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FUR OUT OF VOGUE: Condé Nast Goes Fur-Free Following Protest Campaign

New York, NY– October 5–After a relentless nine-month campaign led by the Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT), Condé Nast, parent company of Vogue Magazine, has announced it will no longer feature new animal fur in its global editorial content or advertising.

Condé Nast updated its website to state: “Across our titles, we do not feature new animal fur in editorial content or advertising.”

The decision follows months of sustained pressure by CAFT activists across the world, including disruptive demonstrations and residential picketing of Condé Nast executives. During the campaign activists staged over 100 protests, predominantly outside the homes of Condé Nast employees as well as the homes of the conglomerate’s business affiliates, such as Mattel. Actions also reached retail spaces, with demonstrations inside the American Girl Doll store over its ties to Condé Nast. This announcement also comes on the heels of the arrest of a Deaf/Disabled, activist, during a lawful protest outside a Teen Vogue employee’s home. 

“Animals on fur farms are confined in filthy cages until they are killed by anal electrocution, gassing, or neck-breaking,” said Suzie Stork, CAFT Executive Director. “Condé Nast’s shift away from fur is a long overdue nod to the values of modern, ethical consumers who reject cruelty in fashion. But our work isn’t finished, we are now focusing our full attention on Berluti and the other LVMH holdouts that continue to profit from the cruel fur trade.”
 

This victory builds on CAFT’s history of organizing bold grassroots pressure campaigns against some of the world’s most powerful fashion corporations, including Marc Jacobs and Max Mara. 

About CAFT
The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT) is a grassroots organization dedicated to dismantling the global fur industry through hard-hitting, volunteer-driven, decentralized pressure campaigns. CAFT represents activists around the world who expose the cruelty of fur farming and to hold corporations accountable for their exploitation of fur-bearing animals.

For more information, visit abolishfur.org or follow CAFT on Instagram @caftusa.

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Media Contact:
Suzie Stork
Executive Director
[email protected]