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Diddy in trouble for using fur in clothes by his fashion label |
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) tested the fur on a Sean John Hooded Snorkel Jacket made by rapper’s clothing line Sean "Diddy" Combs and stated that a jacket advertised on Macys.com as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar" and "faux fur" was actually made from a certain species of dog called “raccoon dog.”
 Macy’s decided to pull from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets. “First these jackets were falsely advertised as faux fur, and then it turned out that the fur came from a type of dog,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.
Pacelle also said that “this is an industry-wide problem, and our investigation demonstrates that retailers and designers aren’t paying close enough attention to composition of the fur trim they are selling. It’s especially problematic when the fur is sourced from China where domestic dogs and cats and raccoon dogs are killed in gruesome ways, even skinned alive. The safest course of action is for Sean Combs and other designers and retailers to stop using fur trim. That single act would solve the problems we have uncovered.”
The HSUS also conducted tests on different fur-trimmed jackets from others retailers such as Burlington Coat Factory, Bloomingdale’s, J.C. Penney, Macy’s, and Saks Fifth Avenue, and from designers and clothing lines such as Baby Phat, Andrew Marc, MaxMara, and Calvin Klein, revealing that most of the jackets labeled as “raccoon” or “coyote” from China in fact contain fur from raccoon dogs.
In a statement by Sean “Diddy” Combs released by his publicist Hampton Carney, the designer said: “I was completely unaware of the nature of this material, but as soon as we were alerted, the garments were pulled off the Macy’s floor and Web site. I have instructed our outerwear licensee to cease the production of any garments using this material immediately.”
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