To Fur Or Not To Fur, That Is The Question
Choosing a side for or against furs is laden with personal ethical systems, social standards and the divine quest for “luxury”. Designers such as Chanel (above although faux), Gimbattista Valli, Chloé, Jeal Paul Gauliter just to name a few showcased their love for fur at the Fall 2010 fashion presentations. In essence they gave an up yours to the people behind PETA, the biggest advocate for the movement to stop the use of fur in fashion.
The EFBA and China produce the most fur on their respective fur farms, providing everything from mink, chinchilla, fitches, foxes and even raccoons. Their statistics state that well over 120,000 jobs are created each year and over 1.5 billion Euros are put into the economy. The killing is said to be human and painless with no part of the animal being wasted; the bodies of these animals are used for things such as diesel fuel. But does this justify the existence of this trade. Is it right to wear the skin of a living being? Does the thought of wearing fur intrigue or disgust you?
I myself have owned both real and faux furs, the difference between the two is obvious, nothing compares to the look and feel of the real thing. But I ask myself if it’s really important? What does wearing real fur really prove? It’s clear that real fur comes with a status label which has many people seeking to divide and elevate themselves from the rest. But are they really elevating themselves or lowering their ethics? Am I and how I look more important than the life of another living being? Ultimately no I don’t think so, and I’ve made a conscious decision not to wear fur, real fur anyways. I still love the luxurious look and feel it has, but today the faux furs are getting better and better and I’m going to give them a try, it won’t kill me or anyone else for that matter.
How do you feel about fur; real vs fake? I hold no judgement against anyone I mean to each his own, but what are your true feelings on this issue? Let me know what you guys think.
Chloé
Giambattista Valli
Jean Paul Gaultier
Valentino
Elie Saab & Kenzo
Credit: Style.com
I detest the use of fur. And the way the animals are treated is beyond any other “industry” including leather. There is no reason for it. Many of those designers incorporated fur because they were sponsored by the fur industry too, especially some of the emerging designers showing this year.
I find it disgusting.
This is a hot topic isn’t it, everyone has such different views on this topic. For vegetarians like myself its not at all surprising to be against fur. I do how ever wear leather and feel it’s fine to do so because it’s an animal that is used 100% as food and not breaded especially for their skins. Some may find this odd a vegetarian in leather but I am a just that a vegetarian…not a vegan.
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There are certainly a lot of details like that to take into consideration. That is a great point to bring up. I offer the thoughts above as general inspiration but clearly there are questions like the one you bring up where the most important thing will be working in honest good faith. I don?t know if best practices have emerged around things like that, but I am sure that your job is clearly identified as a fair game.