Real Housewives of Sydney star Victoria Montano star has shut down claims she is still selling genuine fur jackets on her website.
It comes as Victoria, 39, who owns athleisure brand Sport Luxe, recently proclaimed her fur-selling days are dead and buried amid a row with co-star Dr Kate Adams after she wore a fur-collared vest to an animal rescue centre.
Meanwhile, on the Sport Luxe website, a number of garments listed as ‘faux’ also claim to be authentic fur in the item description.
One particular listing describes her popular ‘faux fur’ vests, currently on sale for $990, as being ‘100 per cent racoon fur’.
In a statement issued to Daily Mail on Wednesday, Victoria insisted the listings on her website were a ‘human error’.
Real Housewives of Sydney star Victoria Montano star has shut down claims that she’s still selling genuine fur jackets on her website
Victoria, 39, who owns athleisure brand Sport Luxe, recently clashed with her co-star Dr Kate Adams after wearing a fur vest during an episode of RHOS
‘Out of the 50 products I sell on my website, only two items were ever containing a fur trim. Both items were removed in May 2023,’ she explained.
‘They were the Classic Winter Vest (made from tweed with fur trim), and the Showstopper (a Cashmere long jacket with fur trim),’ she continued.
‘I sell both items with fake fur trim as an option and have done so since I launched the range two years ago.
‘My website designer uploaded these fake fur options two years ago with the correct title – but copied the text of the fur item underneath. That is the simple but very boring explanation of what has happened here. Human error!’
Victoria’s once openly advertised ‘real fur’ coats before changing the description on her site
Screenshots of her site via WayBackMachine, a service which captures and stores historical snapshots of websites, shows her coat being listed as ‘100% fox fur’ on June 2
Victoria explained that after she was made aware of the error, she instructed her web designer to update the website’s copy immediately.
Screenshots of her site via WayBackMachine, a service which captures and stores historical snapshots of websites, show her coat being listed as ‘100 per cent fox fur’ on June 2.
The jacket’s description was recently changed to read ‘faux fur’ instead.
Victoria recently recalled the moment ‘fur-gate’ unfolded on the Binge series, saying there was a lot of ‘hypocrisy’ among the group
Dr Kate Adams and Terry Biviano scolded Victoria about her decision to wear a fur-collared coat to an animal conservation park during a girls’ weekend away on the NSW Central Coast
After a heated debate in the car on the way to the conservation park, Victoria took off the fur lining on her coat, but she made it known she was unhappy about being told what she could and couldn’t wear
The discovery comes after Victoria recently recalled the moment ‘fur-gate’ unfolded on the Binge series, saying there was a lot of ‘hypocrisy’ among the group.
Dr Kate Adams and Terry Biviano scolded Victoria about her decision to wear a fur-collared coat to an animal conservation park during a girls’ weekend away on the NSW Central Coast.
Kate – who is a vet and staunch animal activist – believed Victoria’s choice of clothing was inappropriate and asked her to reconsider her outfit, and Terry seconded this.
After a heated debate in the car on the way to the conservation park, Victoria took off the fur lining on her coat, but she made it known she was unhappy about being told what she could and couldn’t wear.
‘I respect everyone’s choices in life and everyone’s differences – that’s the main thing,’ Victoria told Joel Creasey’s RHOS official podcast on Nova Entertainment.