Fibre2Fashion When fashion said no to shahtoosh By: Apr , 2021 The shahtoosh trade was a classic example of the interplay between biodiversity and fashion. It was as much about an endangered species being driven to the brink of extinction by luxury fashion, as it was about the fashion community coming in aid of the species. A ringside story. It was arguably one of the best-kept secrets anywhere—that straddled the seemingly far-flung worlds of wildlife crime, exquisite artisanry, illegal trade and high fashion. Till a wildlife scientist joined all the dots, figured it all out, and blew the lid off a monstrosity that flummoxed enforcement officials and policymakers and sent conservationists into a huddle.