Stella calls on other houses to ditch leather<br /><br />Gold and silver animal jewellery in McCartney’s show added a playful touch, that crescendoed in the finale as 11 models walked the runway in full-on animal costumes, provoking laughs from tickled guests.<br /><br />Behind the fun, lay a serious message. None of these animals — cow, rabbit, bison, fox or crocodile — had been killed to produce the collection.<br /><br />“We are proudly the only luxury fashion house in the world not putting real leather on our runway,” McCartney said. “And welcome our friends in fashion to join us.”<br /><br />“There has never been a time when we have had more hope in ending fashion’s use of fur and leather,” she added.<br /><br />Her team, which recently has been sending out fact sheets to editors on the eco-fight, said this collection showcased even more animal-free vegan leather than in the past. <br /><br />It had expanded, it said, “the cruelty- and PVC-free material beyond accessories — including decorative perforated vegan leather and shaggy pile animal-free shearling.”<br /><br />Watch to see the full collection<br /><br />Follow STYLE on:<br />https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style<br />https://www.facebook.com/scmpstyle<br />https://www.instagram.com/scmp_style<br />https://www.twitter.com/scmp_style<br />https://www.youtube.com/c/SCMPStyle<br />https://www.dailymotion.com/scmp_style
