Victory! Fur Is Banned from the Emmys Red Carpet
Fur is blacklisted! In another nail in the coffin for the already-crumbling fur industry, the Television Academy has banned fur from the Emmy Awards red carpet. That means when Hollywood’s biggest stars arrive to celebrate television’s best, they’ll be doing it without wearing the stolen skins of minks, foxes, or other animals violently killed for their coats.
Why Fur-Free Is the Award-Winning Choice
Behind every fur coat, trinket, and bit of trim is immense suffering. Fur factory farms are hellholes that confine animals to cramped, filthy wire cages for their entire lives before slaughtering them with the cheapest and cruelest killing methods available, including suffocation, electrocution, gas, and poison. The Television Academy’s move sends a powerful, compassionate message: This cruelty has no place in the spotlight.
Fashion Has Moved On
Make no mistake: fur has been out for years. Thanks in large part to PETA’s relentless campaigns, hundreds of brands—from luxury fashion houses like Chanel, Gucci, and Prada, to major retailers like Macy’s and H&M—have dropped fur. Nearly every major fashion magazine—including Vogue, Elle, and Cosmopolitan (just to name a few!)—has banned fur from its pages. Runways have followed suit, too: New York Fashion Week has barred fur, and fashion weeks in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Sydney, Melbourne, and Stockholm have also banned fur and wildlife skins from their catwalks.
PETA helped spark that shift decades ago: Our legendary “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign—featuring stars such as Pamela Anderson, Christy Turlington, Tyra Banks, and Marcus Schenkenberg—prompted numerous companies to abandon fur. As top designers dropped it, factory farms shuttered at a global scale, and the industry began to collapse.
With Fur Out of the Picture, What’s Next?
With fur ousted from magazines, runways, and now the Emmy Awards, PETA is setting our sights on ensuring that all animal skins follow suit. The Television Academy’s compassionate decision is making the red carpet kinder—and we’re hoping it will help save even more animals from suffering by banning stolen skins.
Cows form lifelong friendships and grieve the loss of loved ones. Sheep are highly social and build deep bonds within their flocks. Alligators are devoted mothers who vigilantly protect their eggs. These sensitive, feeling animals don’t want to spend their lives on filthy factory farms or suffer excruciating deaths for coats, bags, or shoes; they simply want to live.
Someone’s skin isn’t ‘style.’ Vegan leathers, however, are chic, sustainable, and cruelty-free! Today’s innovative designers are transforming pineapple leaves, mushrooms, apples, cork, and other plants into durable, high-quality leathers that are superior in every way: for us, for our fellow animals, and for the planet.
Fashion visionaries such as Stella McCartney have already shown that true style is animal-skins-free. Will you take a moment to urge other retailers to follow suit?
