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Outcry ensued after a Bloomberg story in March accused LVMH-owned Loro Piana of charging $9,000 for a sweater but paying little or nothing to the community that sources the vicuña fibre it’s made from. While Loro Piana denies these allegations, the story shed light on the dissonance between the luxury industry and the workers that prop it up all over the world. It also carries with it important learnings for how fashion does, or does not, support the wildlife ecosystems it relies on.