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Affluent consumers no longer consider fur and exotic leathers 'luxury'

A fur coat or a crocodile leather bag has long been considered the 'ultimate luxury'. New research from Collective Fashion Justice (CFJ) suggests this is no longer the case. The report, ‘Wildlife Exploitation is Not Luxurious’, reveals that a striking 95 percent of high-earners surveyed in London, Paris and New York believe the use of wild...

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Investigation: exotic animal skin industry protected by lobbying

Research by the animal rights organisation Collective Fashion Justice (CFJ) reveals that lobbying has distorted the perception of the exotic animal skin industry. Executives from two departments of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an NGO founded in France in 1948, held commercial interests in continuing the harvesting...

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PVH Corp. says it will ban use of exotic skins

PVH Corp. has banned exotic animal skins in the collections of all its brands, which include Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and several other contemporary clothing lines. The company said that this decision is part of a "long-term strategy to drive fashion forward for good." The company joins Brooks Brothers, Jil Sander, Chanel, Diane von...