Stella McCartney Quotes

Fashion is supposed to be fun, but killing animals for fashion is definitely not fun.

There is no need for fur - since there are compassionate alternatives.

It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.

I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.

I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion.

We don't live the lives of Eskimos. We don't need to kill animals for fashion.

You wear fur, it's like you trying to be something you not. You get fur, you can spend the same money on like, 30 jackets.

I don't wear leather, wool, or silk.

I am an urban vegan. I love the glossy pages of 'Vogue,' even though I won't purchase the leather shoes and bags I see there, and being reminded that the fur trade even exists breaks my heart.

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

You can get fake fur, which, if that's what you want - if you want that fur look - it looks just the same. It's really unnecessary to skin an animal when you can get something that looks just the same without hurting anything.

But if an actress asks me my opinion, I would tell her there are a million different designers who make faux fur. If you like that look, wear faux fur. If you're doing it on the red carpet, you're doing it for how it looks. Faux fur and real fur look the same on camera.

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

I got with PETA for a fur campaign, specifically for fur.

I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.

I think the reality is that, for me, real fur is extraordinarily old fashioned. I think you look old. Even if you're 20, and you've got a real fur coat, you just look like an old, unaware, unconscious being on the planet. It's not relevant, it's not sexy, it's not fashionable, and it's not cool.

We are killing a living thing just so that we can wear it? I think fake leather is also beautiful and lasts longer. All I am saying is that if you like wearing leather stuff, put in some extra effort and explore the market. Take on fake leather and stop being part of this cruelty.

Ethical fashion is the future of fashion. Gucci's decision to ban fur is a smart step in the right direction - for the environment, for animal rights, and for its massive base of young brand fans who will soon represent the largest consumer base in history.

A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she’s truly beautiful.

It's easy to take the shortcut and use animal skins. But I think animal skins look tired. They're not very innovative. They're old-fashioned. And great fashion should be something new.

Fur used to turn heads, now it turns stomachs.

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear.

I just think you would never kill and cut up a human to wear so why do it to animals? I just think it's horrible, I would never wear fur, although I guess if it was a really vintage piece you might just get away with it.

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

Best, I'd advise, to give up all animal products obtained by cruel methods. There are some fine companies nowadays offering leather substitutes.