Miranda Lambert got in trouble over the Christmas holiday. She – like many people – decided to post some photos of her Christmas presents. Miranda was apparently gifted two of her grandmother’s vintage fur coats, so Miranda happily posted some photos of herself wearing one of the coats. It looks like a full-length…? I don’t know fur. Mink? Chinchilla? Rabbit? I have no idea. But I believe Miranda when she says they’re vintage and from her grandmother’s collection.
That still didn’t stop the anti-fur people from yelling at Miranda all over social media. They’re calling her a #FurHag and #Moron. My take? Miranda has never claimed to be politically correct, and she has openly discussed her love of both rescue animals and hunting. She loves to drink, party and wear vintage fur and she’s never denied that. And even if that wasn’t the case, those were GIFTS from her grandmother! Of course she’s going to accept those gifts. It would be incredibly rude not to accept them.
Meanwhile, in the wake of endless Gwen Stefani-Blake Shelton news, Miranda wants us to know that she’s got a new piece.
Miranda Lambert will ring in 2016 with a kiss after all. The country singer, who split from husband Blake Shelton in July, has been dating Americana/R&B musician Anderson East for about a month.
“They are really enjoying each other’s company,” a source close to Lambert reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly. East (né Michael Cameron Anderson, 27) and Lambert “are spending New Year’s together,” adds another insider.
First known in Nashville as a session musician and engineer, the Alabama-born avid hunter (just like Lambert!) is a perfect rebound for the 32-year-old Grammy winner. “She couldn’t have picked a better dude to have fun with,” says an East friend. “Anderson is the coolest guy.”
Sure. I suppose this is her way of letting the world know that she’s moving on too. I can’t help but think that Miranda had a really rough 2015 – by most accounts, Blake Shelton dropped the divorce filing on her suddenly, and the thing was fast-tracked before she even had a moment to strategize. Then Blake jumped right into a new and seemingly serious relationship with Gwen Stefani, and Blake and Gwen are a publicist’s dream. Meanwhile, Miranda seems like she’s alienated some important people and now she’s dating a relative unknown in Nashville? Hm.
One more thing: Miranda is now following Gwen Stefani on Twitter. Considering Miranda comes from a family of private investigators, I doubt Miranda’s intentions are “pure.”
Photos courtesy of Instagram, Fame/Flynet.
I wonder why people don’t get so upset over the Canada goose coats that have coyote fur? You rarely see people loosing their shit over them.
Anyways, I would really be upset if this was a new coat, and those animals were recently murdered for this coat, but it’s not.
It is terrible how this coat was made….but what do you do with it? Throw it out? The animals lost their lives to this coat, it should at least be used.
doesnt she purport to be an animal rights activist or at least a dogs rights activist? it seems tone deaf to me
She’s not…that bright, I don’t think (I feel bad for holding that opinion).
Don’t forget, this is the same woman who lambasted the Grammys for hosting Chris Brown, saying how she “would never support a woman beater” and then proceeded to gush all over and take part in a tribute to Glenn Campbell, who famously knocked out a few of Tonya Tucker’s teeth. So…yeah. She isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, methinks.
There’s a huge difference when you’re talking about a fur that is older than most of us commenting. Not like they had all the handy synthetics we have now and sadly animal furs were/are the best way to stay warm in those cases. Do you get all high horse with Native people who wear fur and leather for traditional events or do you save the hypocrisy for celebs? Given its a family heirloom that’d be like you telling your gran you’re not taking her diamond ring because it’s made with blood diamonds.
@Lisa: no, she is a hunter and does not claim to be an animal rights activist.
she supports animal rescue, has adopted animals from shelters & rescues and I think she’s planning on setting up her own rescue/shelter
We acquired a mink jacket that belonged to one of my husband’s aunts. Which is how my dearly beloved and recently departed dog came to have the most comfortable bed lining ever and TWO fur coats….
I love my fur. People have been making fur since the beginning of time and I’m tired of this culture of shaming people for every single thing they choose to do with their life and money. Bitter sad people who can’t just walk on with their own life.
Meh, great argument! People used to have slaves and fathers used to sell their daughters in marriage arrangements since times immemorial. Tradition and length of practice are not good at covering mindless self gratification. But I’ll take my bitter fleece-covered ass for a jog now.
Really? So you are ok with trapping an animal by his leg for days, then killing him after those days of torture so you can look “glamorous”? . Sounds like you are lovely.
