PETA’s response to Hermés croc bags

Not so long ago many would have killed to own a Hermés. Just last year, Doyle New York sold a Hermés Diamond Croc Birkin for $64,800. The Purse blog thought: That price is reasonable, even CHEAP considering that a pink crocodile Birkin bag with diamond hardware sold for a staggering… $140,000.

Today, when you look this PETA advertisement, you cannot help but feel disgusted at the thought of owning a Hermés . The only thing i would add to this poster is 3 more crocodiles to that handle. Further to this advertisement, PETA’s Senior Vice President Dan Mathew’s said:

The thought of purposely breeding and killing crocodiles for an outdated, overpriced handbag should make any fashionista’s skin crawl. If Hermes really wants to be a leader in the fashion industry, it should stop killing animals for cold-blooded vanity and use cruelty-free mock croc and fake snake instead. As Pink—who recently provided the voice of a computer-generated crocodile in PETA’s “Stolen for Fashion” commercial—says, “Killing animals for their skins is so disgusting that it doesn’t make me want to befriend designers who use them.”

Do you agree that we should stop killing crocodiles just for vanity or do you think it’s not a problem, afterall we do have farms for cows, chickens, ducks and sheep but nobody seem to mind them as much…

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Hermès breeds crocs for more bags

I do not have a Hermès, or a croc anything, although i do have a cute plush crocodile from work that now sits on my bed.

I read from NY Fashion that Hermès is breeding their own exotic crocodiles in Australia to supply the massive over-demand for handbags .

It can take three to four crocodiles to make one handbag.

Do you find the idea of breeding and slaughtering 3 crocodiles for a $48,410 bag repulsive? Despite what I may feel, there are still plenty of fashionistas who would “pay-to-kill” for exotic luxury.

After conversing with my husband on the reasons why some people are compelled to buy products, i came to realize how insane it all sounds. Sale, buy, carry, store.

So what happens to all those beautiful bags that are not sold? Export, outlet, ebay, trash?

Many of us are trapped in a vicious circle of collecting and storing as many seemingly valuable items as we possibly can, either as a symbol of our social standing or in the hope of getting a sense of joy from spending or filling the void. I cannot help but wonder how far we will go to satisfy our insatiable thirst for stuff.

At some point we have to stop, and say “Enough!” so we no longer have to face greed with a constant sense of guilt.