Hmm. About the animal print clothing, it's only the design, isn't it? It's not the same as actually wearing the skin or the fur of an animal, faux or not. I used to be OK with the faux furs, but then I read the Stella McCartney/Charlotte interview and Stella, I thought, made a very good point. She said that if you wear your faux fur, a lot of people can't tell, and even if they can't, it's what it represents that is objectionable. And Charlotte asked Stella if it was ok to wear a vintage fur like from your grandmother, and Stella said, yes, in private sure, but if you rock it out in public, no one knows that it was your grandmother's, so it's like giving the whole industry your blessing. So I guess it's the same with the mere animal
print? It's the representation? I guess you can look at it two ways: 1) that it represents "wearing" animals skins, 2) that it pays homage like Horseygal says. I'm on the fence with this one. On the one hand, I think it's harmless, but I can understand some who say it's the representation of wearing animal skin, and that's kind of creepy. But it isn't as bad as actually wearing the skin! I HATE the alligator leather industry. That's truly vile! Right up there with the snake skins and other reptilian skins. Why would you just kill an animal to take its skin and make it into a handbag?

People say, "Well, don't you wear leather shoes?" Well, no, actually I don't~! I wear synthetic leather or canvas shoes. And it's NOT the same as carrying around an alligator skin Birkin that EVERYONE with a brain knows was made from the sacrifice of an alligator, who actually DIED so you could have that friggin' handbag -- I mean, not so you could eat or anything, just for a handbag! THAT is a crime. Much worse than the animal print but again, I can understand where you're coming from, iceflower.