Fashion house drops real fur

Staff report

LONDON

British luxury fashion brand Burberry said Thursday it will stop using real fur in its products and also stop destroying products that it cannot sell.

The company said there will be no real fur in its London Fashion Week catwalk show Sept. 17. It will also phase out existing real fur products.

Burberry said it has made only limited use of real fur in recent years with clothing incorporating fur from rabbit, fox, mink and Asiatic racoon. Those will now be eliminated, along with use of angora