Karl Lagerfeld on Fur & Size Zero Karl Lagerfeld Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld believes that it is childish to discuss the use of fur in a world where eating meat was normal. Lagerfeld tells Daily Telegraph that he does not wear fur but he recognizes that there is "an industry who lives from that". Hunters in the north "make a living having learnt nothing else than hunting", he said, "killing those beasts who would kill us if they could." He added that animals should be killed "nicely" if possible. He concluded: "In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish." A spokesman for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said: "Karl Lagerfeld is a fashion dinosaur who is as out of step as his furs are out of style." In other news, Karl Lagerfeld reopened the size zero debate in an interview for Radio 4 programme Today. Lagerfeld said: "In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny. "There are nearly 30 per cent of young people who are too fat. So let's take care of the zillions of the too fat before we talk about the percentage that's left." A spokesperson for the group Beating Eating Disorders said that Lagerfeld's views are a very sad reflection on attitudes within the fashion industry. She told The Telegraph: "We talk to thousands of people every year with eating disorders, who say 'If we look like that, we are told that we should be in hospital.' Yet these models are being celebrated." » frillr's blog | login or register to post comments | email this page | printer friendly version Submitted by frillr on Mon, 2009-01-05 19:48.