For The Other McCain's Rule 5 Sunday, the Eye features an epic battle between Hollywood liberal hypocrisy and PETA idiocy. Angelina Jolie, who counts animal rights activism as a vital part of her quest for secular sainthood, recently commented to Women's Wear Daily (Wait--there isa daily paper solely about high end women's fashion? Who says print journalism is dying?) regarding her new Akri Ai Toe bag, which is made of pony hair:
Before Angelina Jolie took her new Akris ecru horsehair handbag out on the town, her stylist called the Swiss-based luxury brand asking about the animals’ treatment. “We told her horses get haircuts just like we do,” Akris designer Albert Kriemler said of the bag, which is made with hair from horse tails. Apparently that answer was good enough for Jolie, who was recently spotted carrying a larger version of the bag, which retails for just less than $5,000.I have a tough time believing they do not shave those pony's completely, then overcharge claiming they can only get so much hair at any one time because they do not have the heart to give more than a trim. or it might really be rat fur. Who knows. The answer was good enough for Jolie, butPETA ain't happy:
HollywoodLife.com spoke to a PETA representative exclusively, who told us, “Angelina has proved time and time again to be a kind person ― most recently when she insisted that the fur coat that she wore in Salt be faux. So it comes as no surprise that she was concerned about the origin of the horsehair in the bag that she was given.”I do not have a pony in this fight. I am not a PETA guy by any stretch of the imagination, but shaving a pony so some self-important starlet can have an overpriced tote bag feels like a serious violation of the Divine commandment of stewardship. (Not that Jolie cares, but still.) I am reasonably confident of one thig after examining this photo of said tote bag:
That strap looks like it is made of leather.
