Merry f'ing Christmas: "Six Major Retailers Selling Real Fur as Faux"

[flvegan]

The Humane Society of the United States is warning shoppers to be on the lookout for real fur described as faux when shopping at department stores and online retailers this holiday season.

Following up on last winter's HSUS investigation that uncovered a faux fur scandal in the apparel and retail industry, HSUS discovered again this winter that many leading retailers—including Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Lord & Taylor, Dillard's, Saks Fifth Avenue and Yoox.com—have not addressed this consumer deception.

Certain jackets sold by these companies with the brand names Burberry, Andrew Marc, Marc New York, Preston & York, Aqua, Ramosport and Adam+Eve were found to be falsely advertised or mislabeled as faux fur or "ecological" fur* when in fact they are trimmed with real animal fur.

http://www.hsus.org/furfree/news/holiday_shoppers_real_fur_as_faux_122007.html

Check it out. Enlightening.

[Ignis]

1. Ugh. Thanks for the info.

I know some veg*an women who are going to be unhappy to hear this.

:thumbsdown:

[ThomCat]

2. One positive sign to come from this...

If they think it's more profitable to market real fur as fake then apparently they're finding a backlash against real fur.

It's a sign that we're succeeding. :)