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The Queen is going fur-free

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is following fashion’s lead and is going fur-free, with all future outfits designed for cold weather engagements to feature fake fur. The revelation was revealed in the new memoir of her dresser and personal adviser, Angela Kelly, ‘The Other Side of the Coin’, where she states: “If Her Majesty is due to attend an...

Fashion

3.1 Phillip Lim to go fur-free from autumn 2019

New York-based designer label 3.1 Phillip Lim is the latest fashion brand to announce that it will be dropping fur from its collections from autumn/winter 2019. In a statement the designer has stated that he will ban fur and exotic skins, such as fox, mink, lynx, chinchilla, astrakhan/karakul lamb and exotic skins including python, alligator,...

Retail

Farfetch to drop fur from collections

Luxury online retailer Farfetch has confirmed that it is to ban the sale of animal fur from its website from December 2019. The move has been applauded by animal charity Humane Society International (HSI), and its US affiliate, who worked with the online luxury retailer for years to bring about the ban. Humane Society International UK executive...

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Boohoo faux fur jumper found to contain real fur

Online retailer Boohoo has been condemned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for selling a faux fur pom pom jumper that was found to contain real fur, which it states was “misleading” to consumers. The UK advertising watchdog upheld complaints by Humane Society International (HSI) UK, and ruled that the advert for the jumper on the...

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Is this the beginning of the end for fur in fashion?

Is this the beginning of the end for fur? With more and more fashion houses going fur-free, San Francisco banning fur sales in the city and British MPs considering outlawing all imports of pelts after Brexit, the signs do not seem good for the industry. After decades of hard-hitting campaigning against fur, animal rights activists believe they...