Shirley Manson, the Scottish cult star is the latest celebrity to join the bandwagon of celebrity PETA supporters. The rock fame is starring in campaigns against the re-emergence of fur on the catwalk.
Manson, who fronted the rock band Garbage before going solo, will be pictured in a hard-hitting ad campaign launched today by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). In the ad, Manson is pictured wearing a Stella McCartney evening gown, Manson holds up a skinned fox over the caption ‘Here’s the rest of your fur coat’.
Last month, it was R&B singer Jamelia, who featured naked with a white rabbit on her back. PETA has promised many more celebrity shock adverts. Anita Singh of Peta said,
For every celebrity who wears a fur coat, we have 100 lining up who want to use their fame to raise people’s awareness.
The last December, Material Girl Madonna was pictured in a £35,000 coat made from the skins of 40 chinchillas and, in February, Naomi Campbell, who once did a PETA advert claiming she would rather go naked than wear fur, walked the ramp in a fur-trimmed parka.
Excited over the project, Manson said,
I believe very strongly in the ethical treatment of animals. A lot of my fans are very pro-animal rights and have often, when I have been wearing fake fur, said, ‘Is that real’ and really gotten upset, and I have had to reassure them, ‘it’s fake, don’t worry’.’
