In the space of a couple of weeks in early December, animal rights activists celebrated three big announcements. The first was when Poland — the world’s second largest producer of animal fur behind China — passed a law that proposes to end fur farming by 2033. Then, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced animal fur will be prohibited at New York Fashion Week (NYFW) from September 2026. And this week, Hearst Magazines, publisher of Elle , Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire among others, announced a ban on fur in its editorial and advertising content ( Vogue Business publisher Condé Nast made a similar move in October).

These events cap a decade of successful campaigning to end fashion’s use of animal fur that has seen commercial and legislative bans adopted and the

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