I Just Don't Know...
I'm a die hard Rick Owens fan - and while I can enjoy the sculptural beauty of this piece, I just feel kind of weird about it. I can't justify the need to use a 12' alligator to make a vest. Seems a shame. Thoughts?
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11 comments:
i guess you can justify it if you're making THAT MUCH FUCKING BANK off of it....
as for the buyer- eh, not so much
hehe Mary - love you:)
..it's quite a pity...
It is sad...I like the shape of the vest but it could have been made out of a man-made material.
Sorry, but I personally feel we should do everything we can to rid the world of alligators and sharks. Alligators are bad. They eat baby ducks, for instance. But then again, I'm the kind of guy who would, were I a wildlife photographer, use the jeep to run over the cheetah before it could jump on and kill the baby gazelle. Which probably means I wouldn't be a very successful wildlife photographer, but a hero among gazelles.
I think you meant 12'
I think the structure and tailoring of the piece was perfect, but the killing of an alligator for that.. I don't know if I could write that off. I'm stuck in the middle in this case, I mean, bags made of cows and ostriches and all that - it depends on how emotionally attached you are to animals really.
I think I'm too cold to bother sometimes. They do die eventually, but if someone were to kill a human to make a bag, I'd definitely take a huge NO on that - animals seem less human to me.
Anon - 12' thanks;)
Cult Prairie - thanks for the comment. We eat cows and even ostrich... alligator not so much.
terrible.
It's great that you think about it - most people are so disconnected from the origin of the things they buy. I also agree that it's a waste (and not just because my user ID is crocodilian)... no life can really be "equal" to a mere peice of clothing, right? Even if you're charging 11,000 bucks for it. I guess I would also encourage the same thought process with regard to fur and leather, but if it stops with an alligator, that's better than not thinking about it at all.
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