Japanese fast fashion Uniqlo recently decided to no longer use alpaca wool in its products after an undercover PETA investigation into Mallkini, Peru, the world’s largest private alpaca farm, revealed clear mistreatment of workers when shearing the wool. animal behavior. Since PETA vigorously promoted the anti-fur movement, many luxury fashion brands such as Calvin Klein, Gucci, Versace, Burberry, and Chanel have joined the ranks of banning fur.
Alpaca fiber is the finest wool in the world and has always been favored by fashion designers and clothing brands. The Mallkini farm in Peru is the world’s largest private alpaca farm. Recently, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) conducted a secret investigation into the world’s largest private alpaca farm.
PETA’s investigation revealed the rough shearing process in alpaca farms and recorded the bloody wounds and miserable howls.
After PETA released the video, Japanese fast brand UNIQLO contacted PETA to announce its clothing Alpaca wool will be banned across the board.
PETA’s director of corporate programs, Yvonne Taylor, said: “Uniqlo’s decision will go a long way to preventing vulnerable alpacas from being abused or having their fur roughly sheared. ”
In recent years, the purchase and use of animal fur in the clothing industry has been gradually decreasing, and brands are also sparing no effort to promote the production of man-made textiles. universal.
In addition, the production of alpaca wool and other animal furs also causes considerable harm to the ecology. According to the Schick Materials Sustainability Index, alpaca is ranked as the second most environmentally damaging material after silk. It is six times more harmful than polyester and more harmful than viscose, acrylic and other vegetarian materials. 4 times more. This time, Uniqlo announced that it will ban the use of alpaca fabrics in all products, which is also the brand’s effort to achieve social and environmental sustainable development.
There has always been a subtle and threatening relationship between fashion and sustainable development. Every step from raw material supply to manufacturing, transportation, packaging, sales and even disposal is putting pressure on the environment.
Uniqlo announced that it will abandon the use of alpaca wool fabrics and reject alpaca animal ingredients in all clothing fabrics. It is not the first in the entire fashion apparel industry, but it is the first in the industry. The leadership of its status enables it to lead more brands to do their best to reject this cruel behavior and take a greater step towards sustainable development in the fashion field.
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