PETA’s newest Web site, PleatherYourself.com, shows pleather is in. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Courteney Cox Arquette, Britney Spears and Alicia Silverstone are just a few of the top celebs who are puttin’ on the pleather. When a fan tried to give Prince a leather coat during a recent concert in Washington, D.C., the vegan musician replied, “Please do not kill a cow so I can wear a coat!” Remember: When you buy leather, animals pay—with their lives. Production lines move so fast that slaughterhouse employees routinely kill, skin and dismember fully conscious animals. In India, the source of much of the leather sold in the West, cattle are often forced to march for hundreds of miles to slaughterhouses without food or water. Or they’re crammed together so tightly in trucks that many die of suffocation.
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Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Courteney Cox Arquette
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Alicia Silverstone
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Janet Jackson
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Pamela Anderson
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To learn more, visit PleatherYourself.com today and watch PETA’s undercover exposé of the leather trade, hosted by Pamela Anderson. You can also test your “skintelligence” with our pleather pop quiz—if you win, you’ll be dressed not to kill in cruelty-free clothes, including a pleather jacket, pants or shoes. While you’re there, send free e-cards, featuring Pam, Britney, Alicia and other pleathered performers, to all your pals.
 The shiny styles featured in the smash sci-fi flick The Matrix were PVC and pleather.You can order your own custom-made copy of Neo’s trenchcoat, in Lustersuede (synthetic suede) or pleather, from TrenchCo. Check out PleatherYourself.com for info.
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 Dressed in sexy “sinthetic” outfits, PETA dominatrixes “expose” people to the gruesome facts about how animals suffer to be made into leather coats, pants and shoes.
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 It’s easy to score synthetics in hot brands like l.e.i., Paul Frank, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Skechers and Rocket Dog. In New York City, stop by Moo Shooes, an all-vegan boutique (or visit the company online at www.mooshoes.com). Log onto PleatherYourself.com for links to some of our favorite shopping sites and to order a free copy of PETA’s "Shopping Guide to Nonleather Products.” Find other leatherless shopping options at PETAMall.com.
In the U.K., visit www.veganstore.co.uk.
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