Having said that, I have no issues with vintage furs. They’re out there, so you might as well use them if you have one.
I plan on getting all of my mom’s old fur coats and I am super non-apologetic about it. It’s the same thing – what’s she going to do with them? Burn them? Find a wild animal and drape it over them? I have no plans to ever buy a new fur coat, but I don’t see any reason to get rid of ones that she’s had for 50+ years.
Oh. People do get all crazy over the Canada Goose Jackets fur.
I hate fur coats, and cruelty on animals, but my grandmothers and aunts all have fur coats from back to war times and the 50s/60s – they will be eventually passed on to me.
What am I supposed to do about it? They are gross, but the damage has been done, and I’ll probably never wear them. Give her a break, they are gifts.
Nope. Fur is fur is fur. Only animals should wear fur. Vintage is another way to normalise this hedious style item.
So she should…throw the coat in the garbage? Would that be more respectful to animals?
Fur is biodegradable. The circle of life and all that. To let the fur go back to nature whence it came is more respectful of the animal than walking around in it’s skin especially when you are only doing it for ornamental purposes as she is doing.
Humans have evolved. To continue this barbaric tradition is wrong when we have alternatives.
She could put it in storage. I’m sure she loves her grandmother and the coats have sentimental value, but this is a different time from when wearing fur was normal and accepted. The animals who make up that coat died horrible deaths. Isn’t electrocution via the anus one way they’re killed? If she truly loves animals, just put the coats away.
I inherited some of my grandmother’s fur coats. I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away because they had belonged to her, so I bagged them and put them away.
If she finds it is ok to wear fur then she should do what she wants. But posting it on IG is like opening the dam.
Yes, throw vintage fur out. There is no reason for it the animal isn’t happier you are keeping it because its your grans.
Just like Ivory I would never wear it even if my Grandmother did give it to me.
Disgusting.
The problem with vintage fur or any fur is that a lot people truly are unaware how its made and the suffering of the fur being ripped off the animal whiles its alive. We need to educate people more about animal cruelty, conditions and how they are treated.
I highly doubt any fur is made humanely. seriously!
ITA with LAK, Fur and ALL it represents makes my stomach churn.
I wear the vintage fur I was given, it keeps me warm when temperatures dip below minus 40. My Canada Goose can’t touch that kind of cold in the same way. My coat has seen lots of prairie winters and is an item of survival, rather than fashion when I have to be outside in those temps.
There are a few ethical ways to dispose of fur. I know a few orgs that turn fur coats into comforters for abandoned/orphaned baby animals.
Personally I don’t wear animal products but leather is mostly a by-product of the meat industry.
Yes, she should.
“Leather is leather and only animals should wear leather” (Add feathers and wool). Except I dont see you leaving comments of that nature on posts in which a celebrity has on leather shoes, bags or belts. Why are you normalising those hideous style items?
An argument could of course be made where animals have been cruelly skinned alive and such like treatment but you cant know if grandmas coat wasnt made in a more humane fashion, can you?
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Hi Gigi, you actually make a valid point. I love animals but I eat meat. That doesn’t make me a monster but it’s why I don’t pontificate.
However, at least in my country, leather is residual waste. The cows are brought up in the pastures eating grass and when the time comes, they’re slaughtered for the domestic and international meat market. Leather is then repurposed for clothes, decor and riding gear.
I wear a lot of leather and I believe it is somewhat ingrained in us – no argentine will wear faux leather unless the real thing is out of their price ranger, which is unlikely. I don’t wear real fur, though. But what is the difference between Miranda and I?
Thanks Cee. Honestly pontificators on this subject are so annoying to me they send my eye balls into compulsive eye rolls. LAK wasnt drawing a by-product distinction between fur and leather/wool/feathers. She was claiming that animal coverings dont belong on human beings. So by her own logic, leather products are an anethema to her. So why havent I seen her comment on leather shoes posted here every day?
As for the by-product argument, how do we know these animals flesh wasnt also consumed? In any case to even draw a by products distinction, we would have to agree that animal flesh belongs in human bellies which is an idea that is logically inconsistent with the one LAK is pushing. If fur belongs on animals then meat belongs inside animals. As does milk and eggs. Its a bold new vegan world, dear omnivorous gossips.
Exactly. Thank you. Some people are just hypocrites. Fur – no. Leather bag – sure. Hamburger – give it to me. The same thing with people who think that they are so “environmentally conscious”. Look at me I drive Toyota Prius, I flush my toilet only after number two – and the same time they own/rent mega mansions, private jets and super yachts.
