‘False assumption’ from London Fashion Week over exotic leather

18/12/2024

Senior figures from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have issued forceful criticism of a decision by London Fashion Week to ban exotic leather from its shows from 2025.

The chair of IUCN’s committee on sustainable use and livelihoods, Dr Dilys Roe, has said London Fashion Week was making an assumption that exotic leather was unethical. “It’s a false assumption,” she told The Guardian.