Short but Maybe Not Sweet—PETA Asks Sabrina Carpenter to Please, Please, Please Tell Us It’s Faux
Our hearts sank after seeing Sabrina Carpenter in not one, but two coats that seem to be real fur before and after the Met Gala. For her to get back in our good graces, she needs to let us know if the fur was faux. If not, it’s just plain nonsense. The pop star’s ensemble pre- and post-2025 Met Gala has PETA reminding her: Please, please, please leave sensitive animals alone!
The Fur Industry Is Anything But Sweet
Why the bad reviews for Carpenter’s red carpet and after-party coats? Because every animal is a feeling individual who does not want to be beaten or gassed for their fur. Each year, the fur industry slaughters approximately 100 million animals. Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur farmers use the cheapest and cruelest killing methods available, including suffocation, electrocution, gas, and poison.
Although the majority of animals slaughtered for their fur come from notoriously cruel fur factory farms, trappers worldwide kill millions of raccoons, coyotes, wolves, bobcats, opossums, nutria, beavers, otters, and other fur-bearing animals every year for the clothing industry. Animals who are trapped in nature can languish for days and die from blood loss, shock, dehydration, and other agonizing ways. This industry is so cruel that fur farming and/or fur sales have been banned in many places, including California.
Let’s Talk About the Feather Problem
Feeling lighter like a feather is fine—but wearing someone else’s feathers is seriously in poor taste. At the 2025 Grammys, Carpenter wore a gown detailed with ostrich feathers.
In nature, ostriches form strong social bonds and nurture their young for up to three years. But as revealed in a PETA exposé, workers forcibly restrain young ostriches and slit their throats before tearing the feathers from their still-warm bodies, sometimes in full view of their flockmates. Other birds fare no better—peacocks, pheasants, emus, turkeys, and chickens all endure miserable lives on crowded farms and painful deaths so that their feathers can be used for fashion.
Sabrina Carpenter (and Everyone): Grab an Espresso and Wake Up to the Cruelty!
Sensitive animals should not suffer for a fleeting style. Luckily, there’s no slim pickins when it comes to vegan materials. Vegan fur, feathers, leather, and other animal-free fabrics are putting compassionate fashion on the map. Check out PETA’s vegan clothing shopping guide for tips on how to be a kind shopper.
YOU can help animals exploited for fashion by telling Hermès and Prada to stop selling animal skins:
