This Hogan is No Hero
Handbag designer Hogan’s latest line just created a target on their forehead.
The new Hogan bags were a rocker chick-inspired, guitar-ish, all-leather collection. Pairing punk-rocker icons with animal skins was suicidal enough with veg*ns and activists like Pink and Joan Jett ruling the realm, but Hogan decided to go all in.
Among this animal hide line of totes, Hogan created one called “The Chrissie,” (shown here) made of ponyskin and named for Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders. This is the same Hynde who is an enthusiastic animal rights activist, working with PETA and other organizations to stage protests and fundraisers. She has been briefly detained for stirring things up outside of KFC. She even - this would have been a key point to take note of, Hogan - trashed a Gap display for the “Everybody in Leather” campaign.
Hynde, who first thought it might be a joke since it was so ridiculous, is suing the designer. I can’t wait to hear their defense.
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September 3rd, 2007 at 12:43 pm
The purse is cute, but not cute enough to kill animals to make. And naming it after Chrissie?? Was hogan even thinking or jsut trying to cash in on a name and make money?
August 7th, 2008 at 3:35 am
why dose every one hate kfc(im still a veg(with fish on her diet))you can get mac a…whate!peta is a vegen.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
[...] common? We are all vegans and we have all had non-vegan items named after us. First there was the ponyskin purse by Hogan that was inspired by and named for rocker chick Hynde. Then there was the calfskin Chloe bag that [...]