A Colombian handbag designer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after federal prosecutors said she illegally smuggled handbags made from caiman and python skin — both protected species — to New ...

Ever admired a snazzy pair of python boots? Snapped open an elegant python-skin clutch? Dreamed of cinching your jeans with a sleek python belt? Zach Hoffman is one of them. A transplant from Boston, ...

And just like that, she couldn’t slither out of this one. A celebrity handbag designer whose pricey creations were featured on “Sex and the City” and coveted by A-listers like Victoria Beckham was ...

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 ...

Handbag designer Nancy Gonzalez, whose animal skin-based accessories helped style stars such as Britney Spears and the ladies of "Sex and the City," was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading ...

A handbag designer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for importing bags made of rare skins. The bags were made from caiman and python skin, both protected under international trade laws. Nancy ...

Reese Witherspoon didn't skin the python herself, but that's little comfort to PETA. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals unloaded on the Oscar winner today after she was photographed toting a ...

Pythons are bashed with hammers, impaled on hooks and skinned alive to provide skins used by Italian luxury brand Gucci to craft handbags, shoes and belts that sell for hundreds if not thousands of ...