Ibiza Fashion Festival made the conscious choice many years ago to only include brands that are free from fur and products made with wild animal skins. Taking it one step further, the Ibiza Fashion Festival has invited PETA to join its panel discussion on ethical fashion during the festival.
“The fashion industry is rapidly moving away from cruelty to animals – and that includes feathers,” says Ibiza Fashion Festival CEO Karen Windle. “We are proud to lead the way for a more conscious future of fashion by focusing on ethically made, cruelty-free materials on our catwalks.”
“We are grateful to Ibiza Fashion Festival for standing up for animals,” says PETA Vice President of Corporate Projects Yvonne Taylor. “Feathers are not fabric – they are part of animals’ bodies and are not ours to take. We urge other fashion events to follow their lead and sign our Feather-Free Pledge.”
PETA has found that ostriche feathers are the most commonly used bird feathers in the decorative feather trade. Investigations conducted by PETA entities have found that workers in the fashion industry forcibly restrain young ostriches, with completely inhuman methods. Ostriches aren’t alone though. Peacock, pheasant, emu, turkeys, and chicken feathers are all used within the fashion industry and they are often farmed in sub-standard and overcrowded conditions, much like battery hens. Not a free range field in sight.
And your duck down jackets? They are often not made with cruelty-free methods either. An investigation by PETA in Vietnam in relation to duck down farming revealed the devastating conditions ducks are kept in and how their feathers are really harvested.
According to PETA, designers such as Stella McCartney, Felder Felder, Richard Malone, Patrick McDowell, VIN + OMI, Pīferi, Sarah Regensburger, Gymshark, SkinnyDip London, and Helsinki Fashion Week —have already signed its Feather-Free Pledge, while many others are opting for luxurious vegan-friendly feathers made from organza, tulle, bamboo, metals, silicone, and recycled materials. Please check the product details to ensure the faux-feathers are made sustainably, from sustainably produced materials, and are free from animal products prior to purchasing.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to wear”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk or follow PETA on Facebook, X, TikTok, or Instagram.
For more information on PETA and it’s feather-free initiatives contact Sascha Camilli on +44 207-923-6244 or via email SaschaC@peta.org.uk
