Janet Jackson has signed on as the new face of the Blackglama fur label. She will appear in the new “What Become a Legend Most” wearing a fur, joining other legends such as Diana Ross, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minelli, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, and Sophia Loren who had previously appeared in the ad.
But, her new job isn’t making her a lot of friends – at least among the animal activists. Pamela Anderson told Out magazine that she was disappointed that Jackson chose to do this ad. “She has spoken out against fur before. I don’t know why some people stop listening to their heart.”
As you might imagine, PETA is not happy either. Senior vice president Dan Mathews sent Jackson a letter about her choice to do the ad. He pointed out that when they have talked previously, Jackson had said she avoided wearing fur, even fake fur.
So far, the only thing Jackson has said is that she looks at others who have done the ad, such as Elizabeth Taylor and her humanitarian efforts and that she feels she [Jackson] still has “too much to accomplish to consider myself a legend.”
You can see the new ad in next month’s Vogue, Harper’s Bazarr, and W.
We have blogged before about the massive amount of plastic we go through each year and how it is hard to get rid of it. But, Dutch architect firm WHIM thinks it has a solution. The first wants to collect the plastic, wash it, melt it into building blocks, and build an island the size of Hawaii.
No, I am serious! The firm plans to take 97 million pounds of plastic to build its “recycled island.” Not only will the island physically be green, but the firm plans to make it self-sufficient. Ramon Knoester of WHIM said the island will be powered by solar and wave energy and that seaweed will be used as bio fuel and fertilizer.
If this sounds farfetched, but last month, a hotel made of 26,000 pounds of recycled debris was built in Italy. The hotel is called the “Save the Beach Hotel” and is located on the Capocotta Beach to remind those that visit the beach how much trash is left on European beaches each year.