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February 2, 2009     
Telegraph, telegraph.co.uk



Karl Lagerfeld defends fur industry saying 'beasts' would kill us if we didn't kill them

The fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has defended the fur industry saying it is justified because the "beasts" fur comes from would "kill us if they could."


By Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent Karl Lagerfeld - Karl Lagerfeld: Bling is dead due to global economic crisis


The Chanel supremo said it was "childish" to even discuss the issue of wearing fur in a world where eating meat was normal.

German-born Lagerfeld, 75, a contemporary of the late Yves Saint Laurent, said that he did not himself wear fur. But he defended the practice, saying there was "an industry who lives from that".







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December 7, 2008     
The Sunday Times - Times Online
Times Online


Fur and against
by AA Gill



Liz Hurley is back in the headlines for advertising it. But fur is part of our heritage      Liz Hurley  


I don’t know exactly what Eve wore for modesty and warmth, or what Adam put on for flash and protection, but I can tell you that it wasn’t a fig leaf. Our most distant ancestors came through the Ice Age without their bits going black with frostbite because they wore second-hand skin. Fur.


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November 16, 2007     
CBC news



Rappers help Trappers!
CBC news


Demand for Canada's fur is on the rise due partly to young celebrities sporting fashions made of the natural fabric, a Fur Council of Canada spokesman says.

Executive vice-president Alan Herscovici says a new generation of designers has reinvented fur, making it fashionable once again, especially among men and young people.



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