Burberry:The High Price of Fashion

The fashion industry has been running strong for years and years catering to the many needs of those who have to own that pair of "to-die-for" shoes, or that "to-die-for" handbag. Now with all the designer brands available today, imagine how many produce items that are "to-die-for" season by season. But it is no wonder the items being manufactured by many high priced brands are considered "to-die-for", especially when animals have to die in order to produce them.

Burberry is one of the many glamorous brands used today by the rich and famous. What many don't know is that Burberry itself is participating in the horrible trend of "luxury" by producing fur items and causing themselves to take a part in animal cruelty.

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has recently discovered that in order to produce those amazing plaid coats, handbags, and hats, animals not only have to die, but also suffer through their last few days.

These unlucky animals are sent to fur farms where they each await their "fashionable" destiny. Each animal is put in cages without sufficient food and protection from the elements. Aside from the fact that they are denied their natural born rights to run around, discover, and play, they are also denied appropriate amount of food in order to stay alive in well.

So with all money grossed every single year, Burberry has the nerve to use the cheapest ineffective killing methods, which cause some of the animals to wake up during the procedure. "The animals convulse, shake, and often cry out before they have heart attacks and die," states PETA in their BloodyBurberry website.

By continuing to buy products from brands that partake in animal cruelty, we are only enforcing this atrocity they are doing. By boycotting their products the designers and developers of Burberry will finally start to see that animals shouldn't pay for the high price of fashion. Superb quality, good designs, and great fashion don't have to include for nor any kind of animal cruelty.

But even now, that PETA is spreading the word about Burberry, and the other companies that use fur, why do people still insist in remaining loyal to these brands? Maybe they're just having a hard time believing that a company with such great reputation and history can play a part in one of the many things that are wrong in society. Maybe they just have to see it for themselves:



Now I ask, is that fur trimmed coat you "need" really have to be "to-die-for"? There are alternatives to fur that are fashionable, glamorous, inexpensive, and animal friendly, such as faux fur. Why not use it as a replacement?






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