Marco Bizzarri Quotes

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

You can get fake fur, which, if that's what you want - if you want that fur look - it looks just the same. It's really unnecessary to skin an animal when you can get something that looks just the same without hurting anything.

I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.

They make really great synthetic fur - you really don't need real fur. And it's cheaper, so why spend the money?

Fashion is supposed to be fun, but killing animals for fashion is definitely not fun.

There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.

The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it. ... Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary.

I think I had a fur coat that someone bought me from Portobello Market back in the 1960s, but I think as soon as you think about it, what it is you're wearing, make that connection, then you realise it's just not right. I don't lecture people about it, but it's not something I'd ever wear.

I am an urban vegan. I love the glossy pages of 'Vogue,' even though I won't purchase the leather shoes and bags I see there, and being reminded that the fur trade even exists breaks my heart.

I am mean as cats' meat about handbags: mine don't ever look chic. I always prefer bags that aren't made of leather.

I would never wear fur.

I think the reality is that, for me, real fur is extraordinarily old fashioned. I think you look old. Even if you're 20, and you've got a real fur coat, you just look like an old, unaware, unconscious being on the planet. It's not relevant, it's not sexy, it's not fashionable, and it's not cool.

We are killing a living thing just so that we can wear it? I think fake leather is also beautiful and lasts longer. All I am saying is that if you like wearing leather stuff, put in some extra effort and explore the market. Take on fake leather and stop being part of this cruelty.

It's easy to take the shortcut and use animal skins. But I think animal skins look tired. They're not very innovative. They're old-fashioned. And great fashion should be something new.

Fur used to turn heads, now it turns stomachs.

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear.

It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.

I just think you would never kill and cut up a human to wear so why do it to animals? I just think it's horrible, I would never wear fur, although I guess if it was a really vintage piece you might just get away with it.

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

Since I was a little kid, I was against fur. I never wore fur in my life.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.

But if an actress asks me my opinion, I would tell her there are a million different designers who make faux fur. If you like that look, wear faux fur. If you're doing it on the red carpet, you're doing it for how it looks. Faux fur and real fur look the same on camera.

Best, I'd advise, to give up all animal products obtained by cruel methods. There are some fine companies nowadays offering leather substitutes.