Q Outside the concerns of animal-welfare activists, are alligator and lizard skins considered appropriate for men's belts, wallets? And what about shoes? A Yes, two of them definitely are. Few ...

When future historians gather to talk about what happened in 2017, they’ll talk about politics. They’ll talk about the climate. And they’ll talk about Taylor Swift. But they’ll be missing the point.

SACRAMENTO — Rodeo Drive’s high-fashion boutiques are making fast progress persuading California lawmakers to let them keep selling luxury goods made from alligator skin, including purses, wallets, ...

A California law that will make alligator-skin boots and purses taboo has Louisiana farmers ornery. The Bayou State accused California in a lawsuit of trying to “destroy” the lucrative market for ...