Cool vs. Cruel Makes Compassion the Fashion

Cool vs. Cruel is an annual competition that encourages fashion design students enrolled in The Art Institutes in North America to produce fur-free, animal-friendly garments by using their creativity to replace animal fur in fashion.

Download the Cool vs. Cruel 2008 Entry Form & Rules [PDF].  Make a difference and get inspired to make compassion your fashion! 

The challenge in 2008 is to reproduce—or improve—one of the garments below without the cruelty of fur. (Click on a thumbnail to see the full-size picture.)

	Garment 1 Elie Saab, PFW fall/winter 2008/09, runway Photo ©Chris Moore/Catwalking/Getty Images
	Garment 2 Valentino collection in Paris, fall/winter 2001/2002 haute couture collections show Photo ©Serge Benhamou/Prestige via Getty Images
	Garment 3 Jun Ashida's '08-'09 fall/winter collection Photo ©Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images
	Garment 4 Versace-Milan fall/winter 2008/09 Photo ©Karl Prouse/Catwalking/Getty Images

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And the Winner Is...The Animals!