Macy's pulls Sean John hooded jackets

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writer Fri Dec 22, 6:24 PM ET

NEW YORK - Macy's has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation's largest animal protection organization concluded that the garments were actually made from a certain species of dog called "raccoon dog."

"First these jackets were falsely advertised as faux fur, and then it turned out that the fur came from a type of dog," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.

Pacelle added that the issue is an "industry-wide problem" and its investigation demonstrated that retailers and designers "aren't paying close enough attention to the fur trim they are selling." He added that the issue is especially problematic when "the fur is sourced from China where domestic dogs and cats and raccoon dogs are killed in gruesome ways."

Raccoon dogs — which are not domestic animals — are indigenous to Asia, including eastern Siberia and Japan, and have been raised in large numbers because their fur closely resembles raccoon, Pacelle said.

Orlando Veras, a spokesman at Macy's, a division of Federated Department Stores Inc., confirmed Friday that the retailer had removed the jackets, releasing a statement saying that it has a "long-standing policy against the selling of any dog or cat fur." He continued, "This policy is clearly communicated to all suppliers."

The Sean John jackets — one a snorkel style, the other a classic version — had been labeled "raccoon fur," but were advertised as faux fur, Pacelle said.

In a statement by Sean "Diddy" Combs released by his publicist Hampton Carney, the designer said: "I was completely unaware of the nature of this material, but as soon as we were alerted, the garments were pulled off the Macy's floor and Web site. I have instructed our outerwear licensee to cease the production of any garments using this material immediately."

Macy's removal of the coats comes on the heels of other tests conducted by the Humane Society of the United States on a range of fur-trimmed jackets from retailers such as Burlington Coat Factory, Bloomingdale's, J.C. Penney and Saks Fifth Avenue as well as from designers and clothing lines such as Baby Phat, Andrew Marc, MaxMara and Calvin Klein. Those tests revealed that most of the jackets labeled as "raccoon" or coyote" from China in fact contained fur from raccoon dogs.

Of the 10 garments tested by the Humane Society, nine tested positive as raccoon dog fur and were mislabeled, a violation of federal law.

The Humane Society is also calling upon Congress to amend the Dog and Cat Protection Act — which bans the sale of dog or cat fur in the United States — to include raccoon dog, since the organization says these dogs are so "inhumanely" killed and their species are similar to domesticated dogs.

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Please baby Jesus. Don't let Puffy be at the NYE Vegas show.

Stymie said:

brings new meaning to "where my dogs at...?"

Stymie said:

purplerein said:

That's not nice.

He's making dog skin coats now? Who is he? Mr Burns?


Damn, puff.

I was just reading the December issue of InStyle magazine, and there's a picture of him with this huge quote next to it:

"The shades? It's part of being a fashion icon. Plus I haven't slept in days."

Who in the world refers to themselves as a fashion icon? Fashion icon my ass.


Poor little doggys.

This goofy clueless cunt has been asking for a painful violent death for years now. Video footage of him pissing his pants before I fire the shot will rotate on youtube for centuries. Maybe in 20 years the technology will be there that you can 'be me' when I took him out as you wear a Billysuit or something. Everyone will be able to absorb the glory of righteousness.

Number23 said:

WTF?

Stymie said:

I'd kill him. Seriously. I think he's a bad influence on the moronic element out there. He's the demoninator commonest low. I'm quite capible of righteous murder. Yahweh was too.

don't all "designers" come out with this statement if something goes wrong?


watch this video

y'all!



http://www.petatv.com/tvp...o=fur_farm

If u just ate don't watch it

Number23 said:

missmad said:

That just tore my heart apart with the few seconds of it I could let myself watch. It pisses me off that someone would have it in them to do that.

EmeraldCity said:

yep it is disgraceful

Stymie said:

What's weird is, I actually understood all that.

POOK said: