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 ...

The pumps — cut with a short platform, a slim stiletto heel and a sharply curved upper — combined natural python paneling with smooth black leather trim. A metal buckle punctuated the vamp, giving the ...

The market of python skin is a murky but lucrative trade based largely in South East Asia Among the grizzled delegates and hacks at this sweltering Cites conference, the well-heeled representatives of ...

Kate Moss always manages to look perfectly rumpled and rock-and-roll, no matter how streamlined or polished her outfit is. Case in point: her look at the Gucci show in Milan earlier today. File this ...

Among the grizzled delegates and hacks at this sweltering Cites conference, the well-heeled representatives of Gucci and other fashion houses cut a dash. But they weren't here for the catwalk. They ...