Ten horses entered the arena first. Five black. Five white. Only then did the models walk. At Paris Fashion Week, British-American designer Stella McCartney opened her Winter 2026 show in a riding hall in the Bois de Boulogne with a message that was as simple as it was elegant: Fashion can celebrate animals — rather than consume them. No leather.No fur.No feathers.No meat. Life first. The horses moved in quiet choreography around the sand ring while the models walked the perimeter — a reminder that beauty does not have to come at nature’s expense. “I want to feel like I’m actually really embracing women through these collections,” McCartney said, “and I don’t want the planet to suffer because of it.”...

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