Ralph Lauren is the latest fashion company pledging to stop using mohair in its future collections. All of the group’s brands, including Ralph Lauren Home, Polo Ralph Lauren, Chaps, Club Monaco and American Living, will no longer feature the controversial material. The information was shared with journalists in a statement issued by animal...
Aug 2, 2018
The luxury fashion designer, Diane von Furstenberg, is the latest name in fashion to ban mohair from future collections, according to a statement by animal rights organization PETA. More than 240 apparel companies -- including H&M, Gap, Inditex and Asos -- have pledged to stop using the material since May, when PETA published video footage...
Jul 19, 2018
Mohair South Africa (MSA), the organization that represents the South African mohair industry, has issued a “final statement” regarding the claims of animal abuse made by PETA last month. The animal rights organization released an undercover video which shows workers dragging goats by their horns and legs and lifting them off the floor by their...
Jun 7, 2018
The South African mohair industry has reacted to PETA’s report of cruelty in goat farms in the country, where more than 50 percent of the world’s mohair is produced. “While we consider much of the report, and the accompanying footage, to be factually incorrect and a misrepresentation of the South African mohair industry, some isolated issues...
May 7, 2018
