PVH’s iconic brands, including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, banned exotic-animal skins after learning from PETA that in the exotic-skins industry, workers handle ostriches violently, electrically stun them, and slit their throats, as well as cutting open alligators’ and crocodiles’ necks and jamming metal rods down their spines. PVH joins Brooks Brothers, Jil Sander, Chanel, … Read more »
Canadian retailer Simons is banning fur after learning from PETA and more than 65,000 compassionate supporters that most of the world’s fur comes from farms where animals are forced to live inside filthy, barren wire cages that are so small, they can take only a few steps in any direction. Many animals languish with untreated … Read more »
PETA and nearly 60,000 supporters told Velour that animals whose fur is used for false eyelashes suffer inside filthy, barren wire cages so small that they can take only a few steps in any direction. Now, the company has confirmed a ban on mink fur eyelashes! We applaud its kind and forward-thinking decision, and we’re … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and more than 280,000 members of the public that minks raised on farms are kept in small wire cages, often lose ears or legs, and suffer from infections, mouth injuries, and gaping wounds, Sephora agreed to ban fur eyelashes! We applaud the company’s kind and business-savvy decision, and we’re calling on … Read more »
After learning that in the alpaca-wool industry, workers cruelly handled alpacas, slammed them onto tables, tied them by all four legs, forcibly stretched them out, and violently and carelessly sheared them as they cried out and spat in fear, retailers ESPRIT and Overstock banned alpaca wool! Please urge Anthropologie to follow the growing number of … Read more »
After hearing from PETA and nearly 110,000 members of the public, Kugo—the parent company of shaving brands RoyalShave, Pomades, and TheStache.com—confirmed that it had banned badger hair! These brands join nearly 100 others worldwide that have turned their backs on an industry that forces badgers to live inside cramped, wire cages before workers bludgeon them and … Read more »
After meeting with PETA, outerwear company Amundsen Sports banned fur! We’re delighted that it’s joining the hundreds of designers and retailers—including Columbia, Fjällräven, Patagonia, and REI—that sell only faux fur. This compassionate decision will prevent countless gentle animals from being caught in painful traps that slam down on their limbs—often breaking bones—before trappers return to … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, the American Red Cross, which reaches an average of more than 100 million people around the globe each year, has agreed to switch to using vegan gloves in its kits and will remove all leather glove references from its messaging, including on its website. Urge Levi’s and other brands to ban … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Global Brands Group— which owns Aquatalia and licenses more than a dozen brands, including Frye and Spyder—has done the right thing for animals and consumers by joining Prada, Coach, Jean Paul Gaultier, Giorgio Armani, Versace, Ralph Lauren, Vivienne Westwood, Michael Kors, Donna Karan, and many others that have banned fur! With … Read more »
After discussions with PETA, Awake Watches—a Paris-based company supported by French President Emmanuel Macron—confirmed that it’s no longer ordering leather straps. Furthermore, it pledged to be free of all animal-derived materials once it sells its current leather stock. The environmental-focused company made the right decision for the planet given the leather industry’s massive contribution to … Read more »
After years of pressure from PETA, designer and retailer Rebecca Minkoff has banned fur! The brand joins hundreds of other designers and retailers—including BCBG, Donna Karan, Farfetch, Guess, Nicole Miller, and Victoria Beckham—in turning its back on an industry that forces terrified animals to spend their entire lives inside filthy, cramped wire cages before being … Read more »
Luxury clothing brand Jil Sander banned exotic-animal skins after learning from PETA that in the exotic-skins industry, workers violently handle ostriches, electrically stun them, and slit their throats, as well as cutting open alligators’ and crocodiles’ necks and jamming metal rods down their spines. Jil Sander joins Chanel, Diane von Furstenberg, Vivienne Westwood, and Victoria … Read more »
After learning from PETA that badgers used for their hair are physically and psychologically tormented before experiencing a terrifying death, NARS Cosmetics agreed to ban badger hair! Badgers in China—the world’s top producer of badger hair—are trapped in the wild using snares, which are primitive wire nooses that tighten around an animal’s neck and slowly … Read more »
Following colorful PETA-led protests dating back to the 1980s—when PETA members made Macy’s our prime target for Fur-Free Friday protests and activists were arrested for blocking doors at its Herald Square store in New York and disrupting its Thanksgiving Day Parade—PETA is toasting a new fur-free era at the department store, which has announced that … Read more »
