Victoria (Posh) Beckham may have added the right spice to fashion-dom with her luxury labelled cocktail dresses worn by Hollywood actors, but this time the wife of soccer star David Beckham may be in hot water over her new fashion line and the use of animal skin in its making. She has apparently created different pieces from crocodile and lizard skins for her range.
Victoria was approached by the animal rights organisation PETA to reconsider using reptile skin in her new handbag collection and asked her to watch a video which shows how reptiles are killed and skinned.
Affirming the news, David Perle, PETA US, says, “We appreciate Victoria Beckham’s rejection of fur (earlier) and had approached her respectfully over the suffering of lizards and other reptiles who are often skinned alive for fashion.” The organisation is awaiting a reply from her. Meanwhile, the issue has gathered steam over earlier reports in a British tabloid that suggested that PETA was going to douse Beckham in lizard blood at a public appearance, leaving PETA members outraged. “It’s an absolutely false story. PETA is not going to throw any blood on Victoria,” states Sachin Bangera, spokesperson of PETA India.
Seconds David Perle, “PETA UK and PETA US have retained legal counsel in the UK to vigorously pursue The Mirror for deliberately distributing a totally fabricated report about PETA’s plans regarding Victoria Beckham’s collection.”
Bangera states Indian designers toe the line when it comes to not using animal skin. “There’s nothing fun about wearing dead animals’ skin. Indian designers like Anita Dongre, Hemant Trevedi, Krishna Mehta make trendy outfits without causing animal suffering.”
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