Anna Wintour has defended the use of fur saying it is a part of fashion, New York Magazine reports.
The Vogue editor was speaking at the 92nd Street Y when audience members heckled her shouting out: "This woman skins animals alive!" A banner was thrown over the balcony while the audience chanted "Fur Shame! Fur Shame!"
Anna responded cooly with: Fur is still a part of fashion, so Vogue will continue to report on it."
The animal rights activists were removed and Anna finished with: "As I was saying, fashion means different things to different people."
Anna also spoke out about the recession and how Vogue is coping with these harder times. She said: "I ask the price of every single outfit that comes into the office, and I think a lot of my editors have been quite surprised about what a little sequin dress from an unnamed designer might be, and if it's $25,000, we'll say, ‘Okay, well, not this time.’
"So we're looking at that, and at supporting younger designers - like Alexander Wang, Proenza Schouler - that are more price-friendly ... But at the same time, we are who we are. We represent the fashion industry, and we have to show the best in the fashion industry, and that's not going to change."
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