One of the perks of being famous is that you can dress however the hell you want, and within weeks you'll see a fleet of kids copying your look from head to toe – and this is something that upsets animal rights group PETA greatly.

PETA is worried that youngsters of today will see Nicole Richie on TV and – instead of the immediate "Holy Jesus, she's so thin! Surely that's not normal!" response that Nicole Richie tends to get when people see her – become so awe-struck about what she's wearing that they'll rush out and copy her. Since Nicole Richie tends to wear a lot of fur these days, PETA has become so riled that it has named Nicole Richie the Worst-Dressed Celebrity In The World. All this despite the fact that only one poorly squirrel was skinned to create all 25 pieces of outerwear in Nicole Richie's freakishly tiny wardrobe.

The world is full of Best-Dressed lists, isn't it. Hardly a day passes where we don't get told that Kate Moss has nice coats or Jennifer Aniston wears nice skirts or Daniel Craig is a pretty girl, but there just aren't that many worst-dressed lists, are there? Sure, there's Mr Blackwell's mental annual worst-dressed list – a list so preposterously-written that we genuinely can't wait for the next one to see if any of it can live up to this year's statement that Britney Spears dresses like "an
over-the-hill Lolita." But who'll make the grade?

Well, Nicole Richie possibly. Although you may have only thought that Nicole's year has consisted of being too skinny then denying that she's too skinny then getting help for being too skinny then denying that she's got a gastric band then trying to get it on with a schoolboy, but that's all incidental to the fact that – you know – her clothes are really, like, yucky. Animal rights group PETA has decided to name Nicole Richie as the Worst-Dressed Celebrity In The World – not because of her inability to accessorise properly, but because she wears things made of fur, stating:

“This pelt-wearing party girl is all animal skin and bones. She’s an incredible shrinking woman with the heart to match.”

Ouch! But Nicole Richie isn't the only celebrity to be stung by PETA's razor-sharp tongue. Second on the Worst-Dressed list is Ashley Olsen, because:

“Wearing fur does add 20 pounds, but if Ashley wants to fill out her frame, we suggest using a fork instead.”

Oof! And third in PETA's line of fire is everyone's favourite walking cameltoe Eva Longoria:

“You’d think she’d be more sympathetic to the plight of rabbits
considering the way she screws around like one on Wisteria Lane.”

Take that! It's interesting to see this new ultra-bitchy persona that PETA is trying out. You never know, it might work out better than their attempts to spoil Beyonce's dinner or frighten everyone by showing them what Sadie Frost looks like naked. We sort of hope that PETA's new catty Devil Wears Prada attitude catches on, because we'd like to see PETA representatives halting the Canadian seal hunt next spring by watching the hunters in action while conspicuously whispering "Really? In those shoes?" to one another until the hunters get freaked out and go home.

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PETA's 2006 Worst-Dressed List – PETA