Fur – both faux and for real – is having such a moment that even staunch veggie Stella McCartney could no longer avoid it.
The designer and animal rights activist has never bowed to pressure to use leather or fur in her collections and has even resisted the lure of faux-fur in the past.
But, her autumn/winter 2015 collection is full of what she’s calling ‘fur-free fur’.
McCartney explained: ‘I’ve avoided it for many years but I wanted to show the customer and the fashion industry that you really don’t need to use [real] fur anymore. You can’t tell the difference with it on the runway.’