Burberry to drop real fur, stop destroying unsold goods
LONDON » British luxury fashion brand Burberry said Thursday it will stop using real fur in its products and also stop destroying products that it cannot sell.
The company said there will be no real fur in its London Fashion Week angora.
The fashion house, which produces clothing, leather goods and beauty products, also said it will no longer dispose of unwanted and unsold stock by destroying it after the practice was criticized by environmental activists this summer.
The company said in an Marco Gobbetti. “Modern luxury means being socially and environmentally responsible.”
Burberry’s Sept. 17 runway show will mark the debut collection for new creative chief Riccardo Tisci, who replaced Christopher Bailey at the helm.
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