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Joaquin Phoenix vs. the shoe gods

The video has been sent by PETA to Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin along with a letter that says ‘I think that you will find it hard to continue to sell exotic-animal skins after seeing just how much cruelty goes into making a single alligator or snakeskin shoe or bag. Animal welfare is simply not a consideration at all for those who hunt, poach, factory-farm, and often skin alive animals such as these.’

Yet another horribly wrong aspect of the fashion industry.

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the modernist dream

1961 Playboy photo featuring left to right – George Nelson, Edward Wormley, Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia, Charles Eames and Jens Risom

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polaroid scarves

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