PVH Corp. says it will ban use of exotic skins

PVH Corp. has banned exotic animal skins in the collections of allits brands, which include Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and severalother contemporary clothing lines. The company said that this decisionis part of a "long-term strategy to drive fashion forward forgood."

The company joins Brooks Brothers, Jil Sander, Chanel, Diane vonFurstenberg, Hugo Boss, Victoria Beckham, Vivienne Westwood, and manyother fashion companies in this ban.

In a press release, PETA said that PVH's decision comes after overa decade of the animal rights organization urging the company to banexotic skins.

"At Tommy Hilfiger, we're committed to creating a better fashionindustry by creating fashion that 'Wastes Nothing and Welcomes All,'"Tommy Hilfiger said. "We have always [taken] and will always take theenvironment, human rights, our community and related matters veryseriously, which is why we don't use fur or exotic skins in any of ourcollections. Together, we can drive fashion forward for good."