NEW YORK — Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by French luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not ...
Like fur coats, handbags made of crocodile leather or exotic skins do not necessarily garner the best press. In recent years, some fashion brands, such as Burberry, Chanel, Hugo Boss and Paul Smith, ...