{"id":5098,"date":"2018-12-04T23:38:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T23:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/chanel-ends-use-of-exotic-skins-in-its-fashion-range\/"},"modified":"2018-12-04T23:38:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-04T23:38:30","slug":"chanel-ends-use-of-exotic-skins-in-its-fashion-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/chanel-ends-use-of-exotic-skins-in-its-fashion-range\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanel ends use of exotic skins in its fashion range"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Chanel window\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/E9EC\/production\/_102148895_mediaitem102138944.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Chanel has become the first luxury fashion house in the world to stop using exotic animal skins, like snake, crocodile, lizard and stingray.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s head of fashion, Bruno Pavlovksy, said it had become harder to source such pelts ethically. <\/p>\n<p>He also included fur in the list, of which Chanel uses little.<\/p>\n<p>Although Chanel&#8217;s designer Karl Lagerfeld insisted the move was made independently, animals rights groups hailed the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Peta said in an Instagram post &#8220;2018 is THE YEAR for designers coming out of the stone age&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/fashion-news\/fashion-scoops\/chanel-to-halt-use-of-exotic-skins-1202920043\/\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Mr Lagerfeld and Mr Pavlovsky spoke to industry publication Women&#8217;s Wear Daily<\/a> about the decision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did it because it&#8217;s in the air, but it&#8217;s not an air people imposed to us,&#8221; Mr Lagerfeld said, although he noted &#8220;there was not much fur&#8221; in Chanel&#8217;s work to begin with. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-40728150\" class=\"story-body__link\">The secret supplier to the world&#8217;s top brands<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/newsbeat-45707547\" class=\"story-body__link\">Why I\u2019ll keep selling fur despite the hate <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Python skin bags were reportedly taken down from the Chanel site on Tuesday, but Mr Pavlovsky said it would take a while for existing products to leave their shops. <\/p>\n<p>The company would now focus developing leather and other material from &#8220;agri-food&#8221; industries, he said. <\/p>\n<p>Other luxury brands have also stopped using fur but campaigners hope they will follow Chanel in abandoning exotic skins.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image narrative-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p0690cxd.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>Critics and supporters of the fur trade speak out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-46449396\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Reuters Chanel has become the first luxury fashion house in the world to stop using exotic animal skins, like snake, crocodile, lizard and stingray. The company&#8217;s head of fashion, Bruno Pavlovksy, said it had become harder to source such pelts ethically. 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