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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Morwenna Ferrier in Paris

No plucking way: Stella McCartney pioneers plant-based fashion feathers

A model on the catwalk in a lilac feathery-looking dress.
Alex Consani models a Stella McCartney dress featuring ‘fevvers’ in Paris. Photograph: Shutterstock

Stella McCartney is trying to save the world, one feather at a time. Or rather one “fevver”, a new plant-based product that has the look of a feather without the bird, which made its first ever appearance at the designer’s spring/summer show in Paris.

“It’s weird to me that feathers being plucked from a bird are seen as delicate in fashion,” said McCartney backstage at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. “I’m trying to show that you can still have the theatre of fashion without the animal compromise.”

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