Fur

[TabbyM]

Was shocked at work today to see a younger member of staff wearing a fur coat! She said it was fox and had been a dead relatives, but did I fall asleep and it is now socailly acceptable to wear real fur???

Fair enough if you are an Inuit and hunt it yourself etc but no need in Scotland. Goretex all the way for me, poor foxes ;-(

I wouldn't but my sister and her friend went to a vintage fair in manchester recently and returned with real fur.

My Gran has a real fur coat around 50 years old, can't stand the thing- I don't care how long ago animals were tortured I would never wear the thing.

Socially acceptable for who? The people who wear fur not for anyone else.

Not in my books no, I think some do now imagine it's ok though.

It's never ok.

Of all the ways to die being skinned alive is never going to be painless is it?

i have several vintage furs, hate if you want.

i didnt buy new so dont contribute to more kiling its a waste of good clothing not to wear them.

do you realise that the leather for expensive handbags and shoes (the best designer ones) comes from cattle farmed for this purpose and is not a byproduct of meat industry?

oh, and animals are not skinned alive. there is no advantage and every disadvantage. yes, there are videos but it's not widespread or usual practice. like saying you have a video of a dog being beaten and then saying dog owners are dogbeaters.