Leather is a Dirty Business

2019 Fashion Industry | London, UK

A group of PETA supporters gave London Fashion Week attendees an eyeful today as they poured buckets of black “toxic slime” – representing the harmful waste generated by the leather industry – over their heads. Text on the buckets read, “Leather Is a Dirty Business” and “Dump Leather.

The protest reminded people that the leather industry is poisoning the living world. Because of the massive amounts of manure and slaughter waste, intensive water use, deforestation, and greenhouse-gas emissions involved in its production, leather is the most environmentally damaging material, as confirmed by the 2017 “Pulse of the Fashion Industry” report.

Indeed, the United Nations is calling for a transition away from animal agriculture – which is responsible for nearly a fifth of human, induced greenhouse gas emissions to protect the environment.  Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals

Please join us in urging the British Fashion Council (BFC), organiser of London Fashion Week, to introduce a ban on leather and fur at all its events. It should instead showcase the multitude of vegan leather and faux-fur materials available – including both natural fabrics and recycled synthetics