Luxury brand Chanel bans use of fur in its collections
French fashion house Chanel will no longer make use of exotic animal skins and fur in their collections, announced Chanel's President Bruno Pavlovsky. Pavlovsky added that Chanel will  be focusing on developing textiles and leathers sourced from "agri-food" industries. The 'exotic skins' covered by the ban include those of crocodiles, lizards, snakes, sharks and stingrays.