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Christmas Dresses 2010 – Make Celebrity Fashion All Your Own

As is often the case, the trendiest, must-have celebrity Christmas dresses fashions for this season reflect each star's personal style as well as the flashiest styles from our favorite designers' runways.  From fun party dresses, to elegant evening wear, use this guide to find your favorite style and add a bit of stardust as well with these current celebrity fashion favorites.

Cheryl Cole

 

Everyone loves Cheryl Cole's quirky, cutting edge style.  A mix of classics and a penchant for unusual jewelry sets her apart from the crowd. This Christmas, Cheryl will shimmer in designs from one of London's hottest new designers - Falguni & Shane Peacock.  She has also been spotted in a dazzling gold jersey gown with exquisite beaded details from Gianfranco Ferré's Fall 2010 collection, which would be ideal for Christmas as well.  Make her look your own by choosing Christmas cocktail dresses that sparkle with sequins.

 

Emma Watson

 

Harry Potter star Emma Watson is all grown up, and famous for her sense of style.  Emma is sporting a new pixie cut and wore a Vionnet one-shoulder dress embellished with tastefully proportionate velvet and bows to the Deathly Hallows photo call on November 10th.  She was even more spellbinding at the world premier, in a show-stopping black lace dress with a leg-baring feathered skirt.  Emma's signature style is classic and edgy – try dreamy dresses in creams, blacks, and whites to make her look your own.

Pixie Lott

At only 19, Pixie Lott is both pop star and fashionista.  She has designed her own line of dresses specifically for celebrations.  Lott's " Pixie Party" line for Lipsy is filled with fun prints like tiger and cheetah. If you prefer color instead, the line includes plenty of styles embellished with tiered ruffles, lace, and even slinky, sexy rock n' roll inspired chain.

 

Bandeau tops, one shouldered dresses, and classic sleeveless looks round out the line.  Best of all, Pixie's styles are affordable – Lipsy's prices start at just £50.  These beautifully designed Christmas dresses are in stores now, so find yours right away.  Stay warm with Pixie's cropped faux fur jacket – it is fantastic with any party style.

Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga is sure to surprise us with her Christmas dress – especially as she has plans to marry Luc Carl once her European tour is finished.  Lady Gaga has plans to arrive at the undisclosed castle location where her wedding will be held in a horse-drawn carriage, and wants Dita Von Teese to leap from a cake as part of the festivities.  Always a trendsetter, Lady Gaga wants a fairy tale wedding – so stay tuned.  Get your own Gaga inspired Christmas fashions by pairing chiffon with chunky high-heeled boots, or adding brightly colored faux fur to your overall ensemble.

 

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary-Kate and Ashley are famous for their Boho-Chic style, and this Christmas they are sure to be decked out in the latest faux fur in natural colors like black, mink, and grey.  Star styles like these are easy to make your own.   Choose a fun party dress embellished with sequins or bows to begin with, and top it off with a faux fur, like those offered by Juicy Couture.  Be sure to pile on the accessories if you want to party a la Mary-Kate and Ashley.

Natalie Portman

Everyone loves Natalie Portman, and the styles she wears are super-simple to find.  Natalie recently wore a lovely magenta gown by Lanvin, along with strappy Stella McCartney sandals at the Academy Governor's Awards on November 13th.  Her signature styles are always sleek and elegant – no matter what festivities you are planning to attend this Christmas; you can be sure to make a great impression.  Choose silky fabrics and simple, yet striking accessories for a gorgeous look like Natalie's.

 

Lauren Goodger

The Only Way is Essex' star Lauren Goodger loves slinky, sexy styles.  If you have worked hard for your body, why not show it off?  Lauren recently wore a leopard print dress by Lipsy, which has not yet been released to the public, however she loves the look of winter white.  Try a shimmering tank dress in winter white, and remember to accessorize.

As you choose your own Christmas dresses, make the stars' styles yours – from vintage inspired cocktail dresses, to new, cutting edge formal designs, there is something perfect for every celebration.

 

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HELP!!!!! Questions about fur coats essay?

im doing an essay for school, and I need some answers. How many raccoons does it take to make a fur coat? cheetahs? minks? medium-sized dogs? also, what are some reasons why people shouldn't use real fur for coats? and ideas for an attention getter? thanks =] i owe whoever helps me the most.

Fur is a deadly luxury that animals can't afford. They are killed not out of necessity (for example to keep people warm: synthetic materials are warmer and cheaper), but for money and fashion - to make $10,000 mink coats, fur collars and frivolous fashion accessories. Most fur-bearing animals are raised in fur mills, kept in wire cages with as many as 100,000 "livestock" in a single facility. Trapped in cages, wild fur-bearing animals are denied their most basic natural behaviors. After a life of confinement, farmers commonly break their necks or insert an electrified rod in their anus or vagina, literally frying them from the inside out.

Millions of coyote, raccoon, bobcats and other species are caught in the wild using spring traps with metal teeth that smash bone and crush muscle. Animals can linger in excruciating pain for days without food or water before a trapper kills them. About one quarter of trapped animals escape by chewing their own limbs off.

An estimated two million cats and dogs are also killed for fur every year. Recent investigations into the Chinese fur industry document cats and dogs being skinned alive, their eyes still blinking and heartbeats visible beneath exposed ribcages. Consumers have no way of knowing whether they are buying dog or cat fur because these products - jacket collars, gloves, hats and toys - are almost always deliberately unlabeled or mislabeled. Animals pay the true price of fur with their lives.

http://www.furkills.org/true_price_of_fur.shtml

FUR FACTS
The Price of Fur
The real price of fur must be measured in deaths--not dollars. To make one fur coat you must kill at least fifty-five wild mink, thirty-five ranched mink, forty sables, eleven lynx, eighteen red foxes, eleven silver foxes, one hundred chinchillas, thirty rex rabbits, nine beavers, thirty muskrats, fifteen bobcats, twenty-five skunks, fourteen otters, one hundred twenty-five ermines, thirty possums, one hundred squirrels, or twenty-seven raccoons.

