PETA announced in 2020 that it was ending its long-running “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign. For three decades, the ads decrying the use of animal pelts in fashion had featured ...

at Kopenhagen Fur in Denmark, an assembly line of robots, x-ray machines, vision technology, and a human had sorted 6.8 million pelts, bar-coded to identify the farmer, into 52 different skin ...

Fur has had a rough few years. As household budgets locked down during recessions and Covid, fur and luxury goods in general ...

which are valuable commodities in the fur trade. Sable pelts are a symbol of wealth and elegance. From the medieval fur trade to the present-day fur industry, the sable's fur remains a prized ...

While American consumers were gravitating away from real fur, demand — and competition — was growing overseas. Reuters reported that US exports of mink pelts to China doubled in volume by 2012 ...

Is fake fur good for the environment? Two experts weight in on the multi-faceted fashion issue. The fashion week circuit is in full flow with industry insiders now in Paris having attended London ...

The underwool from the beaver pelts was used to make the beaver hat. The fur trade was based on the barter system and in the late 1700s a blanket was worth seven prime beaver pelts, a gun cost 14 ...

Materials Faux fur accessories such as toss pillows, blankets and pelts are typically backed with fabrics such as cotton or polyester. The faux fur itself typically includes synthetic fibers.

Zachary Weiss, a brand consultant in New York, owns four vintage fur coats. PETA announced in 2020 that it was ending its long-running “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign. For three ...

“Trapping is simply a form of hunting and every citizen in good standing has the freedom to participate in the harvest of ...