Gigi, you tried too much. Fur does not come from animals sacrificed for their meat. Or otherwise send me a recipe for smoked polar fox or braised stoat, please.
I suppose because I’m a vegetarian I could pontificate about meat eating, but I won’t, precisely because I know it’s a difficult, every day choice. Eating meat is enormously satisfying, and the satisfaction is visceral, one that I would not compare with frivolous fur wearing.
Fur, leather, wool and feathers in one pot, really?
Most furs, and especially exotic furs, are from canivores and are not consumed by humans. Wool is harvested after shearing and harmless, minus mulesing. Feathers, unless plucked from live birds, are from slaughterd birds. And leather, well, mostly from animals which are consumed by humans.
I can see the opinion on exotic fur for fashion being distasteful while a leatherbag or a leathershoe of cow or swine hide being the end result of slaughtering for consumption.
People will eat meat of whatever quality and quantity and this will most likely not change. Wearing exotic fur has nothing to do with this.
I’ve never worn fur but I have less of an issue with it than I did before I moved to rural Canada.
It can be a by-product and shouldn’t be wasted. My husband hunts problem coyotes on our ranch and sells the fur to a local furrier. He doesn’t raise any animals whatsoever and none are skinned alive a la PETA videos. People can say it’s cruel to shoot the coyotes but nothing is more cruel than nature; and the coyotes we hunt eat our calves alive while the cow is in labor and can’t defend herself. Brutal image, isn’t it?
Just because furs are often predator doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be used as again, a byproduct. Ungulate populations in the mountains of Alberta are decreasing rapidly due to poor habitat (because humans suppress fires), being out competed by ‘wild’ horses (that people introduced yet protest removing in any way whole they out-graze indigenous ungulates and don’t face predation because they aren’t the natural prey of wolves and Cougars) and the really high predator population. To prevent a complete collapse of the elk, sheep, and deer populations some of these predators need to be harvested. why not use the fur as well? Also, people do eat some predators. I don’t know anyone who eats coyotes but people do eat bear and cougar.
I don’t think animals should be raised for fur but I don’t see an issue with vintage fur or people who use all parts of a harvested animal.
Wildlife population is a very difficult subject and I do not want to use the word control, because we only manage certain parts and can not, as of now, control or oversee the big picture at all.
I think about the possum problem in Australia. They are killed and their wool is harvested and manufactored.. Many people think it is cruel and others see no alternative to killing the possums.
Now, coyote hide does not play a role in high fashion at all. Furs in high fashion has nothing to do with population control at all.
Dagdag, it’s all related. Above someone was commenting on the Canadian jackets that have coyote fur lining. It may not be high fashion but it is fur that is being worn. Discussing the source is all part of it. My point is every species needs some sort of appropriate management level at this time because of exploding human populations and interference so why not utilize the byproduct of that management? If coyotes, wolves, and Cougars are being harvested why not utilize as much of the animal as possible? If that means there are some people wearing fur here in -40 I don’t see an issue. People on this thread are painting all fur issues with the same brush, I’m just saying that there is fur sourced legitimately that isn’t the result of electrocuted farm raised skinned alive animals.
Nature is nature. We should not equate that with atrocities done in the name of profit. THAT is where I draw my line and that includes agribusiness and slaughterhouse practices.
Because they get off on being the Moral Police and condemning people who wear vintage fur.
@Sunnyside,
……If coyotes, wolves, and Cougars are being harvested why not utilize as much of the animal as possible? If that means there are some people wearing fur here in -40 I don’t see an issue. …..
I have no problem at all with this. It is the exotic fur producers I have a problem with.
There is a worthwhile distinction: by-product.
Leather comes from beef cows. It’s a byproduct of the beef industry. Cows are not being slaughtered solely for their hides. This is because cows are extremely expensive to raise, slaughter and process. So you take as much as you can from a single animal. If you eat burger or steak, you contribute to the leather industry. But some animal advocates see leather as not as bad for this very reason – the animal is not “wasted” in the same sense as a fur animal.
Fur is not a byproduct. Fur animals are killed precisely for their skins. That’s it. They are not eaten or otherwise used. Thus fur, even if you do not believe it to be cruel, is extremely wasteful and harmful to the environment. Also, most fur comes from relatively small animals. It can take dozens of them to create a single piece. For this reason, fur farms tend to have hundreds, if not thousands of animals in them, and they usually don’t live that well. They are notoriously bad for the surrounding environments.
