MADRID (AFP) - Two animal rights campaigners
disrupted Tuesday 23 February a fashion show by top Spanish
designer Jesus Lorenzo who advocates using
furs.
Photo:
www.igualdadanimal.org
The man and woman held up black and white signs that read "Fur is
murder" in Spanish in front of models wearing coats made of mink,
chinchilla and fox and other furs at the end of the showcase of
Lorenzo's fall/winter collection.
The
activists belong to Spanish animal rights group Animal Equality
which said on its website that the pair had been detained by
police.
Pamplona-based Lorenzo's show was held on the last day of the
six-day Madrid Fashion Week, which is held twice a year.
"Consumers, tired of the mass market, want to stand out and infuse
themselves with the personality of innovative designs that make a
functional and daily use of fur," he wrote in the description of
his collection.
A
total of 51 designers are showing their collections at 43 fashion
shows during this edition of Madrid Fashion Week.
Two
Animal Equality activists disrupted Madrid Fashion
Week for the first time in February 2009 during a show by
Spanish designer Roberto Torreta.
The
two men -- who also held up signs that read "Fur is murder" -- were
tried for public disorder offences and are awaiting sentencing.