Janet Jackson For BlackGlama Fur Fall 2010
Janet Jackson has signed on to be the new face of fur company BlackGlama’s iconic “What Becomes A Legend Most?” campaign:
The 44-year-old icon in her own right joins the ranks of Audrey Hepburn, Diana Ross, Lena Horne, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland and many more as the face of this campaign. For the ad, the star wore a black mink pulled up to her face, highlighting her cheekbones and new short ‘do. But of course, PETA had a lot to say about Janet signing on as the face BlackGama’s campaign, writing an open letter to her implying she’s a hypocrite and taking shots at her career:
“You told me that you were always aggravated at photo shoots when stylists would try to throw fur on you and that you were even wary of wearing fake fur out of concern that it might actually be real or look real in photos and send the wrong message,” PETA Senior Vice President Dan Matthews said. ”You were very straightforward and sensible about it. What happened?”
The letter then went on to call Janet “desperate” and saying her career is on a “down slide.” Typical of PETA to hit below the belt. Their strongly opinionated and vindictive open letters never cease to amaze me. But Janet chose not to answer PETA, but instead answer the question asked in her campaign: Read more…
