{"id":14104,"date":"2012-09-21T03:09:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T03:09:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-15T00:19:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T00:19:20","slug":"peta-gaining-influence-at-ny-fashion-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14104","title":{"rendered":"PETA gaining influence at NY Fashion Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fur protests at New York Fashion Week got legs when Kimora Lee Simmons stopped by.<\/strong> Global Grind tweeted a lovely picture of the demonstration with a shout-out to Kimora and PETA. The fashion designer last showed off her heavenly gams for us in an ad asking people to &#8220;be an angel for dogs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While gearing up for his fashion week runway show, cruelty-free designer <strong>John Bartlett<\/strong> told one reporter, &#8220;I go crazy when I see people talking about how much they love their dog but they still wear fur\u2014much of the fur that&#8217;s coming from China is from cats and dogs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>John will fall head-over-leather-free-heels for Nicole Richie&#8217;s new clothing line: <strong>It will use faux fur and fake leather.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People in New York for fashion week are no doubt seeing horses being forced to pull carriages around the city&#8217;s hot, congested streets. But the horses have a new advocate: Randall, of &#8220;that crazy honey badger&#8221; video fame, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pawnation.com\/2012\/09\/05\/save-the-nyc-horses\/#page=1\">has a new viral video just for the horses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Boss&#8217;s daughter is speaking up for horses, too. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is reportedly a big Bruce Springsteen fan, so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/bruce-springsteens-daughter-calls-on-nj-governor-to-sign-bill-against-horse-slaughter\/2012\/09\/12\/bbf39a5e-fd1c-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.html\">Jessica Springsteen is calling on Christie<\/a> to sign a bill that would ban horse slaughter in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Want some tea and pastries with your alt rock? Smashing Pumpkins frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.peta.org\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&#038;page=UserAction&#038;id=1967\">Billy Corgan <\/a>is opening a tea shop in Chicago that will offer &#8220;vegan pastries from all spheres .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with what your favorite celebs are doing for animals, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peta\">@PETA<\/a> on Twitter.<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fur protests at New York Fashion Week got legs when Kimora Lee Simmons stopped by. 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