On December 3, 2025 the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced a new policy, from the September 2026 season onward, animal fur will be banned from all official NYFW events.
The ban covers fur from animals farmed or trapped solely for their pelts, mink, fox, chinchilla, rabbit and more, with the only exception reserved for fur obtained by Indigenous communities via traditional subsistence hunting practices.
The change doesn’t stop at the runway either. Fur won’t be promoted across any CFDA platforms, not on the Fashion Calendar, not on social, not on the website. It’s part of a broader effort shaped over years of conversations with organisations like Humane World for Animals and Collective Fashion Justice.
With this, New York joins cities like London and Copenhagen, which have already made the move to fur-free fashion weeks. It also arrives at a moment when most major luxury houses have already walked away from real fur altogether.
Call it overdue, call it the end of an era, whichever side you’re on, the message is the same. When NYFW opens its runways in 2026, fur won’t be part of the picture.