Now, I don’t like leather one bit, but people like to compare the industries, and they have really major differences. There is good reason why activists focus on fur.
If some people don’t want to wear fur, that’s fine – don’t. But I don’t understand how they get to dictate things for the rest of us. I’m planning on getting my mom’s old fur coats one day that she keeps in storage, and I have no plans to get rid of them. They are amazing coats. Heck, I’ll probably wear them from time to time. But that’s my decision. If other people want to wear furs, that’s up to them. If people don’t, then they don’t have to. Same with any other issue out there (eating meat, wearing leather, etc etc etc)
Again look all all those horrible native peoples the worlds over not being as in touch with our animal friends as the wealthy mostly white westerners looking down their noses at their traditional materials. I mean…how dare they.
dagdag: There is no ‘possum problem’ in Australia. They are native animals. You might be thinking of New Zealand, where they are an invasive species.
@sunnyside, just saying, a few good livestock guarding dogs would alleviate the need for your husband to be out shooting coyotes. Did you ever think he does it because he thinks it’s fun?
If you believe that all leather items come from by products you are naive in the extreme.
Animals are slaughtered for all types of purposes.
I have also my grandmother vintage fur. I don’t wear it, it just kind of sits in my closet. It’s beautiful and sentimental piece for me. And I can’t imagine throwing out something like this because of…. what? I never ever buy fur things, but this is hm, special situation?
I have my grandmother’s mink stole. I will never wear it, but I have strong memories of her wearing it when she dressed up. It represented all of the years of work my grandmother and grandfather put in until they finally realized the American dream. I would prefer to donate it to a museum, but until then it just sits I the back of my closet. I am never just going to trash it.
I sent my grandmother’s mink to a company that made it into a teddy bear. My grandmother’s embroidered name is on one of the paws. This way I honor the gift from my grandmother, even though I would never wear fur. The other fur she left me I donated to a local theater group for their wardrobe department.
I love fur. I love animals, too. It’s a dilemma. But there is absolutely nothing immoral about vintage fur, it’s the animal lover’s furry loophole. And that granny’s coat is awesome!
Agreed! I bought a vintage fur (from the 1940s) at a vintage store. I loooooooove it. I would never buy a new one – but I consider one that’s 70 years old to be fair game.
me too. back in the 80’s, I bought 1950’s vintage jacket made of persian lambswool with a mink collar. while I don’t generally wear it out in public because I realize that seeing it will upset people, if there is a cold, snowy night there is nothing warmer then that jacket.
My mom has a lambs wool coat with a mink collar too! She inherited it from, I think, her grandmother. They lived in Canada, I believe. I have no problem with vintages that were likely used out of necessity for warmth.
While I don’t love fur (it’s way too warm for 90% of the weather I experience), I love leather and sheepskin. I love animals. For me, I don’t wear/use anything from an animal I wouldn’t eat. Animals killed exclusively for their hide is not something I’m okay with.
That said, I really don’t see anything wrong with accepting or wearing vintage fur. It’s………. already dead and squawking about it won’t change that. Why not make use of it?
Oh get over it, the coats are from a different time and are a treasured keepsake from someone she loves. Should they just be thrown out to please a few people?
On a side note, my mom had my grandmothers fur coat made into a teddy bear, with the monogram on the pad of the foot. It’s a nice way of keeping it, because no one would ever wear it agin, we’re all amazons compared to my nanny!
+1
Jenn, I didn’t see your comment until after I said the same thing above about having a fur made into a teddy bear. I adore mine. It is cute, and it’s the name on the paw that makes it special.
On the one hand, I can make a pass-I also have a couple of vintage pieces that I inherited from my grandmother when she died-a stole and a hat. They are precious to me because of her, and I imagine that they were prized because my grandparents were not wealthy and it must have been quite a gift. In recent years however, I have thought about donating them-they are sometimes used in animal rehab for baby animals (I believe, I need to find the article I saw on this recently).
What sets my teeth on edge about her post is her crowing about how she knows where she gets her love of fur-indicating that it is still something she wears now. In 2015, there is no way you can plead ignorance of how awful the fur trade is and how unnecessary as a status symbol. If you really need it THAT bad, the synthetic furs they have these days are amazing. Using or wearing real fur is unacceptable.
