Donna Karan's Broken Promise Leads to Fashion Show Crash

Fashion designer Donna Karan unveiled her spring 2009 DKNY collection this Sunday at New York's Fashion Week. Of course, PETA was there as well.

PETA members took over the runway during the show wielding signs that read, "Donna: Dump Fur," and chanting, "Shame!" They were protesting because Karan used rabbit fur in her collection that is in stores now—despite her promise to stop using fur. The two protesters were quickly taken from the catwalk and arrested, but we're pretty certain that their message was heard loud and clear.

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Meanwhile, outside the show, protesters who were dressed as bloodied rabbits held a demonstration with signs reading, "Rabbits Are Friends," "No Blood for Vanity," and "Real Designers Don't Hurt Animals."

Seriously, Donna. Breaking your promise, even when you know that to get the fur you use, fur farmers smash the rabbits’ skulls and then behead them and skin them – sometimes while they're still alive?

The words "cold" and "heartless" come to mind.

Posted by Carrie Ann Harris (www.peta.org)