Freaky Animal Fashions

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Fashion can be freaky at times.  when Lady Gaga wore that meat dress, composed of 15lb of raw beef, last year, the action sparked furious debate, especially as, only days before, she had irked animal rights activists when the 24 year old was featured on Japanese Vogue, in a meat bikini. The dress was part of an outfit, including a meat hat and purse, designed by L.A. -based Franc Fernandez, Argentinian designer.

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Latest outrageous fashion faux-pas is an incredible a dress,created out of 3,000 cow and yak nipples which has caused even more outraged cries to be voiced. The provocative piece, which was all made from cattle-hide patches acquired from tanneries, went on display at London Fashion Week, British designer Rachel Freire the creator.

Now set to appear on catwalks in Paris, Freire,  dresser to several big names including Courtney Love, is making waves with Nippleocalypse, her spring/summer 2012 collection and her most controversial to date. The 32 year old from Liverpool has attracted the ire of  MPs and animal rights campaigners, her weird fashion pieces including an intricate, layers of protruding nipples bra.

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Miss Freire, who fails utterly to understand the hype, is thrilled to be revealing her designs and out to defend her creativity, saying that her creations really make people aware of the animals involved, and is really recycling, because she creates fashion using scrap-heap bound materials.

She started her own label in 2009, having earned a Design and Performance degree at Central Saint Martins, despite no previous fashion industry experience, yet her unique collections have made a big impact on an eager audience, though animal rights organisations see things somewhat less kindly. I personally think the thing looks dreadful, but then I know not a thing about fashion, and care even less. Why anyone would seriously consider that wearing either the meat ensemble or the nipple outfit would make them look stylish is beyond me, but then I am a Philistine.

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