Singer Joss Stone bares all in new campaign for PETA to protest at luxury fashion house Hermes using crocodile skin for its £295,000 handbags

With tears running down her face and her body painted to look like reptile skin, The singer front the campaign to try to stamp out the ‘cruel’ practice of using crocodile skins for handbags. She urged others to join her in ‘leaving wildlife out of their wardrobe’ as she bared all for the photograph, which had the slogan: ‘Three animals are killed to make one crocodile bag. Say NO to exotic skins.’

 

The crocodile bags from Hermes can cost as much as £295,000 and versions have been seen on the arms of celebrities including Victoria Beckham (pictured left witht he bag) and Petra Ecclestone  (right)

The pictures by PETA come after an investigation by them, which claimed top fashion house Hermes was using tanneries with cruel practices for their reptile-skin handbags.

The crocodile bags can cost as much as £295,000 and versions have been seen on the arms of celebrities including Victoria Beckham and Petra Ecclestone.