Posted Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 4:00 pm | 9 Comments »
Filed under: Donna-Karan, PETA
Last week, PETA took aim at Donna Karan, sending members to her Manhattan store in Grim Reaper costumes with signs reading “Donna Karan: Bunny Butcher.”
The attack was in protest of the fashion designer’s use of fur in her work.
Yesterday Donna participated in the Urban ZEN Foundation’s mission to raise awareness and inspire change in the well being of families and children. The event was held at her centre, named after her late husband Stephen Weiss.
Miss Karan is heavily evolved in the peaceful teachings of the Kabbalah, which focus on the removal of every form of chaos, pain, and suffering from ones life. Evidently she feels differently about the treatment of animals verses people.
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Posted Friday, February 8th, 2008 at 7:55 am | 22 Comments »
Filed under: Donna-Karan, PETA
Talk about crossing the line!
A PETA activist got into designer’s Donna Karan’s house and showed her a video, much to the designer’s surprise and dismay.
When Karan, who has been targeted by PETA throughout Fashion Week for using fur in her designs, finally came home, she was accosted by the infiltrator, who immediately turned on a graphic DVD of animals being harvested for their pelts.
A horrified Karan said, “I can’t watch this now. I have somewhere to be . . . I just really don’t have the time.” When the PETA lady protested, Karan said, “I’ve seen all these [videos], but for me it’s just purses and accessories.”
That prompted the PETA woman to shoot back, “But for me and millions of other people, these are animals. They suffer terribly as they are electrocuted, gassed and skinned alive for their pelts.”
According to McGraw, Karan said, “Look, nobody loves their dogs like I do . . . I feel like my privacy is being invaded. How did you get in here?” Then she walked away.
The house manager then told the infiltrator, “Whatever you were trying to do, you can forget about it,” before screaming at the doormen for letting the prankster in.
Karan didn’t get back to us, but PETA isn’t letting up. As the designer displays her collection today at her showroom on Greenwich Street, protesters wearing Donna Karan masks will be outside bludgeoning bloodied stuffed rabbits.
While we love animals and we’d do anything to protect them, breaking and entering is where we cross the line!
Posted Tuesday, August 7th, 2007 at 12:10 pm | 6 Comments »
Filed under: Debra-Messing, Donna-Karan
L.A. resident Debra Messing returns to her home town of New York City on Monday to host an event for jewelers Agas and Tamar at Donna Karan’s Urban Zen location in Greenwich Village.
The primetime funnygirl-turned-miniseries queen, who looked radiant in an Eastern-inspired gown, gypsy flats and an uber luxurious cardigan, was one of the many invited guests who sipped on champagne while previewing the young and up-and-coming jewelry designer’s new line which was inspired by — you guessed it — the East!
All A-list attendees left the event with a small goody back stuffed with Agas and Tamar’s exotic creations rumoured to be worth a cool $2000.
