Neiman Marcus Sued Over Blahnik Boots Mislabeling
Posted by Dahlia on August 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
According to Tree Hugger.com, Neiman Marcus has been in a kerfuffle with the Humane Society of The United States for mislabeling their boots with a non-existing animal along with an endangered species.
Neiman Marcus in the US is like Canada’s Holt Renfrew, and apparently the Manolo Blahnik boots were said to be made of “cava fur and natural ocelot fur”, both of which threw red flags to Human Society.
First of all, “cava” is non-existing animal. Second, ocelot is said to be on the endangered species list. The boots were removed from the shelves as Neiman Marcus claims that it was a typo and the ocelot fur were in fact made of goat fur. Which is another faux pas since if the fur was indeed “goat” then it would be misleading the consumer and false advertising.
What a way to tarnish their image!
And apparently, this is not the first time that they had a runthrough with mislabeling their items. Along with 5 other major retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s and Dillard’s (all American retailers, clearly), they were charged for the same false advertisement by the HSUS along with the FTC in 2008 for mislabeling faux fur, raccoon, and rabbit fur when the skins were in fact made of raccoon dogs (from China) and real rabbit fur (in the case of faux fur).
Buyers beware, sometimes what you buy isn’t really what you think they are. Read your labels!
[via FashionMag.com]
