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Should feathers be the next material banned from Fashion?

Should feathers be banned for adorning garments? Animal cruelty is a hot topic since the luxury fashion houses all but collectively agreed to stop using fur for their runway collections. Feathers generally are considered an animal by-product much the way that leather is a by-product of the meat industry. A large portion of the plumage used in...

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Fashion's feather master Serkan Cura tickles up a storm

Serkan Cura was first tickled by the possibility of feathers when he was just 13. "I found a bird of paradise feather in a street market in Brussels," he told AFP. "It was love at first sight." The thrill has never quite left him. "I made my first wedding dress that year out of feathers and plastic," he recalled. Two decades later Cura is one of...

Fashion

Birds live-plucked at farms part of the 'Responsible Down Standard'

London - The authencity of the Responsible Down Standard (RDS), an certification from the Textile Exchange which aims to ensure the best practices in animal welfare are carried out on bird farms which supply down and feathers, has be cast into doubt following an undercover exposé from PETA. The animal rights' organization visited geese farms in...

Retail

Farfetch introduces same-day delivery

Indie online platform Farfetch has introduced same-day delivery in nine cities for orders placed by 10am local time, Monday to Friday. The same-day delivery option is available in London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, Rome and Paris. Currently, the service is only available for specific postal codes in London, which are...