Overview
- CNMI, which published the guidance Friday, will invite labels not to present fur items on Milan’s runways beginning with the September 2026 shows.
- The policy is a recommendation, so houses that ignore it face no sanctions or removal from the official calendar.
- The document defines fur as skins with hair from animals raised or trapped mainly for pelts and exempts leather, shearling, hides from food animals, vintage pieces and Indigenous subsistence hunting.
- Animal-welfare groups that worked with CNMI over three years praised the step as progress yet urged a full ban, as many brands are already fur-free and Fendi has shown remodelled furs.
- Milan’s move follows London’s ban and New York’s announced ban taking effect for Spring 2027, and it comes as the EU has postponed a decision on an initiative seeking a bloc-wide fur ban.