A crocodile today, a bag tomorrow: this is the caption of a post that it Stylist of the Celebrity Law Roach He loaded on Instagram that he quickly made the rounds of the web by indignant and making those who saw it shiver. Two images flanked: in the first, the author of the post has a Vivo crocodile to which the mouth was closed with a gag; in the second, he proudly shows one Birkin bag in crocodile leather. All accompanied by a comment: “Exotic “.
Among the first to react it was Petawhich hardly criticized the combination, accusing roach of Treat animal suffering with lightness. “It is not provocation, it is alone cruel ignorance disguised as irony“Wrote the organization by highlighting how every bag made of exotic leather can derive from the death of Up to four animalsoften grown up in intensive farms and in questionable conditions.
The controversy reported an uncomfortable truth in the spotlight: behind theaesthetics of luxury A cruel supply chain is hidden. In Australiafor example, Hermès built a mega farm for raise beyond 50,000 salt water crocodiles per yearintended exclusively for the production of high -end accessories.
Each bag like the one exhibited by Roach can request the skin of four crocodilesraised in tight cages, without natural light, with plastic floors to avoid imperfections in the skin. Then they come killed between 2 and 3 yearsoften with practices that calling “little transparent” is a compliment.
The death of an animal transformed into a post catches like likes
In an era in which fashion is finally reviewing its ethical standards – just think of the abandonment of fur by Chanel, Burberry And Vivienne Westwood – collective sensitivity is less and less tolerant of the use of Materials of animal origin And a post and words of the genre are truly unacceptable.
Law Roach, famous for the theatrical looks made to stay like Zendaya And Celine Dionis known for provokebut this time he probably crossed an invisible line: that between irony and insensitivity. The debate does not only concern the stylist, but the entire fashion system and its relationship with theEnvironmental and animal ethics.
In all this, Roach laughs. He laughs as he shows the animal and laughs as he shows the bag, as if it were the same thing. And maybe it’s really for him. The problem is not only the post, but the message that sends: transform the death of an animal into a glamorous content VIAGGA LIKE. A faithful mirror of a system that still believes is untouchable, while he sinks into his Toxic self -celebration. In an era when fashion can choose to be Beauty or barbarismRoach chose – and chose badly.
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