anti-fur

PETA announced today that Aretha Franklin is "queen" of their annual worst-dressed list.

The online poll, which scolds those who "drape themselves" in fur, leather, and exotic skins, also named Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria, Kate Moss, Kylie Minogue, and Marilyn Manson as top offenders.

Here's what PETA had to say about Aretha and the runners-up — do you agree?

• Aretha Franklin: How 'bout some R-E-S-P-E-C-T for animals? Aretha, when you waddled into the Grammys in yet another vulgar fur, you looked as if you were going to perform "I Am the Walrus" by the Beatles. You might be a queen, but you don't know jack about compassion.
• Marilyn Manson: Always draped in leather from head to toe, Manson has enough skeletons in his closet to fill a pet cemetery. As if wearing dead animals isn't foul enough, Manson says that he wears his cow-skin pants 24/7— only peeling the smelly things off to have sex. That alone should be enough to tarnish leather's dated sex appeal. Manson might only be the shock rocker's stage name, but his wardrobe is a real-life tale of blood and guts.

To see what PETA had to say about Eva, Lindsay, Kate, and Kylie, read more

Eva Mendes was unveiled today as the newest face of PETA's "Fur? I'd Rather Go Naked" ad campaign. More than 1,000 posters of the ad, shot by photographer Don Flood, are to be plastered around NYC starting next week.

Although Eva admits to wearing fur early in her career, when she "ignorantly wore" a fur wrap her stylist sent her, she now refuses to wear it on the red carpet or for photo shoots. The only fur she'll wear? Faux fur, of course.

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Following in Nicole Miller and Stella McCartney's footsteps, Bebe has announced that it will discontinue selling any products with fur beginning in January 2008.

Over the past year, the clothing chain has been reconsidering their fur policy, and only used fur created as a byproduct. The animal fur they use makes up less than 3 percent of their currently available products.

However, as a Bebe salesgirl alum, I'd like to step in and say that Bebe does use a lot of leather in their designs. Does a company's anti-fur effort mean as much when they also use animal skins? Just some fashion for thought...

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