New Delhi: In the major fashion development on December 3, 2025, the Council of Fashion Designers of America, which owns and organises New York Fashion Week, have banned the use and promotion of animal fur throughout the shows. The regulation will begin in September 2026, in partnership with Humane World of Animals and Collective Fashion Justice, with which CFDA has long collaborated.
The CFDA has also confirmed that they will no longer promote animal furs at any of their events, including social media, channels, websites and fashion calendar, making a move towards no fur future.
The official announcement in December 2025 will give designers time to adjust their materials and show plans as per the changes for the Spring/Summer 2027 collections. For the FW26, there might be some presentation of animal fur on the runway during February.
“There is already little to no fur shown at NYFW, but by taking this position, the CFDA hopes to inspire American designers to think more deeply about the fashion industry’s impact on animals,” Steven Kolb, CEO and president of the CFDA, said in a statement.
With this announcement, the animals killing especially for their pelts, such as mink, fox, rabbit, raccoon dog, chinchilla, karakul lamb, coyote, and more, will be banned. There will be an exception for those indigenous communities which hunt traditionally.
PJ Smith, director of fashion policy at Humane World of Animals, in a statement, appreciated the efforts, saying that policies like these will create a more clean, more humane fashion industry without sacrificing creativity and beauty and also help usher fur-free future.
Among the top fashion weeks in the world, London Fashion Week was the first one to ban fur in 2018. New York now becomes second, while Milan and Paris continue to feature fur on their runways.
