Jennifer Lopez in the rain, dolphins on T-shirts: Stella McCartney declares war on seafood in Paris

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PARIS -- PARIS (AP) — Stella McCartney declared war on the fishing industry at Paris Fashion Week on Wednesday, 25 years into a label that has never used leather, fur or feathers — on a rain-soaked runway in the British ambassador's gardens, with Jennifer Lopez under an umbrella in the front row.Her case began with vocabulary: the same animals are “sea life” when people marvel at them and “seafood” when they order. “Who makes that decision?” she said backstage.Of the industry that stocks the menu, she was blunter: “It’s war. We’re at war with the oceans.” For one piece of fish on a plate, she said, the nets bring up dolphins and octopuses, and most of the catch goes back over the side dead.Through the greenery, models walked to PJ Harvey’s “Down by the Water,” a murder ballad that keeps its promise. Juliette Binoche sat near Lopez. On the runway, Karlie Kloss and Miranda Kerr came dressed in waves.The clothes made the case more gently. The palette ran seafoam, sage, coral, blush and chocolate, and the tailoring — schooled under Savile Row’s Edward Sexton — loosened until it moved like water. Drawstrings threaded through oversized blazers, a rain-jacket trick smuggled into office cl...

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