Nipple confusion? Designer dresses it up

A British designer has created a dress out of 3,000 cow nipples.

Rachel Freire used 90% and 10% yak nipples, which are usually thrown away, to make the gown, but the provocative piece has been slammed by politicians and animal rights campaigners after it was unveiled.

She said: "I create fashion using material that would otherwise end up on the scrap heap. What I am doing is recycling. The people criticising are clearly clueless about the amount of leather wasted on a daily basis."

Justin Kerswell, from animal rights organisation Viva, said: "Isn't the way we treat farmed animals bad enough without turning their dead bodies into a runway freak show?"

Rachel Freire