And I really, really can’t with the “Well, she never claimed to be politically correct” justification.
Ugly coat. I guess that’s beside the point.
It’s funny, I live in Aspen and it never gets cold enough to wear a giant fur. People exercise during the day and the body gets warm and then you go inside; with a healthy body, you need layers that wick the sweat from your body. I know this sounds a bit mean, but only unhealthy non-exercising type tourists walk around in fur and it’s a joke; they are out of shape and wear tons of synthetic everything from tons of cosmetics to smelly antiperspirants. My point is that fur wearer aren’t considered either chic, hip or attractive.
……. My point is that fur wearer aren’t considered either chic, hip or attractive….
Same here, I know only one woman who wears fur. In polar regions it would be different, I imagine.
i can see samuel de champlain making it with his own hands in a canoe. i dont like fur as it is but this one is extra fug.
I have a few vintage fur pieces, not coats though. Just gloves and muffs.
That coat is pretty hideous though. The truth is, faux fur pieces these days look more elegant and chic than real.
This is a perfect example that not everything should be shared on social media! Stop oversharing. Did she not have any clue that people would lose their minds over this? People look for anything to be offended about these days! She should have accepted her grandmother’s lovely gift and kept it private.
No, she should keep her gift and make it as public as she wants! If people can’t handle it, that’s their problem
Fur is not my preference and never has been, but I just cannot with people who get on their high horse about it. What makes wearing fur worse than killing an animal to make a handbag, shoes, a belt, or even a meal? There are other options, as you say, and those items are still wildly popular.
The coat is vintage, a treasure of her grandmother, and eons old. Let her have her hand-me-down.
It’s one thing to accept the gift, it’s another to crow about it on social media, where Miranda should have seen the backlash coming. Or maybe she did, and she didn’t mind the attention, because she has fans that are the type that like to yell at people for being too PC. Following Gwen Stefani on Twitter is definitely a stunt and shows she’s not averse to playing media games.
Blake and Gwen may be a publicist’s dream but they’ve turned off a lot of country fans with the timing of the relationship reveal and because they’re completely overexposed. I do kind of buy that they connected because they were both reeling from the end of their respective marriages but the way they’ve handled it has been tone deaf.
Meanwhile Miranda’s new boyfriend may be relatively unknown but he has a ton of buzz in the Americana circuit. In the country/Americana world, they’re going to come off “less Hollywood” than Blake and Gwen by default, so they’re going to look better. And since Anderson East’s got a lot of critical heat and Miranda’s a critic’s darling, tastemakers will probably approve for as long as it lasts. And if they collaborate, the music will probably be pretty amazing. Meanwhile, Blake is far from a critical favorite and his last album’s sales are way, way down. Not only that, Blake is mysteriously out as the ACM Awards host, and the organization didn’t so much as issue a standard PR quote thank him for his work cohosting their show for 5 years.
So I don’t see where Miranda is losing in all of this. Judging from the world where they make their careers, Miranda’s making out better in all aspects except radio play. She also got her first Cosmo cover and said all of the right things in her interview. She’s coming off looking better than Blake so far.
Anderson East is amazing. She’s going to drag him into the spotlight, I was hoping he’d wind up there solely for his music but, oh well, the publicity can’t hurt his career.
His voice. WOW his voice. Especially on “Satisfy Me”.
But do you really see the two of them together? Just looking at pics of him I am skeptical. But I will admit I don’t know crap and I am speculating.
Blergh. I see fur as a cultural signifier, only the opposite of traditional perceptions. Fur for me is tacky and trashy, and as stylish as the carpeting in that picture. (I think the same about swamp butt leather pants or those horrible alligator bags.)
that coat is uglier than 2 rats f****** in hell
LOL. Ummm… that’s quite… descriptive.
Oh, please! This is such a non-issue! It’s not like she killed the animals herself or went out and bought two new fur coats and if she did, so what? All of the “she shouldn’t be wearing that” or “she shouldn’t be posting to IG” is just nonsense. She’s free to do as she pleases without having to worry about what other people think. Who cares if it came from a different time, that doesn’t matter, this is America. She’s free to enjoy a family heirloom. Or burn it or store it or wear it! My lands, let her live her life and you live yours.
I would never buy a fur. However, something passed down from your grandmother to you is special and I don’t think it must be thrown away “on principle.” I don’t think that necessarily means you support the fur industry. And actually, I think just throwing it away would be a waste. Surely it could be donated/used in some way.
