Michael Kors goes Fur Free

CAIRO – 17 December 2017: Another day, another fashion house takes a step forward in the right direction. Michael Kors is officially going fur-free.

Kors will be joining the likes of

Gucci

, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Armani, Selfridges and Net-a-Porter in ending the production of fur products this month. The decision will also go for Jimmy Choo since it is a part of Kors’s ever-growing fashion empire. According to The Business of Fashion, the move was announced on Friday.

“This decision marks a new chapter as our company continues to evolve in its use of innovative materials,” said John D. Idol, Michael Kors’s chairman and chief executive, in a statement to The Business of Fashion.

“Due to technological advances in fabrications, we now have the ability to create a luxe aesthetic using non-animal fur— we will showcase these new techniques in our upcoming runway show in February,” added Michael Kors.

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Although Gucci is mainly known for their leather and fur, Marco Bizzarri, Gucci's president and chief executive, announced in the 2017 Kering Talk at London College of Fashion their upcoming plan. They will stop producing fur products starting with their Spring 2018 collection. They have joined the Fur Free Alliance, an organization that aims to end the fur trade.

Around one billion rabbits and 50 million other animals such as foxes, seals, mink, and dogs are abused yearly in the fashion industry. These animals are most often raised on fur farms or trapped in the wild to be killed for their pelts.