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Article: Fur flies as Gwyneth Paltrow offends her animal-rights friends
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2008
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The actress courts controversy in an ad campaign and puts her
relationship with Stella McCartney on the line
She is almost as famous for her green, holistic lifestyle as she
is for her film roles, but Gwyneth Paltrow has become the focus of
angry animal rights campaigners.
The actress is fronting the autumn collection of fur-lined boots
and bags from the Italian company Tod's - which also uses ostrich
and snakeskin in its products.
Photographs of the Hollywood star draped in fox fur feature in
the company's latest advertising campaign. Activists have branded
the 35-year-old - who is married to the Coldplay singer and
prominent vegetarian Chris Martin - as stupid and say that she
should be ...