang on Rodeo Drive was quite adamant that the use of fur from slaughtered animals was a definite fashion no-no.
They chanted HO HO FAUX and handed out flyers to passers-by with an urgent query emblazoned on its face.
"Do you have skeletons in your closet?"
The informative pamphlets ranted about the ugly truth of the fur industry and included timely quotes from a handful of high-profile celebrities in support of the cause.
"I don't wear any leather or fur or feathers or any animal products," Natalie Portman - currently starrring in "The Black Swan" - boasted.
Pink was quick to criticize the industry outright with no bones about it.
"Sadly, like any other industry that uses animals, the wool trade uses methods so sadistic that it makes you consider clearing your closet of any animal products. There are lots of clothes to buy for a look that kills without killing anything," she quipped.
Eva Mendes inferred that any fashionista who wore fur products lacked intelligence.
"Personally, I think wearing a baby chinchilla says, 'I'm ignorant'," she concluded.
It was difficult to read the literature on the issue, too, so disturbing were the images!
"Animals on animal farms spend their entire lives confined to crowded filthy wire cages."
"Killing methods include suffocation, gassing, electrocution, and poisoning."
"Animals caught in the wild sometimes remain in traps for days before the trappers return to stomp on their chests or beat them to death."
"Most furs come from China, where millions of animals - including cats and dogs - are skinned alive."
Heard enough?
Shortly after I arrived on the scene in chic Beverly Hills, a small crowd gathered, egging the protestors on.
Bless those upstarts for they know what they do in the name of Nature's defenseless creatures.
Amen!
http://www.thetattler.biz/
