Movie star Gwyneth Paltrow appears in the latest advertising campaign for Italian designer, angering animal activists after she was pictured draped in fox fur. The ‘interesting’ decision to endorse Tod’s, a luxury goods company which also uses ostrich and snakeskin in its products, has come as a shock to animal rights campaigners and kind of defies common sense.
Paltrow, is married to the Coldplay singer and vegetarian Chris Martin and has won praise for her impeccable green credentials and is a fan of holistic practices and yoga. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has revealed the group has sent the actress letters and videos “showing how people suffer for fur” but are yet to receive a response from Gwyneth.
Friends have said that Paltrow’s decision will jeopardize her close friendship with Stella McCartney, the designer and the daughter of Sir Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, the animal rights activist.
Paltow replaced another social pariah, Sienna Miller, who starred in last year’s campaigns.
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