Esprit and dozens of other major retailers banned mohair after learning from PETA that angora goats endure a violent and bloody shearing process, in which workers cut off large swaths of skin and crudely stitch gaping wounds back together with no pain relief. Joining Esprit are Ann Taylor, BESTSELLER, Catherines, Chico’s, Colovos, Daniel Cremieux, Destination … Read more »
Express announced that it has no plans to sell mohair items! The company learned that, in the mohair industry, goats often endure a bloody and violent shearing process and most are ultimately killed, often by being cut with a dull blade while still conscious. Express joins Arcadia Group (including Topshop and its other seven brands), … Read more »
After hearing from over 18,000 PETA members and supporters, Anthropologie announced that it would phase all mohair out of its line in less than a year! It’s joining Arcadia Group (including Topshop and its seven other brands), Gap Inc. (including Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Athleta), H&M Group, Inditex’s apparel brands (including Zara), and … Read more »
G-III Apparel Group announced that it’s going fur-free in 2019! As a result, its brands—which include Donna Karan and DKNY—will no longer use the archaic and cruelly obtained material. This monumental victory follows more than two decades of PETA protests against Donna Karan, including e-mails from nearly 90,000 compassionate people urging her not to use … Read more »
Patricia Nash Designs made the compassionate and business-savvy decision to ban fur! This move comes after nearly 140,000 people contacted the company urging it to ban fur, the majority of which comes from animals who spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy cages, denied access even to basic necessities, such as food and clean … Read more »
Donatella Versace—the creative director of luxury brand Versace—told Vogue that she is done with fur and doesn’t want to “kill animals to make fashion,” saying that it “doesn’t feel right.” This momentous announcement comes after decades of pressure from PETA and messages from the public urging her to ditch fur.
After more than a year of being pressured by PETA—and receiving more than 200,000 e-mails from the public—Furla announced that it’s joining the ever-growing list of fur-free luxury brands! Its CEO explained that the decision “confirms the brand’s increasing interest in the environment, with particular attention to the animal world, to which Furla is very … Read more »
PETA contacted Plan de Ville to inform the company that animals in the fur and angora industries are often kept inside cramped, filthy cages—where they’re deprived of everything that’s natural and important to them—and killed in terrifying and painful ways, such as gassing or electrocution. As a result, the New York–based clothing retailer made the … Read more »
Rent the Runway—a mostly online service that rents out 350 high-end designers’ clothing and accessories—banned fur. This compassionate decision comes after more than 155,000 people contacted the company to urge executives to ban fur. We informed the company that fur often comes from animals who spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy cages and … Read more »
After working behind the scenes with PETA, Burlington Coat Factory made the compassionate, business-savvy decision to ban angora, which often comes from rabbits who spend their entire lives inside cramped, filthy cages without access to food and clean water and who scream in pain while their fur is being plucked out. The company—which sells clothes … Read more »
After learning from PETA that there’s no such thing as “ethical” down—since all down comes from birds who are eventually killed in a violent, painful way—KÜHL agreed to remove misleading references to “ethically sourced” down from its website and product hangtags.
PETA contacted J.McLaughlin—a clothing retailer that has more than 100 stores and also sells online—after receiving multiple complaints that it was selling fur. After urging the company to ban it, we were pleased to hear that its bestselling furry items are faux and that it won’t sell real fur again.
After discussions with PETA and after more than 260,400 PETA and peta2 members and supporters—over a span of almost three years—urged BCBG to stop selling fur and angora, executives announced today that the brand will no longer develop items containing fur or angora, which often comes from animals who endure a tremendous amount of pain … Read more »
