Anna Wintour and the Met Gala’s other celebrity co-chairs have been urged by PETA to tell designers to stay away from fur, exotic skins and especially feathers.
Anna Wintour and the Met Gala’s other celebrity co-chairs have been urged by PETA to tell designers to stay away from fur, exotic skins and especially feathers
The Vogue editor-in-chief got the plea from the animal welfare organisation along with singer Dua Lipa, actress Penélope Cruz, actress and screenwriter Michaela Coel and tennis icon Roger Federer ahead of the 1 May fashion extravaganza.
PETA said its warning comes after video footage from its recent investigation into the largest ostrich-slaughter companies in the world shows “workers forcibly restrain curious young ostriches, electrically stun them, and then cut their throats”.
Its letter, sent on Tuesday (11.04.23) from the group’s president Ingrid Newkirk, said about the Met Gala – formally called The Costume Institute Gala or The Costume Institute Benefit: “Dear Ms Wintour, Ms Lipa, Ms Cruz, Ms Coel, and Mr Federer, I’m writing on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to request that you advise people not to wear fur, feathers, or exotic-animal skins while attending The Costume Institute Benefit this year.
“Obviously, the high-profile people in the spotlight at this wonderful event wield enormous influence on the viewing public, so we’re asking that you implement a policy to permit designers only to use vegan feathers, faux fur, and simulated skins, for the good of both animals and the environment.
“We’re particularly concerned about feathers. Video footage from an investigation into the largest ostrich-slaughter companies in the world shows that workers forcibly restrain curious young ostriches, electrically stun them, and then cut their throats.
“Moments later, the feathers are torn from the birds’ still-warm bodies before they’re skinned and dismembered.
“Other birds fare no better – pheasants, turkeys, peacocks, ducks, and other birds all endure miserable lives on factory farms and painful deaths, simply so that their feathers can be used for fashion. The feathers of some are torn out while they’re still conscious.
“The influence of just one celebrity who wears feathers on the famed Met Gala red carpet could lead to immense suffering for thousands of birds – and, of course, in the cases of fur and exotic skins, enormous cruelty to other…
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