Animals, Take Cover!
February 27th, 2008 Posted in Paris
(REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)
I cannot recall the last time I saw so much fur on a runway. The models in Jean Paul Gaultier's show Tuesday night were decked out in all sorts of animal pelts, faux pelts and pelts with the head and tail still attached. I couldn't decide if leaving the head on a stole is a form of brutal honesty or just plain creepy. In all truth, I generally like fur as long as it doesn't come from endangered species. But this was fur overload. Fur hats, fur coats, fur wraps, fur leggings. Are there any animals left in the forest?
(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
The show was so chock full of fur that security men had to crouch in the aisles to watch for protesters who might want to fling themselves onto the runway to howl in anger. I was just ready to howl over the monotony.
(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)