In Sandro
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Kanika celebrated her birthday with friends wearing a pink Sandro dress with orange slides and an ostrich Hermès Mini Kelly. Didn’t care for the dress but than am not a fan of ruched dresses. But, the point to note here that while that dress is possibly within reach for some of us, that mini bag is definitely not. 😛 Exotic skin Hermes Minis run upwards of $30K in the secondary market.
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Kanika Kapoor
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
Exotic animal skin bags should not be promoted period. Wierd that the writer is more enamored by the price tag and the animal skin than anything else.mark up an ordinary looking bag add on a label and they already have you hooked.
Well, if we are talking animal cruelty, then we all need to turn vegan and not wear any form of leather at all, which I don’t do so I don’t care to preach to someone else about it. I’ve seen folks get into an outrage over dog meat while they happily eat a cow/goat/chicken…
Spending your money how you want to is a personal choice.
Killing an animal and flaunting its skin on your arm is wrong on so many levels.
Humans are omnivores by nature and many people get their nutrients from meat and some get it from plants which is a personal choice.
The difference is killing for food vs killing for vanity.
I agree! Lemme ask you this? Do you use leather bags or leather shoes?
Or silk!
Payal – I don’t use leather bags.
I did when I was a teen but ever since I came to know what leather is all about I don’t.
And you should avoid too..
Love it! Alas, am not there yet…and also why I cannot judge others.
Sorry spending your money how you want when you are a celebrity and presumably influencing others is not responsible. These people have an opportunity to endorse items that are not made from endangered animals and promote sustainability. Instead we are drooling over a ridiculous bag that looks silly and has zero utility. Just because of its brand that artificially keeps prices up by promoting exclusivity in its marketing scheme. It’s wrong on so many levels, not just animal cruelty.
In a calmer less defensive state of mind read what you have written again Payal. I agree that “Senoreeta” could have brought up the point in a better manner. But her point stands nevertheless. Rather than the unbecoming graceless face saving you did towards the end, it would have been far more dignifed to just concede upfront from the start.
If you can be particular about blurring the face of children in celeb pictures, shadow-banning public figures like Kangana who do not align with your politics then you can most certainly abstain from promoting animal cruelty. It’s an extremely pertinent and worthy cause.
Payal what’s your take on animal fur then? By your yardstick even that is ok?! I think it’s high time fashion industry moved away from animal products.
I don’t think it is ok but like I said, I have no right to preach because I still use leather. I still use dairy products…
Absolutely agree..Animals are not for our entertainment or “luxury”. There is nothing “fashionable” about animal cruelty
Leather comes from animals that are not in danger of becoming extinct and are bread for a mass produced item, that is for the most part affordable and has utility. When you consume dairy you aren’t killing the animal for your pleasure, and when you eat meat you are most likely eating an animal that is not going extinct and is farmed. That is, the animal is not being used for vanity.
In this case an exotic animal (by definition, of which there are few), is being killed to create a tiny bag that has zero utility, looks ridiculous and is super highly priced simply to feed into someone’s vanity.
While I don’t agree with fur coats etc, at least those products have utility in super cold places such as Russia and by indigenous peoples but the numbers killed were small and solely for utilitarian purposes.
The exotic nonsense is simply to promote a lifestyle and culture of excess. Sorry, but fashion solely for the sake of fashion and high price tags simply for bragging rights rubs me the wrong way.
I think Vegans will disagree with your statement very strongly. The defense you’re using that some animals are many in masses and hence can be killed is sounding very off to me. It’s like saying we are 8 billion ppl, let some humans die… Do you value an animal cuz it is a life or based on what purpose or value it adds to you as a human. Dairy produced and sold in retail is by artificialy impregnating cows over and over again and separating their calves from them. Again, like I said, I am not one who has gone animal product free completely and so have no moral high ground to stand and preach to others. It would be a double standard on my part.
Sorry, bred, not bread!
Weird vibe in the comment section maybe because the topic itself always elicits such strong emotions. So just going to share a couple of points: ‘Exotic’ leather products (such as the skin of ostrich, crocodile, etc.) are actually made from animals bred in captivity. Is that them leading their best life? Debatable. But this is not a case of animals in the Savannah being killed either. This is also a better outcome than the days of yore when animals were hunted into extinction to become bags and coats. Since then globally spanning laws have also led to significant regulation of the trade and transfer of such exotic skins. For example, such products now have to be sold with a CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) passport as signatory countries will not allow entry without that. At the other end is of course the ‘scarcity’ technique used by such luxury brands such as to deliberately keep the number of such pieces manufactured in a year low, keep the waiting periods long (even extending to years), don’t allow for direct store buy-ins, etc. to drive up their exclusivity and hence their value. But what this also leads to is less proliferation of such products overall in the mainstream market. That said, does using/ wearing exotic leather products feel morally queasy? Of course. But its always going to be a spectrum for most people from zero carbon emitting vegan to wherever Ms. Kapoor lies on that scale. I suppose Payal is loath to chastise on this aspect on account of the ol’ let-he-who-is-without-sin-cast-the-first-stone ideal.
She looks ridiculous irrespective of the price point. Joker cheeks, plumped up lips, severe eyes, footwear that doesn’t look good with that creased dress and useless bag.
Killing animals in the wild still goes on. Poaching is not dead. As someone who comes from a country where our animals are being killed for their horns and tusks, this trade in exclusivity for fashion is sickening.
These exotic skins are still coming from farmed animals and their meat I am guessing is also going to be used just like any other lamb/sheep/cow whatever leather producing animals so that way there’s no difference in how they’re produced. Question is, whether we have a right to do that or not and humans have collectively decided they can and will. I use leather bags so in this case, I have no moral authority to question her choice except that price tag is insane but it’s what Hermes does so you do you
I agree with Payal. I am not happy about the exploitation of animals for fur. But I love my dairy and I know I close my eyes to the cruel assaults done to cows for this. I love my silks and I try not to think about the silkworms who are boiled for my pleasure. So also my leather bags. Like her, I feel it would be hypocritical of me to point fingers at wearers of fur.
Ugly bag, ugly shoes, ugly dress, and then all togther it’s even worse : orange + pink, slippers + evening dress…
To each his/her own, but killing an animal for that does not make me lenient..
As a vegan, here are my two cents: leather bags and accessories – honestly, the choices for vegan leather bags and substitutes are not that great. I end up using PU bags for formal work bags (not ideal) and cloth bags elsewhere.
I wish the market for leather alternatives was better. Until then I can’t fault anyone for using leather. But I wish people chose more humane products when possible. Respect to celebrities like Amala who make a conscious effort not to wear silk etc.
The whole fashion industry is an ecological wasteland that runs on boredom and vanity. Huge parcels of land for factories, excess clothing in landfills, bits n bobs like sequins that end up everywhere,plastic in clothes, animal skin…the list is endless. Imo fashion sites need to evolve beyond pretty or not and acknowledge this. How do you dress to look pleasing in the modern world while minimising harm is a valid take.
Gosh- people arguing over animal vs vegan vs leather vs silk!!
Focus people- her cheeks are pink, her dress is a cheap satin pink- her (controversial) bag is pink and her shoes are orange!!!! she is a middle-aged woman stuck in a weird barbie land!!!
Payal ma’am – please start featuring Kangana again. It’s okay if you don’t agree with her on many things because you don’t agree with DnG either….