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The Independent reports today that Stella McCartney’s taking heat from animal rights activists.,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
The longtime vegetarian is getting flack for her secondary line,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Stella for Adidas. While her sportswear is all made without animal products,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Adidas itself uses kangaroo leather in many of its shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], causing some cries of hypocrisy.
Should Stella refuse a partnership with any huge company that goes against her own fashion ethics?
Or is the designer actually pushing her cause by setting a good example for Adidas,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], inspiring them to play with other vegan fashion options,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and making animal-free sportswear available to a bigger group of shoppers?
It should be noted that kangaroos are neither endangered nor slaughtered inhumanely,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and according to our Aussie source,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], they also make excellent beef jerky – though we realize this is beside the point.
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News Discuss: Stella Hearts Vegans; Adidas Doesn’t By Faran Krentcil Monday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Aug 27,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 2007 / 9:50 AM GMT -5