New York Fashion Week Has Officially Banned Fur
PETA’s vegan hats are being flung into the air to celebrate New York Fashion Week finally banning the horror of animal fur from the catwalk, thanks to PETA US’ many protests, runway crashes, and the more than 50,000 supporters who took action.
NYFW’s move follows in the footsteps of London, Copenhagen, Australia and many others. Designers and retailers have also abandoned animal fur going back many years, and almost every single big name in fashion has condemned this violent industry after learning that it meant torture for animals no different from our beloved cats and dogs. Millions are caged for their entire lives before being killed by gassing, poisoning, electrocution, or even being skinned alive.
How PETA Proved Fur is Dead to New York Fashion Week
More than 30 years ago, PETA US launched the first of many naked protests at an Oscar de la Renta runway show in 1991. The eye-popping stunt landed activists – cuffed to a banner reading, “We’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” – on the cover of The New York Times style section.
Since the launch of the iconic campaign, numerous celebrities have taken it all off for animals in dozens of ads, PETA entity supporters around the world have held hundreds of protests, and crashed more than a few runways.
Someone, Not Something
Mink, foxes, raccoon dogs, chinchillas – all of these are someone, not something, with individual personalities, likes, dislikes, and a capacity to suffer just like us. They want to be free – but they never get the chance on fur farms.
Self-Mutilation and Cannibalism on Fur Farms
They’re kept in stacked, foul-smelling cages in vast sheds. With no opportunity to play, jump, explore, or do anything that comes naturally to them, they often go insane. Animals on fur farms may be driven to self-mutilation, cannibalism, and fighting.
Infections, Injuries, and Horrifying Deaths
Due to the horrific conditions they’re kept in, they suffer from eye infections, sores, and even missing limbs. Common methods used to kill animals include vaginal or anal electrocution, gassing, or poison. Sometimes the killing is ineffective – and they are still alive when being skinned.
A World Without Fur
Fur farms are illegal in countries like the UK, Austria, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy. Poland, previously one of the biggest fur producers in the world, also banned fur farming in 2025. The message from governments, the fashion industry, and the public is clear: fur will soon be a thing of the past.
All eyes are now on the ugly outliers, Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks, which are still propping up this dying industry.
Tell Paris and Milan Fashion Weeks to get with the times and ban fur and wildlife skins, now:
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