Giant Michael Kors ‘Grim Reaper’ Protests the Brand’s Use of Fur
A “grim reaper” with a giant papier-mâché head created to look like a ghoulish, cartoonish version of designer Michael Kors stalked shoppers in lower Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon. It was the same day that Kors unveiled his latest designs — including plenty that included fur — on the runway for New York Fashion Week. The protester, part of a small but haunting action by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, paced back and forth along Broadway in front of the Michael Kors store, dragging bloodied furs and carrying a scythe printed with the phrase “Kors kills animals.”
PETA has been publicly pressuring the designer to stop using fur and exotic skins since at least 2007, but he has continued using animals including rabbits and foxes, which are “abused terribly” before winding up as items of clothing, a PETA spokesperson tells Yahoo Style. “They are skinned alive, anally or vaginally electrocuted, or beaten to death for their fur,” she says.
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