PETA Slams Beyonce for Super Bowl Animal Skin Outfit. Details
Beyonce Knowles can't seem to do anything right these days, as she was recently criticized by an animal rights organization for the outfit she wore during her halftime performance at the Super Bowl on Feb. 3.
Beyonce attracted the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for wearing a black bodysuit by designer Rubin Singer made of python skin, paneled iguana, and leather, according to E!
The fact that she wore animal skin led PETA to accuse the Countdown singer of being out-of-date with fashion trends.
"Today's fashions are trending toward humane vegan options, and Beyoncé's Super Bowl outfit missed the mark on that score," PETA said in a statement. "We would take a bet that if Beyonce watched our video exposes...she'd probably not want to be seen in anything made of snakes, lizards, rabbits, or other animals who died painfully."
PETA, however, was still able to enjoy the Super Bowl and rooted for the Baltimore Ravens.
"The game was great...and so is Baltimore Ravens linebacker and yesterday's Super Bowl champion Terrel Suggs, who just joined PETA in protesting the fur industry by starring in PETA's 'Ink, Not Mink' campaign," the organization said.
Singer said it took him two months of "man hours" to craft Knowles' attire. In addition, he made all jackets worn by Beyonce's 120 backup dancers, and the body suit and dress worn Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, according to NBC.
"My seamstresses were assembling all of the leather and exotic skins individually by hand. All of the pieces were separate details that were all constructed on her body," Singer said. "We had to make the bodysuit have a tremendous range of motion and flexibility. Beyonce is such a fierce and intense performer; we could have the outfit constrict her in any way."
PETA previously slammed Beyonce for wearing a Christian Dior mink coat at U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony moments before she belted out a lip-synched rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
Reports suggested that while performing Independent Women alongside Destiny's Child group members Rowland and Williams at the Super Bowl, the 31-year-old singer flashed a symbol revealing her involvement in a secret society called "Illuminati."
