For the first time in history, London Fashion Week will have zero fur.
This magnificent gesture by the British Fashion Council represents a milestone in the garment industry and could influence countless consumers to ditch fur themselves. With the results of a survey in hand, this organization announced that there is “a cultural change based on ideals and choice made by designer businesses, international brands as well as consumer sentiment – but also encouraged by the stance of multi-brand stores who are moving away from selling fur.”
Over the past few years, we have witnessed an increasing tempo of humanitarian concerns in the garment industry, many of whose professionals have graciously joined in the fur fight. Designers are coming to the realization that their lines of apparel can be tailored without cruelty. One by one, leading fashion houses have dropped fur without a sacrifice to the most discriminating tastes of their clients.
For millennia, seals, beavers, foxes and other creatures were relentlessly hunted with agonizing trapping methods. More recently, these fur-bearing animals have been subjected to slaughter farms and confined in substandard living conditions. These establishments, located in numerous countries around the world, engage in the most barbaric methods to feed an archaic lust for pelts. One pro-fur group even claims: “The lure of fine fur has never faltered. We all share in this rich and varied history and the traditions that were the cornerstone of this great nation from it’s [sic] beginning.”
Bob Dylan wrote in 1964 that “the times they are a changin’.” And so they are, most especially for the fur industry. A global distaste for the wearing of fur is constantly gaining momentum. With the advent of the internet and the relentless campaign by advocates against the cruelty towards animals, we may soon realize a fur-free future.
GREAT NEWS!
Thank you for going fur free!
THANK YOU!
Yippee and Yay for the animals….
This is good news!
Well done to the UK for leading the way. Let’s hope this is the start for other countries to follow.
Brilliant news!!!!!!
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Fantastic! Now, if perpetrators carry with their cruel and barbaric behaviour harsh penalties need to be enforced and I have the answer…Anyone caught breaking the rules is sent to jail for a year, made to do community service for another year, fined $10,000 (regardless of financial situation), banned from owning pets, given a criminal record and excluded from any financial assistance from the government for life! People may dispute this saying it’s a breach of human rights and my answer to that is cruelty of any kind is a breach of animal welfare so those rights are automatically withdrawn from a person or people’s life. Full stop!
This is wonderful news. Now the message will be spread widely.
Thankyou.
Way to go, London! Show this backwards world how to be a caring and loving society of true human beings. I am so very proud of those who respect the lives of the innocent animals, hunted for their coats.
Yea
This is incredible news and knowing that London is a trend setter in the world of fashion, I truly hope this catches on. YAY!!!
YAAAYYY!!!
Terrific news. Let’s get New York fashion week people to do the same and others throughout the world.
Great news. There is absolutely no reason why we should slaughter a beautiful an8mal simply for its fur. People do not need to adorn themselves with bloody cruelty to suffice their own vanity. It is appalling and I am happy to hear that more and more are ditch8ng fur.
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WONDERFUL…….I love it. Its about ding dong time. Whenever i saw a person in fur (namely celebrities) I was never in awe I would be disgusted. Thank powers to be for this wonderful accomplishment.
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We need more like this website to get ideas for problems to solutions . This is the upmost important to save wildlife. Thank the people that are saving wildlife.
Make fake fur you can do more with it . Honestly people will love you for it.
TEM QUE EVOLUIR, CRUELDADE NUNCA MAIS.
Animals should be the only ones wearing fur!!!!! Not humans !!!!! You do not need fur to make a fashion statement !!!!! Good news all clothing houses and designers should follow especially ones in America!
Eddie Bauer and their ilk will be next, I hope.
Animal killing for vanity/hubris/greed must end! NOW! We all must demand better of world governments…we need full protection of animals…DEMAND AN END TO FUR! BOYCOTT FUR & COMPANIES WHO SELL FUR.
Yaaaayyyy !!!! Now for the likes of Gaga, Beyonce, JLo ………. to stop wearing beautiful animals.
Brilliant news. About time.
No murder – just fashion. That’s great.
Well done to the British Fashion Council! As a Brit I am proud they are taking a stand but nobody should be buying fur.
Excellent! – Beautiful!
So happy! About time!
FASHION DOES NOT HAVE TO MEAN MURDER
Wonderful news if really true.
This story should be front page on WWD, WDJ and all fashion publications! And, someone should forward this to the Gorsuch catalogue from Colorado where they think animal torture is okay if it makes them money!!!!!
I hope someone gets after Eddie Bauer and Canada Goose for their over use of fur, goose and duck feathers.
ABOUT TIME!!
That is awesome..as long as they don’t use fake fur..because they do uae animals for that reason…racoons, possums and others..prayers there is none