[Link] ‘Just never going to be OK’: report finds luxury brands falling behind on animal welfare

Read: 6/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Despite recent commitments from the luxury fashion industry to reduce its environmental footprint, a report has revealed luxury fashion brands are among the worst in the industry for animal welfare, driven by their continued use of fur and exotic animal skins.

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[Link] Last Year, COVID Racism Came for Wet Markets. Now, Prada Is Trying to Make Them Cool.

Read: 10/10/2021 www.vice.com

Wet markets—the type of marketplace at the center of a debate on how the COVID-19 pandemic started—are now the subject of a high fashion takeover, in a campaign that challenges stereotypes of such markets as dirty alleyways and breeding ground for pathogens.

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