Ahead of the 2026 runway calendar, the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) has decided fur is out—for good.
On December 3, the group announced that, beginning in September 2026, animal furs are banned from designer collections showing on the official New York Fashion Week calendar. Prohibited materials are defined as "farmed or trapped fur from animals killed specifically for their pelts—including but not limited to mink, fox, rabbit, karakul lamb, chinchilla, coyote, and raccoon dog[.]" The only exception will be for furs sourced by Indigenous communities through "traditional subsistence hunting practices."
