Thanks to the "mob wife" style trend and advances in manufacturing technology that make it look like the real thing, fake fur has conquered catwalks and the high street. The look is set to last, with the Fall/Winter 2025 shows at Paris Womenswear Fashion Week over the last 10 days showcasing the material in almost every conceivable way. Whether...
11 Mar 2025
Luxury fashion house Maison Margiela has reportedly promised to “no longer source angora rabbit fur for future collections”, according to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The French label decided to impose the ban following a request by the animal welfare organisation, a press release read. The exclusion of angora marks an...
7 Nov 2024
Buckingham Palace has confirmed PETA's long-awaited request: Queen Camilla has pledged to no long procure fur for her wardrobe, following the precedent set by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2019. This marks Queen Camilla's inaugural stance against the fur industry, however the confirmation does not state she will not wear fur from existing...
15 May 2024
At the start of fashion week in Milan and ahead of the upcoming fashion week in Paris, the animal welfare organisations Humane Society International and USA as well as the Fur Free Alliance, which together represent organisations in more than 35 countries, have joined forces. Their aim: to persuade the Max Mara Fashion Group to abandon fur in...
22 Feb 2024
Down feathers that ducks or geese lose on their own and that are then collected for puffer jackets or blankets, sheep that are shorn slowly and are happy to get rid of their “burden” - unfortunately, these are all myths that consumers may have in mind when they buy products with materials of animal origin. However, the reality is vastly...
19 Dec 2023
Helsinki (AFP) - Animal rights group on Friday decried conditions at 31 fur farms in Europe, following the emergence of videos showing dead mutilated foxes lying in cages and minks with severe eye infections. The videos, released by animal rights group Humane Society International (HSI), were filmed clandestinely at 20 fur farms in Lithuania,...
17 Nov 2023
Department store chain company Hudson’s Bay has finally gone fur free after being subject to years of pressure from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Canadian group, which operates a series of luxury retailers, including Saks Fifth Avenue, and online platform ‘The Bay’, will implement the move throughout its entire...
24 Mar 2023
British department store Harvey Nichols has announced that it is planning to stop selling fur by the end of 2023. The decision comes after an investigation into Chinese fur farms by animal protection organisation Humane Society International (HSI) UK in 2021 found “sickening” evidence of inhumane environments the animals were being kept in....
26 Jan 2023
In 2017 Gucci sent out a widely publicised press release that the Florentine fashion house would ban fur from its collections. In a statement the company said its new policy underlined a modern and ethical vision for luxury. While Gucci's fur-trimmed loafers were an enormous profit driver after their debut in 2015, from its SS18 collection...
25 Jan 2023
Frasers Group has told the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) that it will be going fur-free in the future. According to a statement from the organisation to FashionUnited, the fashion conglomerate, which owns the likes of Sports Direct, Flannels and House of Fraser, sent letters to its brands and suppliers that no fur products...
20 Oct 2022
Moda Operandi, the e-commerce platform credited with digitizing the trunk show shopping experience, has agreed to stop selling and sourcing exotic skins and furs. The announcement came in a statement released on Monday by PETA, the animal rights activist organization, which says that the luxury fashion retailer confirmed its position to the...
25 Apr 2022
Trying to maintain his balance on a dam, Canadian trapper Ray Gall advances cautiously as he tries to retrieve a large black beaver snared in one of his traps. Few people in the country still manage to make a living solely in the business, which dates back 400 years to the first Indigenous trades of pelts to European explorers. But thousands of...
4 Apr 2022