This decision follows those of major fashion brands who have chosen to ban fur from their collections. Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen all led the charge.
To date, several luxury brands have pledged to stop using fur or angora in their collections. Last year, Stella McCartney and Humane Society International led a campaign calling for an end to the global fur trade.
Since then, McCartney has introduced alternatives to mushroom leather in his work. This initiative could pave the way for a similar campaign to eliminate animal leather from the fashion industry.
We can legitimately wonder what Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks are waiting for to join the movement.
Copenhagen Fashion Week is one of the world’s biggest fashion weeks, and continues to push for sustainability. In early 2020, CEO Cecilie Thorsmark announced that CPHFW would require designers to meet sustainability criteria in order to parade during the week. At the SS23 season opening ceremony, she confirmed that CPHFW would begin implementing this change in 2023, starting with the autumn-winter season.
