Lots of fur here


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg&NR=1

LMAO!

Yep! Catchy tune, too!

RA RA RASPUTINE...
gREAT LINK mIRA.

That is great.

It also proves that you don't have to make hate music if you are black.

That was actually a rather nice piece. (music)

As for Rasputin, I would certainly hate to go out like he did.
Didn't have to hit the link to know what Mira meant.

The ladies sure loved him though and there is a jar of proof in russia in a museum.

Cool tune

.....gettin' jiggy wit' it!
na na na na nah.....

The dude lost his beard half way thru the song. WAH! Good to see fur on folks. I wish the states were more like it.

Check out the link I offered on Rasputin. The dude was doing the singing as a Rasputin clone till he shifted gears and separated his singing character from the real Rasputin.

http://www.alexanderpalace.com/2006rasputin/index.html

When somebody tells you fur is out, tell them to suck eggs the new Eco Friendly Natural Renewable resource known as fur is taking over the fashion runways.

http://news.sawf.org/Fashion/33936.aspx

Milan fashion sees fur-clad winter
Posted on Saturday, February 24, 2007 (EST)
Italian fashion houses shrugged off predictions of global warming, offering fur galore in their women's winter collections.

A model presents a creation by Fendi during the Autumn/Winter 2008 women's collections in Milan.
© AFP/File Filippo Monteforte

MILAN (AFP) - Mink, silver fox and astrakhan dominated the eight-day run of Milan catwalk shows which ended Saturday, as designers were almost unanimous in featuring fur in their ready-to-wear for next winter.

And out it came in all shapes, forms, sizes, colours and uses.

At Giorgio Armani, a stole was nonchalantly thrown over an elegant evening dress, while at Marni, Consuelo Castiglioni topped off her futuristic textures with marmot hats snugly fastened under the chin with chains looped into a necklace.

Alberta Ferretti went in for a discreet fur lining, while it was more overtly used at Fendi on a sexy mini-dress, and Matthew Williamson for Emilio Pucci dipped it in green, chocolate or mandarine.

At Etro, fur was used on the cuffs of coat sleeves.

Feathers were also all the rage. Bottega Veneta sent out voluminous capes that were wing-like leaving black feathers in their wake. Fendi's delicate birds seemed to have borrowed their plumage from mysterious black winged-creatures.

Simonetta Ravizza, a specialist designer of skins and pelts, spoke in a press report of "dreaming that fur becomes democratic and that young people approach it without remorse."

A model presents a creation by Fendi during the Autumn/Winter 2008 women's collections, in Milan.
© AFP/File Filippo Monteforte

But if a rabbitskin outfit costs in the region of about 2,000 euros, sable on the other hand is only available to those with about 60,000 euros to spare, according to La Repubblica newspaper.

While newspaper reports hailed the comeback of fur to the Milan catwalks, they mentioned only in passing at the start of the week how activists from the animal rights group, PETA, had splattered the window of the British fashion house Burberry with red paint.

Milan fashion for autumn-winter 2007-08 also confirmed the enduring popularity of the puff skirt, dress and jacket, with reinterpretations of the rounded silhouette, after its appearance for spring.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/when-the-fur-flies-/2007/02/22/1171733955291.html


Costello aims to make protesters pay for boycotts

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Not fur game … the proposed changes would make it harder to campaign against companies on ethical issues, such as Gucci's display of real fur in Milan this week.

Not fur game … the proposed changes would make it harder to campaign against companies on ethical issues, such as Gucci's display of real fur in Milan this week.
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Jessica Irvine
February 23, 2007

THIS Gucci model is draped in real fur - but if you find that offensive, you might soon think twice about organising a boycott of the company. Under a proposal from Peter Costello, you could be the one bearing the financial loss.

The federal Treasurer yesterday announced changes that would leave groups that organise boycotts against companies for moral or ethical reasons at greater risk of prosecution. The changes, described as "McCarthyist" by the Greens, will give the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission powers to initiate legal action and seek compensation on behalf of companies targeted by boycotts.

Mr Costello said the changes were aimed at protecting farmers against groups such as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which has called for a global boycott of Australian wool over sheep mulesing. It is targeting designers in Milan during its fashion shows this week.

The Greens leader, Bob Brown, said the move was "a cynical exercise that seeks to turn a well-respected watchdog into a political attack dog".

Taxpayers could end up footing the legal bill for companies acting in an ethically questionable manner, Senator Brown said, and efforts by indigenous groups to protect their land from mining companies could also be stymied.

A spokeswoman for the commission would not say whether it had been consulted about the changes. "It's a matter for policy and a matter for the Government," she said.

Under existing competition law, the consumer commission can launch action and impose penalties on organisations that seek to hinder or prevent the supply of goods to or from a company. Unions have been fined as much as $150,000 for physically blocking goods or services.

Mr Costello said the changes simply extended those powers.

"At the moment any individual could take an action to stop the boycott," he said. "But you see an individual farmer might not be that effective, and an individual farmer may not have the financial ability to bring the action."

He denied the changes could be used to limit free speech.

"You can say what you like. You can be as ignorant as you like. There's no law that's going to stop ignorant commentary, but there will be a law which allows the ACCC to stand up for Australian farmers when they suffer from a boycott."

The Opposition assistant treasury spokesman, Chris Bowen, said Labor would need to see more than a one-page press release before taking a stance on such an important issue. "There is a balance to be reached here between the genuine concerns of community groups and the needs of business," he said.

A spokesman for the consumer advocacy group Choice, Gordon Renouf, said consumers had a right not to buy products on ethical grounds.

"There is a fine line between letting people get on with their business and interfering with consumer choice."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb8FTlMI4FI&feature=related

Fur and leather which is fur with the hair removed are back on all the European Runways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb8FTlMI4FI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb8FTlMI4FI&feature=related