The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), which owns and organizes the New York Fashion Week (NYFW) calendar, announced today that it will not permit events on the official NYFW schedule to feature animal fur. The regulation, which will begin in September 2026, is in partnership with the Humane World for Animals and Collective Fashion Justice, which the CFDA has long collaborated with.

The September 2026 start date, for the Spring/Summer 2027 collections, will give designers time to adjust their materials and show plans, per the CFDA. This means that fur may still appear on the FW26 runways in February.

“There is already little to no fur shown at NYFW, but by taking this position, the CFDA hopes to inspire American designers to think more deeply about the fashion industry’s imp

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