Hankyu Umeda hosts a pop-up for Milan's cruelty-free outerwear label Save the Duck
Hankyu Umeda has given Milan's animal-free outerwear label Save the Duck a four-month run on its eighth floor, complete with a store-exclusive colourway -- a concrete read on which overseas lifestyle brands Japan's department-store floors are courting this winter.
Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores is hosting a pop-up for Save the Duck, the Milan-based "animal-free" outerwear label, in the eighth-floor GREEN AGE space at its Hankyu Umeda flagship in Osaka, running through February 16, 2027, according to a release dated October 16.
Save the Duck makes no use of animal-derived materials across its outerwear, under a "100% Animal Free" positioning, and the pop-up is showing its autumn/winter 2026 collection. The centrepiece is a Hankyu-exclusive colourway of the brand's LENORA hooded teddy-boa jacket, in Rainy Beige, priced at ¥94,600; the range on show also includes a recycled-polyester eco-fur vest (¥60,500), a quilted jacket (¥61,600) and a waterproof trench with a removable quilted collar (¥105,600), both made from recycled PET-bottle polyester. The same pieces are also sold through the Hankyu Online Store, the department store said.
A four-month run -- rather than a two-week pop-up -- gives Hankyu Umeda's eighth floor a settled Milan name through the whole of winter outerwear season, and the store-exclusive colourway is the usual department-store move for making a guest brand feel like part of the floor rather than a visiting stall. For a brand built entirely around not using animal materials, an exclusive teddy-boa jacket -- faux fur rendered acceptable precisely because it isn't real -- is a fitting hero piece to lead with.