Fans outraged as snakes 'skinned alive' to create Beyonce's boots
Published: 2013 March 03 16:12:28 (6240 Views)
The shoes specially commissioned for pop star Beyonce are made from a combination of crocodile, anaconda, stingray and ostrich skin, as well as calfskin.
Animal rights groups and the singer’s fans have branded her ‘cruel’ and ‘spoilt’ for making such a tacky and exploitative fashion statement.
Beyonce’s trainers are based on a wedge-style shoe by designer Isabel Marant, but have been given a bling makeover by American company Perfectly Made Kicks (PMK).
The company, which states that their exotic skins come from a legal supplier in New York, previously customised a pair of trainers for Beyonce’s rapper husband, Jay Z.
The shoes were covered in calf, ostrich, python, boa constrictor, crocodile, lizard, alligator and stingray skins, as well as patches of imitation elephant skin.
PMK boss Andre Scott says: ‘It’s legal. I don’t think animal rights campaigners like it very much, but it’s legal.’
Legal or not, animal lovers are outraged that Beyonce has followed in her husband’s footsteps.
PMK insists ‘no animals were beaten, harmed or killed in the development and crafting of the sneakers’ — though it remains slightly unclear how you make a shoe out of any kind of leather without killing animals.
The pressure group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is in no doubt: ‘These custom-made [trainers] come with a high price — and it’s paid by the various animals who were beaten and skinned alive or cruelly farmed and killed.’
- Daily Mail
Animal rights groups and the singer’s fans have branded her ‘cruel’ and ‘spoilt’ for making such a tacky and exploitative fashion statement.
Beyonce’s trainers are based on a wedge-style shoe by designer Isabel Marant, but have been given a bling makeover by American company Perfectly Made Kicks (PMK).
The company, which states that their exotic skins come from a legal supplier in New York, previously customised a pair of trainers for Beyonce’s rapper husband, Jay Z.
The shoes were covered in calf, ostrich, python, boa constrictor, crocodile, lizard, alligator and stingray skins, as well as patches of imitation elephant skin.
PMK boss Andre Scott says: ‘It’s legal. I don’t think animal rights campaigners like it very much, but it’s legal.’
Legal or not, animal lovers are outraged that Beyonce has followed in her husband’s footsteps.
PMK insists ‘no animals were beaten, harmed or killed in the development and crafting of the sneakers’ — though it remains slightly unclear how you make a shoe out of any kind of leather without killing animals.
The pressure group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is in no doubt: ‘These custom-made [trainers] come with a high price — and it’s paid by the various animals who were beaten and skinned alive or cruelly farmed and killed.’
- Daily Mail
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