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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Not "Fantastic Ms. Fox"

I was bored at home, with a cold, so I decided to read an old Vogue magazine (well, not that old, October 2011 issue) and I flipped through the pages. I glanced at it before in September (why magazines send out the current month's issue a month before, I don't know) but nothing really stroke me as being interesting, except the cover that had Michelle Williams portrayed as Marilyn Monroe in an upcoming movie (I don't know the details). Then, as I flipped through the magazine near the end, I saw an interesting looking image of a model whose hair and face resembled that of Elvis Presley and I thought, "Eww, haha". So I looked at the title of the clothing collection they were featuring in this month's issue.

"Fantastic Ms. Fox"- Dashing, daring, she leaps to lunches, bounds to business meetings, and hunts for houses in ferocious fur wraps. Photographed by David Sims.

There were 10 images from this collection, each image featuring a unique fur coat or fur clothing from a famous name like Prada, Fendi, and Michael Kors. Now I know these upscale fashion designers were not apathetic towards animals and their fur, but to actually SEE their name plastered on the small heading on the photograph detailing the clothing that was featured was shocking. It's one thing to hear about it and having an inkling, but another thing to advertise it.

I am horrified and HATED this month's photographed fashion collection. Normally I appreciate the craftsmanship and aesthetics of the photographs, the clothing, the make-up, and the model's flexible movements. But this issue was horrible! Can you tell that I am against animal clothing?

What's worse is that the ENTIRE issue had some kind of real fur clothing, whether it was an advertisement by **** or small item that they (the writer) paired up with an article or column. This issue should've warned their readers about the fur items in their issue. I know that it is fall and fur is, without a doubt, warmer than cotton, however I was shocked, disappointed, and scornful of this month's issue.

PETA: if you are reading this, please inform Vogue of my disgust in their October issue, and their status as a respectable magazine, plummeted a few drops, equivalent to that of Stars :(