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Fashion in the news: fake news, fur and retail trends that need to die

Every Friday, FashionUnited selects the most interesting reads about the fashion industry published across US and international news outlets. Here’s what you may have missed this week: Fake news in fashion Much has been discussed about the impact of fake news on politics, but this week we’ve come to realize the fashion industry has a big piece...

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Recap: what fashion brands did for the environment & animal rights in 2018

Several fashion brands have taken steps to make their production more sustainable and animal friendly in 2018. Whether they’re motivated by a genuine concern about these issues or just reacting to consumer trends, it’s not always easy to tell. Regardless, 2018 has been marked by apparel companies banning plastics, releasing plant-based products,...

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Peta launches Christmas campaign

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has launched a new Christmas campaign featuring actress Penelope Cruz to urge shoppers to ditch fur this festive season. Oscar-winning actress Cruz, who previously appeared in an anti-fur ad for Peta US in 2012, is shown cradling a ginger cat alongside the tagline, ‘Make Us Purr. Don’t Wear Fur’...

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Chanel to ban fur and exotic skins from future collections

“The champagne corks are popping at PETA”, said the organization’s Director of International Programmes, Mimi Bekhechi, on an email to FashionUnited. The reason? Luxury fashion house Chanel is reported to have banned the use of fur and exotic skins, including crocodile, lizard, snake and stingray, from its future collections. “For decades, PETA...

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French fashion giant Jean Paul Gaultier goes fur-free

Animal rights groups hailed on Monday Jean Paul Gaultier's announcement that he is joining the growing ranks of fashion designers to ban fur from their collections. The enfant terrible of French couture announced the decision in a television interview on Saturday, describing the methods used to kill the animals as "absolutely deplorable". "Fur...

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Fashion’s battle with fur: real vs faux

Fur, the real animal version, has seen its reputation banished to the Outer Mongolia of fashion this year. The backlash reached fever pitch with London Fashion Week banning fur from future catwalks, California becoming a near fur-free state, with major cities Los Angeles and San Francisco banning its sale, online retailer Net-a-Porter adopting a...

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Diane von Furstenberg bans fur

New York-based luxury designer Diane von Furstenberg has become the latest designer to announce a ban on fur in her collections, following an appeal from animal rights organisations, Peta US and The Humane Society of the United States. The decision to follow the likes of Burberry, Michael Kors, Gucci and Versace, was announced by the brand’s...

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PETA buys Farfetch shares to push company to stop selling fur

Animal rights organization PETA announced the purchase of Farfetch sales, after the British luxury marketplace became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange last Friday. The move will allow PETA to attend Farfetch’s annual meetings, during which the organization aims to push the company to stop selling fur. Farfetch currently...

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Animal rights charity welcomes LFW fur ban

The British Fashion Council confirmed last week that no animal fur would be used at London Fashion Week this September, following a survey with its members, as part of its Positive Fashion initiative, which aims to celebrate industry best practice and encourage positive change. The BFC stated in a press release that it “supports the creativity...

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Committee finds retailers “complacent” over fake fur scandal

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, which launched an inquiry into the reports that real fur was being sold as fake fur by major high street and online retailers, has found that retailers, local authorities and Trading Standards have been “poor at enforcing regulations” around the sale of real fur. The committee, which heard...

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Living in an Immaterial world, what materials matter?

Thirty-odd years ago Madonna sang about living in a material world while wrapped in hot pink satin, nuzzling fur, dripping in jewels, and being hoisted into the air by a posse of suited men. She was mimicking her idol Marilyn Monroe, who thirty-odd years before that, dressed similarly, had sung about diamonds being a girl’s best friend in the...

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Belstaff joins UK's growing list of fur-free designers

British brand, Belstaff has confirmed that no fur will be used in its collections or sold in its stores from January 2019 forward. Helen Wright, the company's newly appointed CEO, confirmed that the iconic luxury brand will be joining the ever-growing list of UK's fur free designers, which includes Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, and Stella...