22
Feb
Topshop Declares Love for PETA in Exotic Skins Display
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Today is a very exciting day for compassionate fashionistas everywhere (I know the girls in the PETA office can’t keep still!). In the window display of Topshop’s massive flagship store down Oxford Street, they unveiled the proud proclamation – ‘Exotic skins make our blood run cold. Join Topshop and leave wildlife out of your wardrobe.’ True to Topshop’s long-standing tradition of amazing window displays (including last years anti-fur display also with PETA), this coming week you can see an impressive jungle scene with cuddly exotic creatures hanging from trees, in this new collaboration with PETA.
They’ve even blogged about it on their style blog and state, “Topshop have a long standing relationship with PETA and believe very firmly that breeding animals for their skins cannot be justified.
Every year millions of beautiful animals are stolen from their jungle homes in an unimaginable way, to be turned into fashion ‘accessories’.”Huge numbers of snakes, lizards, alligators and crocodiles are killed for heartless fashions. Ranched alligators are kept in tiny structures that reek of rancid meat, alligator waste and stagnant water. Although alligators can live up to 60 years in the wild, alligators on farms are usually butchered before their fourth birthday – they are sometimes beaten to death with hammers. Snakes are often skinned alive, and larger animals like pythons have hoses inserted into their mouths to force large quantities of water into their bodies, which loosens their skin and makes flaying easier. Their peeled, writhing bodies are then discarded, and they often die slowly.
Learn more about our exotic skins campaign and view the gorgeous Lisa B ad we did here.
Take the pledge to fake for animals’ sake and use only faux exotic skins here.
