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Baitball Blogger

(46,744 posts) Tue Dec 18, 2012, 08:06 PM Dec 2012

Lady Ga-Ga buys a $210,000 sable coat.

How incredibly retro.

Lady Gaga Slammed By PETA as “Out of Her Mind” For Buying Fur

Lady Gaga is being slammed by PETA after she reportedly purchased a number of pricey fur coats in Russia over the weekend.

The “Poker Face” singer is said to have bought a Russian sable coat worth about $210,000, as well as a silver fox coat valued around $19,600 at the Helen Yarmak store in Moscow.

Now, PETA is responding to the pop star’s fashion choices in an exclusive statement to Gossip Cop.

The animal rights organization says, “Out of place, out of time, and possibly out of her mind: While the country focuses on rejecting violence and we are deep into the season of peace, giving, and kindness, Gaga is busy decking herself out in a coat made of at least 30 slaughtered animals’ skins.”
http://www.gossipcop.com/lady-gaga-peta-fur-response-december-2012-statement/

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Lady Ga-Ga buys a $210,000 sable coat. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 OP

PETA needs to HipChick Dec 2012 #1

I'm not in love with fur, but an interesting thought occurred to me... antigone382 Dec 2012 #2

I've thought about that myself and... pipi_k Dec 2012 #8

Leather shoes too. nt Sophiegirl Dec 2012 #9

I have mixed feelings about pipi_k Dec 2012 #10

a local Nike store recycles old sneakers tabbycat31 Dec 2012 #15

It's a lot easier to go after women in fur coats than guys in motorcycle jackets. Brickbat Dec 2012 #22

Gaga has done so much good for hifiguy Dec 2012 #3

I love Gaga Aerows Dec 2012 #4

My mind is hurting from deciding which I care less about Gaga or PETA CBGLuthier Dec 2012 #5

I'm 54 and I enjoy her music. Kath1 Dec 2012 #6

She has a pretty alto voice. And yes she is a VERY vocal supporter of gay rights anneboleyn Dec 2012 #16

I was shocked when I heard her duet with Tony Bennett hifiguy Dec 2012 #19

My daughter (age 25) got me into it. Kath1 Dec 2012 #20

That's a lot of money for something that'll become overexposed if she wears it too much in public MrScorpio Dec 2012 #7

I'm SOOOO glad I'm not a celebrity JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2012 #12

She might have bought both just to say MicaelS Dec 2012 #11

while i like gaga and am ambivalent towards peta La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2012 #13

I can't argue with that reasoning. Baitball Blogger Dec 2012 #14

thanks. every once in a while i make a good argument La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2012 #17

That amount would cover the SSDI payments I get for close to 15 years. Kaleva Dec 2012 #18

My dogs wear fur Major Nikon Dec 2012 #21

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

1. PETA needs to

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:30 PM

Dec 2012

STFU...

antigone382

(3,682 posts)

2. I'm not in love with fur, but an interesting thought occurred to me...

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 11:36 PM

Dec 2012

...I've never heard of PETA or anyone else getting into quite as much of an uproar over leather jackets, though these are also made of the skins of animals...never heard of anyone throwing red paint on leather jackets or anything like that. Arguably, I suppose the leather might come from animals who are also used for meat, but if your argument is that blood should not be shed in the interest of fashion, you would think it would be applied more evenly.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

8. I've thought about that myself and...

Reply to antigone382 (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 11:13 AM

Dec 2012

came up with this possibility...

the leather is probably a by-product of an animal that was used for food anyway, as opposed to fur from mink, fox, etc., where the animal was raised (and killed) only for its fur.

Sophiegirl

(2,338 posts)

9. Leather shoes too. nt

Reply to antigone382 (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:51 PM

Dec 2012

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)

10. I have mixed feelings about

Reply to Sophiegirl (Reply #9)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 01:00 PM

Dec 2012

leather shoes.

Man made materials only add to the environmental concerns, as I never see a place where shoes (unlike plastics, glass) are recycled.

Yet leather...from an animal...

I do have shoes from leather, and some from manmade materials. I try to make them last by not wearing them in the house. I hate wearing shoes in the house anyway. Just socks.

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)

15. a local Nike store recycles old sneakers

Reply to pipi_k (Reply #10)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:59 PM

Dec 2012

They say they make playground materials from the rubber. I'm not sure what the procedure is, but I know I drop off my old sneakers there instead of throwing them away.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

22. It's a lot easier to go after women in fur coats than guys in motorcycle jackets.

Reply to antigone382 (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 10:50 AM

Dec 2012

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

3. Gaga has done so much good for

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:14 AM

Dec 2012

LGBT issues. Remind me again what PETA has ever accomplished?

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

4. I love Gaga

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 12:33 AM

Dec 2012

I have absolutely detested PETA since the screwed up the WOW server I was on with their stunt of killing seals in Northrend. And for numerous other reasons. They make liberals look bad, and they piss me off beyond belief.

But yes, fucking up the dailies in Northrend upset me.

http://wow.joystiq.com/2009/04/13/peta-event-seals-got-clubbed-pigs-got-eaten/

We fixed them, though.

CBGLuthier

(12,723 posts)

5. My mind is hurting from deciding which I care less about Gaga or PETA

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 08:48 AM

Dec 2012

Both are nothing but overblown publicity stunts.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)

6. I'm 54 and I enjoy her music.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 09:15 AM

Dec 2012

I love "Born This Way." And yes, she is an outspoken proponent of gay rights.

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)

16. She has a pretty alto voice. And yes she is a VERY vocal supporter of gay rights

Reply to Kath1 (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 03:08 PM

Dec 2012

I am a GenXer and I like her music. Cool electropop.

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

19. I was shocked when I heard her duet with Tony Bennett

Reply to anneboleyn (Reply #16)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 06:30 PM

Dec 2012

on "The Lady Is A Tramp." Gaga stood toe-to-toe with one of the greatest singers of popular song that has ever lived and handled herself with singular distinction. She has some serious vocal chops and knows how to use them with style, taste and class.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)

20. My daughter (age 25) got me into it.

Reply to anneboleyn (Reply #16)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:39 PM

Dec 2012

She plays it all the time. Cool electropop plus support for gay rights means I like her.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)

7. That's a lot of money for something that'll become overexposed if she wears it too much in public

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 10:11 AM

Dec 2012

Fashionistas will know.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,354 posts)

12. I'm SOOOO glad I'm not a celebrity

Reply to MrScorpio (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 01:49 PM

Dec 2012

I've been wearing the same ratty leather jacket for, well, DAYS!

(or weeks, or months, since the weather turned cool)

What WOULD my peeps say!

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)

11. She might have bought both just to say

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 01:02 PM

Dec 2012

"Fuck You" to PETA. If I had her money, I just might do the same thing.

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)

13. while i like gaga and am ambivalent towards peta

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 02:09 PM

Dec 2012

i think she was wrong to buy fur. i am ok with fur for animals we eat, but it really seems unnecessarily vain to kill animals just for their fur.

animals kill each other for food, so i never object to the eating of animals. however, killing something just to be prettier, is unneeded cruelty