Skins and feathers are as cruel as fur, the fashion industry is told

Street style nail art against a plush coat at Copenhagen fashion week’s AW2024 shows in January. Photograph: Edward Berthelot/Getty Images

Copenhagen fashion week has just announced that it will ban exotic skins and feathers from its catwalks next year, becoming the biggest industry event yet to do so.

“Skål to Copenhagen fashion week for raising the bar for other events,” says the vice-president of corporate projects at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta), Yvonne Taylor. “Now all eyes are on other fashion week organisers, who must follow suit.”