Throughout history fur has been thought of as a luxury that only the wealthy can afford but in our time faux fur coats and vintage furs can be bought for affordable prices that anyone can now get their hands on one which is great.
Fur is one of the items that defines the vintage look aether it's real or faux. You can add a fur coat to just about any look and your glamour level automatically reaches the top of the scale.
If you look back at old photos of Hollywood stars, pin up models and royals they have all at one point worn fur. Real fur.
Now this is what I really want to get down too on this post.
The thought of people in this day and age hunting an animal, killing it, skinning it and making it into a beautiful coat is appalling to me! How can people be so cruel as to do that? And as beautiful as the coat might eventually look I would never buy or wear it because it would make me feel like a murderer and I'd be supporting the slaughter of animals in an age where we have the ability to make faux fur that looks just as real, plush and beautiful as real fur.
Although we all want to look glamorous and fashionable it is not worth the sacrifice of those animals.
But here's my question...
It it okay to wear vintage fur?
Is it okay to wear a coat made from an animal that was killed over 50 years ago for the sake of fashion?
Does vintage fur carry the same stigma as that of a fur coat made today?
There are two ways you can look at it.
1: The coat was made a long time ago when fur was acceptable and animal rights were not such a big thing so technically there is nothing wrong with wear it? Anyway it's cool to wear vintage and it will make me look good.
2 :No matter how long ago it happened animals were still murdered for the sake if fashion. It's a moral crime and a crime against all animal kind. All fur should be banned and people should be ashamed to wear it.
I want to hear your opinion on this.
Are you against the fur trade?
Would you consider wearing vintage furs?
Is it hypocritical to appose the fur trade an then wear vintage furs?
Debate!
Till next time,
Laura Lou x
