(It’s an accident that the photos and Ralph’s letters were saved. These have some linguistic interest, but even more interest as a record of an inter-class relationship between British men in the period. (Gardiner chronicled the history in his 1996 book Who’s a Pretty Boy Then? One Hundred and Fifty Years of Gay Life in Pictures.)Īlong with the photos is a trove of Ralph’s letters to Monty during the four years Ralph served in the army during World War II. 50 or so years ago, when same-sex relationships were illegal and sometimes savagely prosecuted. The text and photographs give a window into gay male life in the U.K. “Forward-thinking companies are meeting the growing demand for sustainable, animal-friendly products by offering vegan leather options made from pineapples, mushrooms, apples, cacti and more,” PETA added.I’ve posted a few of the photos from James Gardiner’s 1992 book A Class Apart: The Private Pictures of Montague Glover, much of which is taken up with the story of the long (53-year) relationship between the working-class Cockney Ralph Hall and the upper-middle-class (and significantly older) Montague Glover.
Nine out of 10 Gen Z consumers, who, together with millennials, wield $352 billion in spending power, want companies to demonstrate environmental and social consciousness in their business practices, it said. In both cases, PETA is appealing to the brands’ bottom lines. “When it comes to the sourcing of these materials, Ralph Lauren, with the support and guidance of relevant NGOs and scientists, engages in responsible practices that emphasize animal welfare, species conservation and the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems.” “Products made from exotic skins constitute an extremely small portion of our overall portfolio,” Ralph Lauren told Sourcing Journal. The Cradle to Cradle collaborator said that more than 80 percent of the items linked to it were shell-related, however. Ralph Lauren was implicated in 29 percent of those products, the majority of which comprised exotic leather. The organization said it plans to reference in its shareholder question a 2020 study that named Ralph Lauren among brands that had more than 5,600 illegal wildlife products seized by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service between 20.
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Last month, PETA Asia documented workers in Indonesia “bashing pythons in the head with a steel hammer, suspending and nailing them to a wooden bar, jamming hoses down their throats, and pumping them full of water until they swelled to nearly double their size, then slitting them open with a razor blade.” Key Celebs Drove Fashion-Hungry Shoppers to Ralph Laurenįrom Southeast Asia to southern Africa, PETA operatives have exposed the “ horrors of the exotic skins trade,” it said. “Given that Capri has pledged to do its part to make alternative, low-impact materials a reality for the fashion industry, the company must do more to uphold this pledge, starting with no longer sourcing exotic-animal skins.”Ĭapri did not respond to a request for comment. “Capri clearly understands that the future of fashion lies in animal-free and environmentally responsible materials that appeal to today’s informed and socially conscious consumers,” PETA, a Capri stockholder, said. Speaking on behalf of Emmy Award-winning actor Gillian Anderson, the animal-rights group praised Capri’s recent $6.2 million acquisition of a 30 percent stake in Desserto, a Mexican firm that makes a vegan leather using cactus fronds. Animal activists are storming the boardroom to urge some of the world’s biggest brands to vote out exotic skins.Īt Capri Holdings’ annual meeting on Wednesday, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals pushed the Michal Kors, Jimmy Choo and Versace owner to end the “egregious cruelty” of using alligator, snake, crocodile and ostrich hides.
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