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Date: Feb 15, 2008 2:50 PM
Subject: ACT/ Ask Escada For Cruelty-Free Couture

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2/15/08: Ask Escada For Cruelty-Free Couture
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FULL CONTACT INFORMATION. Sample letter follows.

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Escada World Headquarters
Margaretha-ley-Ring 1
85609 Aschheim; Deutschland (Germany)
ph: + 49 (0) 89-9944-0; fax: + 49 (0) 89-9944-1111
email: info [at] de.escada.com

ESCADA USA Headquarters
1412 Broadway, 9th Floor; New York, NY 10018
ph: 1-800-869-8424; email: jkim [at] escadausa.com

SEE LIST OF INDIVIDUAL ESCADA STORES AFTER SAMPLE LETTER
Fax, mail or call in your comments to all, or to the stores nearest you.

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SAMPLE LETTER — This letter is prepared to inform you about the issue.
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Dear Sir/Madam:

Please eliminate fur and fur-trimmed goods from your product lines. I cannot in good conscience purchase Escada designs while your company endorses the violent fur industry.

There are virtually no regulatory guidelines to protect animals farmed for their fur. At typical farms, caged animals are stacked in open sheds where they pace in feces and urine. Some perish from dehydration or starvation.

Wild animals normally travel miles each day, raise young, gather food, and express other traits. On fur farms, they resort to head bobbing, self-mutilation, infanticide, cannibalism, and other “coping tools.”

Undamaged pelts are commonly derived via genital electrocution. With a metal conductor lodged in the animal’s throat and an electric prod in his or her rectum, the killer delivers a 240-volt blast of electricity. The electrical current only works as a paralyzing agent. The animal remains conscious for two or more minutes to endure an excruciating heart attack.

Other fur-bearers die by cervical dislocation (neck popping), lethal injection of pesticides or other junk chemicals, and asphyxiation from unfiltered carbon monoxide.

Animals trapped in the wild suffer no less. Those caught in leghold traps or snares may gnaw their teeth to the jawbone or chew off their feet to escape. Others languish on trap lines for days before trappers return to fatally club, stomp or drown them.

Indiscriminate trapping devices crush dogs, cats, deer, livestock and 2 to 10 times as many non-target animals. Endangered species are among the millions of “trash animals” dumped by trappers every year.

I urge Escada stores worldwide to choose cruelty-free couture. Please join Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Polo, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Todd Oldham, Marc Bouwer, and other popular designers that market sophisticated collections without real fur.

Thank you,

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INDIVIDUAL ESCADA STORES

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ESCADA STORES - USA (Stores Owned by Escada)
Florida, Bal Harbour / ESCADA Shop
9700 Collins Avenue 155; Bal Harbour, FL 33154
ph: +1 305 8679283; fax: +1 305 8644694

California, Beverly Hills / ESCADA Shop
9502 Wilshire Boulevard; Beverly Hills, CA 90212
ph: +1 310 2850330; fax: +1 310 2850165

Massachusetts, Boston / ESCADA Shop
308 Boylston Street; Boston, MA 02116
ph: +1 617 4371200; fax: +1 617 4236643

Maryland, Chevy Chase / ESCADA Shop
5555 Wisconsin Avenue; Chevy Chase, MD 20815
ph: +1 301 6579000; fax: +1 301 6579041

Illinois, Chicago / ESCADA Shop
840 North Michigan Avenue; Chicago, IL 60611
ph: +1 312 9150500; fax: +1 312 9150799

California, Costa Mesa / ESCADA Shop
Suite 2207; 3333 Bristol Street; Costa Mesa, CA 92626
ph: +1 714 9576800; fax: +1 714 9571434

Texas, Dallas / ESCADA Shop
Highland Park; 34 Highland Park Village; Dallas, TX 75205
ph: +1 214 5212882; fax: +1 214 5212994

Hawaii, Honolulu / ESCADA Shop
Ala Moana Shopping Center Court 3F
1450 Ala Moana Blvd., 3101; Honolulu, HI 96814
ph: +1 808 9733738; fax: +1 808 9733740

Nevada, Las Vegas / ESCADA Shop
The Forum at Caesar’s Palace
3500 Las Vegas Blvd. Suite C-3; Las Vegas, NV 89109
ph: +1 702 7912300; fax: +1 702 7917644

California, Los Angeles / ESCADA Shop
9502 Wilshire Blvd.; Los Angeles, CA 90212
ph: +1 310 2850330; fax: +1 310 2850165

New York, Manhasset / ESCADA Shop
The Americana; 2060 Northern Blvd.; Manhasset, NY 11030
ph: +1 516 8690966; fax: +1 516 8690980

Florida, Naples / Marissa Collections / ESCADA Shop
1167 Third Street South; Naples, FL 34102
ph: +1 239 2634333; fax: +1 239 2625437

New York, New York / ESCADA Shop
715 Fifth Avenue; New York, NY 10022
ph: +1 212 7552200; fax: +1 212 8323750

Florida, Palm Beach / ESCADA Shop
222 Worth Avenue; Palm Beach, FL 33480
ph: +1 561 8359700; fax: +1 561 8354503

Arizona, Phoenix / ESCADA Shop
Biltmore Fashion Park; 2550 E. Camelback Rd.; Phoenix, AZ 85016
ph: +1 602 2240336; fax: +1 602 2245239

Texas, Plano / ESCADA Shop
The Shops at Willowbend
Suite B-201, 6121 West Park Blvd.; Plano, TX 75093
ph: +1 469 3660746; fax: +1 469 3660750

Washington, Seattle / ESCADA Shop
The Skinner Building; 1302 Fifth Avenue; Seattle, WA 98101
ph: +1 206 2239433; fax: +1 206 2234996

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SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THIS LETTER CAMPAIGN

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* GLOBAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST ESCADA
www.war-online.org/Alert_Escada_Contact.htm

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