South Korea Bans Fur From Fendi's Fashion Show

Animal rights protesters won South Korea! (Sorry Lindsay)

The country’s capital city has told Italian fashion house Fendi to remove all fur items from a show of its Fall/Winter collection due to complaints from animal rights groups, officials said Monday.

A spokesman for the city government said:

“We have received complaints from animal rights activists and saw negative public opinion on the Internet… we can’t let such a controversial thing be staged at a public property.”

The Italian firm said city officials last week threatened to cancel the event unless all fur items were removed from the catwalk.

Fendi’s statement said the design house had difficulty understanding the decision and had spent months preparing. It added it would continue negotiations.

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