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Johnny Weir will make fur fly among animal rights activists again when he launches his own line of clothing.

The Olympic figure skater who was the target of such activists when he wore an outfit with rabbit fur trim on the ice says he wants to be “sewing buttons and putting fur trim on things” himself.

In an interview with the LA Times, Weir said, “I definitely want to get a clothing line off the ground, but I need a lot of leg work. You don’t want to be somebody that has someone else make them a line of clothing and put their name on it.”

Among the designs he admires, Weir lists Karl Lagerfeld and the Chanel lines as favorites.

“I collect Chanel even if I can’t wear it. I have these beautiful 1950s and 1960s jackets. I would have to have the buttons switched over to the other side, but I collect them more like art pieces.”

Lagerfeld, who’s known for his collections of fur, recently changed gears and featured an all faux Chanel fashion show.

Hopefully, Weir will take after one of his heroes and put the fake fur trim on collars.

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Karl Lagerfeld recently designed the bottle for Cola-Cola in France, which includes his silhouette and a pink cap.

Limited editions of this bottle, along with an opener, are being sold for $64 in France.

Lagerfeld is a big fan of Diet Coke, as he claims he lost almost 100 pounds drinking the beverage and eating steamed veggies, according to the Huffington Post.

Hopefully, there was a vegetable protein thrown in the veggies like pasta or tofu to make it healthier.

What worked for Lagerfeld (who currently still doesn’t eat meat) may not be the best option, as diet sodas and sodas in general probably contain ingredients from the Don’t Eat That List.

In addition, studies have found that diet sodas may actually increase weight gain as they make it harder to control your food intake.

Rats were given both yogurt sweetened with glucose and sweetened with a non-caloric sweetener.

The dieting rats gained more weight, put on more body fat and failed to cut back at the next dinner.

While rats aren’t people, the authors cited evidence that people who drink more diet sodas are at a higher risk of obesity and metabolic syndrome, a collection of medical problems like high blood pressure and insulin resistance that puts you at risk for heart disease and diabetes.

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Designers have debuted their collections for the fall (including the Chanel show where Karl Lagerfeld praised fake fur), and soon women will start stocking their wardrobes accordingly.

If you can’t accessorize your closet exactly like the runway, several fashion experts in retail have given their advice on what to keep in mind, or the “big picture” when you walk into the department store.

Ethical designer Stella McCartney‘s collections are listed as both “must haves” and a blueprint for the “big picture.”

Elyse Walker, who’s shop is located in Pacific Palisades, has the right idea when she recommends a Stella vegan handbag, but is way off when she can’t stop talking about fur.

“I ordered 50 to 70 furs for a store that’s a mile from the beach. But it gets cold at night, and it’s a fashion statement that will be in every ad and editorial. Fur trims on sweaters (Brunello Cucinelli) and scarves (Gucci).”

Thankfully, Walker qualifies these statements with, “We will have faux fur as well.”

Julie Gilhart, fashion director, Barneys New York, says the idea that “less is more” is in, and is exemplified with sweaters such as Stella McCartney cardigans.

Learn what else you should take away from the fashion trends for the fall at latimes.

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Karl Lagerfeld is digging the fake fur scene!

The designer recently praised fake fur used in the Channel fall 2010 runway show.

Has Lagerfeld experienced a change in heart?

As Allure discusses, Lagerfeld was quoted by The Telegraph saying discussing the ethics of fur in fashion was “childish.”

But the beauty of faux has caught Lagerfeld’s attention and if he’s not doing it for ethics, at least he’s appreciating the aesthetic value of using material from something other than an animal.

Plus, the new fake fur is now soft and cuddly, according to Lagerfeld.

“Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing—not one piece,” said Lagerfeld. “That was the idea. The material is beautiful and new in a way, because it was not that perfect before. It looked vaguely ok, but if you touched it, it was stiff and harsh. Now, it’s not like that at all anymore.”

On another positive note, Allure says Lagerfeld also doesn’t eat meat.

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Stephen Colbert is proving he’s not of fan of vegetarianism. Not long ago, we brought you the video of him making fun of PETA’s new Sea Kitten Campaign, when he renamed animals to sound more vegetarian friendly like calling owls “sky nachos.”

Recently, he had Sir Paul McCartney on his show where he questioned the ex Beatle’s vegetarian diet.

“I have a beef to pick with you, sir, in that you don’t eat beef,” Colbert said. McCartney goes into detail about him feeling animals are sentient beings that deserve to live and not be eaten by humans and that the Dalai Lama agrees with him. The ever so sarcastic Colbert asks, “Don’t you think if the animals had the opportunity, they would eat us?”

Colbert’s starting to sound like Karl Lagerfeld.

McCartney replied with, “In an emergency, perhaps the Dalai Lama would eat me.”

Watch and listen to Paul say his midriff is the best part to eat during an emergency.

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Where is Tim Gunn and his anti-fur video when you need him?

Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld recently defended the use of fur in the industry.

“In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish,” he told The Telegraph.

Although he doesn’t personally wear fur, he insists that people make a living from hunting and “killing those beasts who would kill us if they could.”

Lagerfeld’s statements might make sense if we all lived in caveman days. But someone should inform him that fur today is produced in factories and much of it comes from countries with no ethical standards whatsoever as to how the animals are treated.

It’s a pretty sure thing that today’s Hollywood starlets aren’t thinking, “Darn it, that fox is going to eat me. Make me a coat, quick!” Not to mention how ferocious the 4 lb. mink are.

He agrees that animals should be killed “nicely” as much as possible and admits he’s a wuss when it comes to eating them.

“I can hardly eat meat because it has to look like something what it was not when it was alive,” he said.

The last time we checked, fur looks the same on or off the original live animal.

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