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Canada bans animal testing and trade in cosmetics

In what is being hailed as a monumental victory, the Canadian government has passed a bill that will prohibit animal testing and trade within the cosmetics industry. Made through the Budget Implementation Act, the measures will also ban the selling of products that rely on new animal testing data to establish their safety, as well as false or...

Business

Italy vote to ban fur farming and shut down mink farms

The Budget Committee of the Italian Senate has voted to ban fur farming throughout Italy and shut down the country’s 10 remaining mink fur farms within six months, in a move hailed as “an historic victory” by the Humane Society International. The vote followed approved amendments to the budget law, which included an immediate ban on breeding of...

Fashion

Romwe rapped by ASA for selling real fur as faux

The Advertising Standards Authority has penalised fast-fashion online retailer Romwe for selling real animal fur as faux fur, following a complaint by animal charity Humane Society International/UK (HSI UK). HSI UK found two items for sale online marketed as faux fur which they had testing by an independent textile analysis laboratory and they...

Fashion

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...

Fashion Featured

ASA warns retailers of legal action over faux fur claims

The Compliance function of the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), which is part of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regulatory system, has issued an enforcement notice to clothing retailers to take immediate action to ensure that any items advertised as containing fake fur are not made from real fur. UK retailers, including...

Fashion Featured

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...

Fashion Featured

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...

Fashion Featured

#WhatTheFur to raise awareness for falsely-labelled fur

London - Despite leading luxury players such as Gucci going fur-free, the use of real fur in fashion remains rife - whether consumers realise it or not. Over the past years retailers such as Missguided, House of Fraser and TK Maxx have all been caught selling real fur mislabelled as faux-fur - with Missguided reportedly unknowingly illegally...

Business

Switzerland bans trade of commercial seal products, including furs

London - One day after designer Stella McCartney questioned the fashion industry continued use of leather and fur, as imitation skins "looks so good" they "genuinely pose a question to the industry about why anyone needs to use leather any more" at Paris Fashion Week, comes news of Switzerland's decision to ban the trade of seal products. This...

Fashion

Anti-fur protesters crash London Fashion Week

The start of London Fashion Week has stirred debate concerning the industry's ongoing use of fur, as animal rights organizations tap into the momentum surrounding the event to remind consumers of the health hazards and animal cruelty linked to fur production. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) staged a protest at Brewer Street...