The great fur debate

Following the recent press coverage from the Bafta awards 2008, many fashion websites such as, handbag.com, the fashion section to Dailymail.co.uk and Glamor mag.com reported on what today's hottest stars wore.

Dresses from Chanel, to Dior were worn, but one that stood out from the crowd was a royal blue dress one worn by the ever beautiful Kelly Brook. The dress was made from elegant satin and fitted Kelly beautifully, but sadly for Kelly the show was stolen by her fur shawl draped elegantly over her shoulder. Many websites published her picture as one of the best dressed at the Bafta awards but as Handbag.com added "We hope that's not real fur though!", it brings back the golden question of whether is socially acceptable? Even if the shawl was made from fake fur, wearing a fur imitation to such a high profile event would draw attention to fur being fashionable and glamors?

Thanks to a recent petition from Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) Gucci has stopped the sale of Seal fur in its stores, and using synthetic and natural fibers instead.

Though Gucci has stopped the sale of Seal fur from its stores, it still continues to sell other kinds of fur in its stores, so Peta have released another petition to send to Gucci to stop the sale of ALL fur from its stores, as each item made from fur represents the suffering of another innocent animal.