A Dying Industry
Every year, the well-organized fur trade spends millions of dollars to glamorize fur coats and accessories and to mask the real price of fur: pain, mutilation, and death for millions of animals. But as more people learn the truth about fur, growing numbers of furriers are going bankrupt. Less practical than alternatives and increasingly seen as offensive, the status of fur is status is slipping. Saga, a Norwegian fur manufacturer, in a bleak attempt to bring fur back in fashion, resorted to giving fur to students to work with in hopes of breeding a new generation of furriers.

The fur industry, which once only included the price of full-length coats in their numbers, has resorted to including fur storage and trim in their statistics to beef up sales reports. Actual fur sales decreased from $1.35 billion in 1990 to $648 million in 1993. The number of U.S. retail locations in 1993 alone fell from 192 to 46, and fur apparel imports dropped a staggering 48% in 1995. A February 1994 issue of The Trapper noted that, “from Alaska to Maine the number of those trapping, fur hunting and buying fur has plummeted to the lowest level yet recorded.” This trend has already saved millions of animals--but the anguish continues for millions of others.

Trapped in Agony
There are several methods used to trap animals in the wild. The most common is the steel-jaw leghold trap. Animals caught in a hidden steel jaw trap suffer a slow, excruciating death. The trap snaps down on the limb of an unsuspecting animal, sometimes breaking the limb. The trapped animals often freeze to death or are attacked by predators from whom they cannot flee. Many frantically chew off their own legs to escape the agonizing pain. If they are still alive when the trapper returns to the scene, they are bludgeoned or strangled to death. The method for killing a trapped animal, as described in, "Fur Trapping: A Complete Guide," is to "Hit the trapped animal just forward of the eyes with the stick. While it is unconscious, use your knee or the heel of your shoe to come down hard behind the front leg. This ruptures the heart, and the coyote never regains consciousness."

The leghold trap is not just cruel; it is also indiscriminate. Trappers discard millions of "trash animals" not wanted for their fur, including domestic pets and endangered species. Trapped animals sometimes leave behind dependent young who are doomed to starvation, adding to the death toll for each coat. Companion animals, such as dogs and cats, have been trapped and killed after wandering into a trap.

The Horror of the Ranch
Animals raised on ranches are kept in cramped confinement and deprived of anything resembling a natural life, until finally they are killed, often by crude and painful means. Methods used include gassing, suffocation, or electrocution through the mouth and anus so that the “product”—the pelt—is not singed or stained with blood. Far from being “humane,” fur ranching is characterized by barren wire-mesh cages, isolation, and environmental deprivation so intense that animals often go insane, as animals used to roaming 15 miles each day go crazy from life in a cage. Animals are forced to endure all weather extremes, and veterinary care is typically non-existent since it is not cost effective to treat an animal whose fate is to be turned into a coat. Animals who are naturally solitary are caged together, often resulting in cannibalism, and animals are often left to decompose in cages with live animals.

Environmental Devistation
Nothing Natural about Fur
In the face of causing such notorious, unnecessary cruelty to animals, furriers desperate for positive things to say about their product often resort to the claim that furs are “natural.” In fact, turning an animal’s skin into a coat involves preserving it with toxic chemicals, such as formaldehyde—a known carcinogen—in order to keep the carcass from decaying.

Furriers also claim that fur trapping is a necessary tool for wildlife management. However, trapping as a commercial enterprise can never be a wildlife management strategy. Proper wildlife management needs to be based on highly specific local circumstances, recognizing the delicate balance of a particular ecosystem. But the book "Fur Trapping: A Complete Guide" shows the true motivator for trapping—money. "The trapper should trap the fur most in demand. If bobcats bring a high of $400, as they did in 1976, he should concentrate on them." Is this wildlife management—or slaughter for profit? Wildlife populations follow natural fluctuation curves. Unchecked hunting and trapping of certain animals have disrupted these fluctuations. The furriers’ and trappers’ scientifically baseless claim that they are “managing” wildlife is a thinly disguised ploy to kill the most profitable animals.

Once a symbol of glamour and success, fur is now a symbol of insensitivity, vanity, and greed. World-famous designers such as Giorgio Armani, Stella McCartney, Donna Karan, Geoffrey Beene and Calvin Klein now refuse to include fur in their collections. Leading retailers including Harrods of London and I. Magnin have stopped selling furs altogether.
Each of us can make the compassionate choice to not support such unnecessary cruelty to animals and to speak out on the animals’ behalf.

What You Can Do:

If you’re ever in a store that you see sells real fur, please express your displeasure to the manager and ask them to stop carrying fur. To view contact information and write letters to notorious companies that sell fur, please visit www.furkills.org/wycd.html.
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper informing consumers of the cruelty inherent in every real fur product. Learn more about the cruelty of fur at www.furkills.org.
Never let anyone wearing fur pass you by without politely informing them of the cruelty of fur.
Contact IDA for a supply of leaflets to distribute or leave in heavily trafficked locations. We can also send you small pocket cards to hand out to fur wearers. –
Organize a protest. We can help! Contact furkills@idausa.org or visit furkills.com for more information.
Persuade friends and family with fur coats to donate their coats to IDA so that we may use them in anti-fur demonstrations, or to wildlife rehabilitators, who use the fur to provide bedding for injured or orphaned wildlife. As an extra motivator, donors can write the fur donation off on their taxes.

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