Animal rights group PETA on Thursday condemned the use of fur in Pharrell Williams’ first collection for Louis Vuitton, which was unveiled in Paris on Tuesday, ruling that such pieces had “only a place in a history museum”.
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“Rather than being the innovative designer Louis Vuitton desperately needs to keep up with the times, Pharrell Williams presented a collection that only belongs in a history museum,” said Tracy Reiman, executive vice president of PETA United States, in a press release .
“If mutilating animals makes Williams happy, PETA hopes his time at Louis Vuitton will be as fleeting as the lives of the animals who suffer from his terrible fashion sense,” she continued, referring to the global hit. Happy”, whose new creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear is the author.
Louis Vuitton was contacted by AFP and did not immediately respond.
In a letter addressed to Mr. Williams, PETA USA urged him to ban fur and reptile skins, recalling that other houses such as Chanel “have stopped using fur and exotic skins”.