Wearing fur--REAL fur--pisses off a lot of people. Fortunately, the people that give me a hard time about wearing fur tend to be smokers and fake fur wearers. This works out great, because the way they feel about my real fur is how I feel about their smoking and uninformed fake fur wearing.
I was at Disco Crisco Twister at Arlene's Grocery in NYC on Sunday night:
Friend - "Is that coat real"
Me - "Yes"
F - "Is it recycled?"
M - "Yes"
F - "Good, because you're not the kind of person who would buy a NEW fur coat, are you?"
[I'm thinking, I'm not the kind of person who can AFFORD a new fur coat]
M - "It's recycled, and I'm really warm"
F - "Well, fur coats are really cruel"
M - "You're right"
Meanwhile, she was running around in her fake fur coat looking for a cigarette.
I have some thoughts on smokers and uninformed but self-righteous fake fur wearers, which I'll share now.
Smokers:
Smoking is arguably one of the cruelest things one can do to their lungs, most damaging things one can do to their health, and most obnoxious and intrusive habits one can impose on their non-smoking friends while hanging out in close quarters... Furthermore, smokers are naive for getting addicted to sleekly-marketed cancer sticks while in their teens and early twenties.
Self-Righteous Fake-Fur Wearers:Besides inherent tackiness, fake fur is not "green". Believe it or not, the production of fake fur requires a considerable energy expenditure and releases toxic petrochemicals into the environment. The pollution of fake fur coats is way crueler to the environment than recycled fur, which does not harm the environment at all.
Despite the research, to many many people I'm still Cruella Deville in my glamorous recycled
fur coat.
1 comment:
Awesome post! I feel you on that one. I just got a Shearling Sheepskin B-3 Bomber Jacket, and I'm stoked about it. I think I'll post pictures of it. It's so warm and soft and awesome!
Nothing is as warm as REAL DEAD ANIMAL SKIN. Eskimos don't wear North Face Parkas. They use the real thing, because if they don't, they will freeze to death and die. If you eat meat, you are the SAME as those that wear fur or leather. Do you wear a leather belt? How about SHOES?! It sure is hard to boycott leather shoes, especially if you have to wear a suit. Well, it is the same as fur.
Real fur is stronger, it is warmer, it is softer, it is heavier, it is gross. It is murder and a carcass on your body. It WORKS.
On a motorcycle, nothing protects you like leather. Cordura will melt to your skin and it's sippery so you'll slide three times the distance of leather's braking attributes against asphalt. Leather and fur are REAL and have valid uses. Faux is fake and for fashion.
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