Shearman & Sterling has sparked controversy by selling fur clothing to its staff.
On Thursday, last year's joint
RollOnFriday Firm of the Year held a "
pop-up fashion and accessories sale" at its Appold Street offices in London, with goods provided by fur fashion designers 'Jane & Tash'. Mixing Dalston grunge with Made in Chelsea glamour, almost all of the duo's ranges feature raccoon, fox or rabbit fur.
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After: a "Natural Snood", £95 |
An insider told RollOnFriday, "
That's right. In this day and age, in 2016, Shearman & Sterling LLP are allowing people to sell fur in their offices and encouraging their employees to buy it".
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That horse's days are numbered |
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The raccoon and fox fur Lilac Multi-tone Parka, £820, red paint extra |
The retailer does stock a few faux fur items, but the majority require even more animal death than the new five pound note, and its website is conspicuously silent on the source of its furs. So it's not known whether Jane & Tash pays for the skins of pampered raccoon who gambol free through verdant forests, or buys them cheap from a Smolensk farmer who keeps them in mesh shoeboxes in a shed. "
Ethically shady at best", said RollOnFriday's source, "
and something which belongs in the Stone Ages". Warm though. And so soft.
RollOnFriday asked Tash & Jane to reveal the provenance of its furs, but the company referred the request to Shearman & Sterling, which declined to comment.
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The only possible explanation for this is that one of the partners at the firm is nailing either Jane or Tash, and has unwisely decided to try and help her out now that the market for purple racoon fur parkas has inexplicably collapsed post Brexit.
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