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  • Chanel to stop using exotic skin in its collection

    Chanel to stop using exotic skin in its collection

    Ahead of its pre-fall 2019 Métiers d’Art show in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chanel has said it will “no longer use exotic skins in [its] future creations”. The exotic skins in question include crocodile, lizard, snake, stingray and fur, of which Chanel uses very little.

    The decision is down to the fact it is becoming increasingly difficult to source skins that meet the house’s quality and ethical standards. “There is a problem of supply and that was not Chanel’s business anyway,” Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion and president of Chanel SAS, commented. “We did it because it’s in the air, but it’s not an air people imposed to us. It’s a free choice.”

    The brand’s attention will shift to the research and development of materials and leathers generated by “agri-food” industries.

    “The future of high-end products will come from the know-how of what our atelier is able to do,” Pavlovsky continued. It will, however, take time for existing goods containing exotic skins to leave Chanel’s distribution network entirely.

    Chanel is the first luxury brand to join labels, including Asos, Nike, H&M, Puma, Arcadia Group and L Brands, which have already banned exotic skins from their product offering.

    The likes of Armani, Coach, Versace, Michael Kors, Gucci, Burberry and John Galliano have pledged to halt the use of fur, however, they have not made the leap to include skins in their entirety.

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  • 2 Vietnamese men jailed for smuggling songbirds

    2 Vietnamese men jailed for smuggling songbirds

    Two Vietnamese men were sentenced to six months’ jail yesterday for smuggling 12 songbirds into Singapore. The estimated retail price of each bird here is $1,800.

    Businessman To Quoc Viet, 38, and his half-brother, Thai Anh Quoc, 48, who is jobless, were also jailed for four months each for animal cruelty. The sentences for animal cruelty will run concurrently with the sentences for smuggling. Their sentences were backdated to Dec 15.

    The men pleaded guilty to importing 12 Chinese hwamei, a protected species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites), from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, without a permit on Dec 9.

    They also subjected the birds to unnecessary pain or suffering. The birds had been confined for about 12 hours in plastic containers without food or water.

    One died and another had to be euthanised after testing positive for avian influenza strain H3N8.

    Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers found the birds in plastic containers measuring 21cm by 6.5cm by 6.5cm in the men’s luggage at Changi Airport.

    Investigations showed that in Vietnam on Dec 7, To Quoc Viet’s brother “Huy”, a pet-shop owner, instructed him to prepare to go to Singapore, as a potential buyer wanted him to deliver the birds to Singapore. To Quoc Viet was promised a reward of $200.

    The next evening, Huy sent someone to deliver the flight tickets and two pieces of luggage, each containing six live birds in plastic boxes, to the two men. The duo packed their personal belongings into the bags.

    Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) prosecutor Yap Teck Chuan said the birds were housed in a cramped manner with hardly any space for them to move.

    In a joint statement, AVA and ICA said the Government has zero tolerance for the use of Singapore as a conduit to smuggle endangered species. Animals that are smuggled into Singapore may introduce exotic diseases into the country.

    Singapore is one of the few countries in the region free from bird flu, and AVA maintains this status through strict import regulations and enforcement. “The ICA and AVA would like to remind travellers not to bring animals, birds and insects into Singapore without a proper permit,” the statement added.

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