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No Fur or Exotic Skins at Stockholm Fashion Week

Published: August 20, 2020
Author: pranali13

Monumental news for animals! The organiser of Stockholm Fashion Week has confirmed to PETA that this year’s (digital) runways will be free of fur and exotic skins. The positive development follows years of campaigning by PETA and discussions with the event’s new organiser, the Swedish Fashion Association.

Stockholm Fashion Week has shifted its focus towards sustainability in recent years and made efforts to reduce its carbon footprint by going digital in 2020. By now also opting not to showcase fur or exotic skins, it’s spearheading a new, compassionate, eco-friendly era in fashion.

Wearing fur is barbaric and outdated. In 2020, being fur-free is the norm. As hundreds of designers and fashion houses have said no to the cruelly obtained material, more and more events are giving fur the cold shoulder, too. Amsterdam, Helsinki, and Oslo fashion weeks as well as Melbourne Fashion Festival have official policies against fur, and London Fashion Week hasn’t showcased any fur since 2018. As well as being fur- and exotics-free, Helsinki Fashion Week has also ditched leather from its catwalks.

The fur industry doesn’t just put animals through a living hell before tearing off their skins – it’s also detrimental to the planet. A study of mink farms in Europe determined the impact of fur production with regard to 18 different environmental issues – such as the climate crisis, ozone pollution, and water and land use. For 17 of the 18 issues, fur was found to be far more harmful than any other material.

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