Why do people hate on my fur coat

[CleanCityBird]

I’ve a fur coat that I inherited from my Grandmother. It’s a full length mink coat & I absolutely love it. I even wear it in summer.
As we’ve been having terrible weather I’ve been using it, and for the first time people are hating on me for wearing fur. They throw insults that I’m an animal killer, cruel, support the fur industry- on and on it goes.
I think it’s just jealousy. Others would love to own such a statement piece.
Are they all wrong and I’m right, I have a right to wear what I want, I didn’t kill anything & the coat comes from another era. Actually I’m saving it from landfill.

They hate you cause they ain't you?

Wear what you want, personally I prefer not to wear second hand clothing that the first owner died a painful death in, but maybe I am just a tad too sensitive.

It’s just weird, it’s a weird thing to wear in 2024.
Just because something is old doesn’t negate how it was made. Old child abuse images don’t somehow become less horrendous just because of the passage of time.
If you lived in a cabin in the mountains, I can see the value, I suppose, but in modern life, it’s like walking around with a whale oil lamp.

I always assume it's faux fur too tbh.

If you're unlucky enough to get close to someone with a real fur there's no mistaking the God awful stench. No amount of professional cleaning in the world gets rid of it and the wearer must be nose blind to it. I'm surprised none of them have friends who point this out to them but I guess they wouldn't want to hurt the person's feelings.

I inherited a couple of very old fur coats but don't wear them much. Yes, it's good to continue to get use from vintage pieces, avoid fast fashion which is ethically terribly on many levels etc etc. Plus they are unbeatably cosy and efficient, they're beautiful, the craftsmanship is head and shoulders above most things you can get today.

However, I do feel that by wearing them I'm endorsing the idea of fur as a desirable luxury. One of them is sealskin so presumably the result of seal pups meeting a very horrible death. Not that I believe fur farms are/were any more ethical or pleasant as environments for living creatures. So I tend not to flash them around or expect others to feel comfortable with them.

I'm vegan so I understand the argument that it's hypocritical in some ways for those who eat meat and wear leather to attack those wearing fur. But it's a blatant symbol of exploitation of animals by humans for no purpose other than vanity. The fact that it's a vintage piece means nothing to many, since it demonstrates that the wearer is happy to perpetuate what the coat represents, and in any case they may not even realise it's an old coat.

If I inherited a fur coat I wouldn't throw it away though, I'd donate it to a local theatre group, who may be able to use it for period productions.

Obviously a goady 1st post, but anyway:

For some reason people see fur as different to meat or leather - so you'll be judged accordingly. Animal still farmed, animal still dies, same welfare checks can be applied to each. Real fur is far more sustainable than plastics-based fabrics.

Using and maintaining your vintage coat is far better for the environment than buying a new coat made of something else - and far better than faux fur that is filling the planet with microplastics for generations to come.

Do you eat meat or wear leather ?

I think your being unreasonable in that you think people showing disgust are jealous of you. I actually agree with you that you shouldn’t get rid of the coat and wear it if you wish to, but you have to accept that many people find fur repulsive wherever or whenever it came from (I am not one of them). Why don’t you try telling people it’s an expensive imitation? Unless you can smell that it’s fur? Some older furs do have a bit of a stink to them.

I would be willing to bet that more animals suffer a gruesome end due to mass manufacture of plastic-based synthetic fake fur than do from real fur.

Agree.

It is hypocritical, everyone is, even vegans!

But as a vegan, do you not think it's better for a meat eater to care about some issues relating to animal cruelty and exploitation, and in the case of fur, torture? Or is it preferable that they don't care about any animals?

Just to add that by wearing (old) fur you are normalising new fur.

@Megifer , I'm not saying I think it's hypocritical, I'm saying I understand the argument that it is.

Why do you think vegans are hypocritical?

‘Hate on it’?

You know fine well why people dislike fur and wearing it means you deserve the insults. Sell, landfill, donate to a museum. My mil had several and none of her dils wanted them.

I'd judge someone wearing fur because it shows a weird detachment, to me. I don't want to wear the fur of another creature, I find the idea creepy. It was stripped off the corpses of animals (hopefully once they were dead).

To me, it's akin to people who have taxidermy animals. I don't think they're cruel. But I think it's weird to treat other animal's corpses as a commodity for fashion or enjoyment.

(And to be clear, I have similar objections to leather and other skins. I'm not a vegetarian because I believe food is a different matter).

Wear it with pride @CleanCityBird !

Or even AT Pride - you will go down an absolute storm!

The amount of looks and respect you will receive will show you what people really think of you - but maybe you know that already 😂

i am bemused by the thought of someone wearing a fur coat in the UK in July. Winter in Svalbard, ok I see your point.

its all a bit ‘mob wife’ isn’t it?

OP is Khloe Kardashian and I claim my £5

From an ethical pov I don’t really have any issue with someone wearing a second hand real fur coat. You can’t kill an animal twice and it’s more environmentally friendly than binning it and replacing with fast fashion.

I doubt people are jealous of some ratty decades old fur coat you’re wearing in summer though babes.

By wearing it you’re supporting the idea that it’s not a revolting act to wear the skin of another animal. HTH.

They should probably visit somewhere like Siberia in deepest winter and shout at those who wear animal fur to stay alive
And I say this as a vegetarian who doesn't eat dead flesh, but I don't criticise those who do

I have no desire to own or wear pelts, thank you very much.

I don’t think this post is genuine - mainly because it’s summer and wearing a fur coat would be sweaty (even if it isn’t boiling, it’s really muggy).

Fur is a weird one. I have no idea whether the (imaginary) fur coat is a nice one. It’s difficult and expensive to look after fur properly - it needs specialist cleaning and I expect that most dry cleaners won’t know what to do with fur these days.

A new, good fur coat will cost at least £10k.

I'd call you worse than that but I'd get banned. Maybe someone could skin you and wear you as a "statement piece"