Regardless, she was a fool to post that ish on social media. OF COURSE she would get heat.
Exactly.
Does Miranda inheriting these coats give any money to people, industry, etc. that pay to have animals killed? NO. these are vintage pieces. There is no money going back to anybody that kills for fur. If it was a new one straight off the rack at Prada, then yea, it’s different. Plus this is her grandmother’s it has sentimental value.
People just want something to be outraged about. I wish they would go out and realize there’s a world out there.
So many condeming fur..is it because you want to be seen as politically correct or do you care about animals? Our government is presently slaughtering buffalo in yellowstone park and murdering mustangs in arizona. Why don’t you do something about it? Check it out CB, iits true. I say eat meat and wear fur–enjoy!
THIIIIISSSS!!!!!!
Selective morals, that’s what I’ve coined for it! It’s even worse!
And while we forbid horse slaughter in the US, it’s legal for kill buyers to buy them here, pack them tightly in trucks with no food or water, terrified, and drive them to Canada and Mexico where they are slaughtered, often in much harsher ways than we would have allowed. How we treat animals gives me nightmares.
The first time a lab-created leopard coat is peeled off a Petri dish, I’m buying it.
Granny’s vintage fur coats? The animal is long dead; throwing it away does nothing for anyone.
hahaha! Petri Dish Leopard!
OH people, please. Those of you throwing shade while wearing your leather shoes, picking up your leather handbag, putting on your leather jackets, getting into your car with leather seats. Stop. Vintage fur does not deserve the hate being thrown here. We are smarter than this, really – we are smarter.
Yes I agree for everyone to stop being so self righteous as most everything you own or wear is made by child/slave labor!!! Humans are being abused too. Everyone blames fur and animal products but everything you buy is toxic to the environment and fellow humans. Besides you would have frozen to death 70 years ago if you didn’t have hides, fur, or wool clothing. Synthetics are pretty new in the humanscape. Furs were not always for status it was a necessity in cold climates!
Exactly! People just like to get their panties in a bunch. I love the people expressing their disdain; while wearing leather. So dim. One of my friends received her great-aunts antique / vintage fur coats, they must be around 80 – 100 years old and are beautiful. She wouldn’t wear them out of fear.
I have my deceased mother’s coat with her name inside and I know if I wore it I would get so much side eye hate! I just put it on once and a while and pet it. Lol
+1
I have a beautiful mink coat. Doesn’t matter how cold it is outside I’ll be warm wearing that.
I don’t have a problem with vintage fur, but a celeb promoting fur is bad since it encourages people to buy (new) fur.
And I really hate the idea that not slaughtering animals for fashion is something only “PC” people would care about, that unless you’ve announced that you’re “PC” you don’t and shouldn’t care about ethics at all.
I blame extremist organizations like PETA for making animal rights activists look insane. I don’t wear new animal furs or skins of any kind, but I really don’t take issue with secondhand or vintage items, a few of which I’ve inherited myself. I also realize that personal attacks on individuals accomplish nothing. Some people will always wear these items, so the activist fight should focus on pushing for more humane slaughtering/harvesting methods.
Also might be a bit OT, but I’m always a bit bemused by people who are virulently anti-fur but have no problem wearing, for example, snakeskin. That trade is every bit as problematic and violent as the fur trade, but I guess animals that aren’t cute and furry don’t rate much concern.
….anything leather for that matter.
PETA are just crazy because they smell bacon and won’t eat it…..
What about leather coats, leather shoes, leather bags ?
At least it’s an older garment and not something newly made. But it still tends to send the wrong message overall.
Plus, there are a lot of really gorgeous faux furs available.
This could be fox or coyote, my money’s on fox because it’s so fluffy. But if it was her grandmother’s, let’s face it, those things died LAST CENTURY, her wearing the coat is basically recycling. I’m anti-new-fur but not anti-it-is-already-dead fur.
I also think it is fox.
Anti fur people are foolish and ignorant to a tradition that has helped them survive as humans since the dawn of time. Pay attention to your heritage because you may need to know how to skin and wear a rabbit again someday.
Haha right? If I ever get my great grandmothers fur I’m keeping it in case of ice apocalypse a la that movie The Day After Tomorrow.
I have no problem with this at all, provided it’s vintage.
geesh, she can’t even have a coat from her deceased blood relative huh?? name calling because she accepted it?
when will folks stop trying to tell others adults what to do in thier lives? smdh.
my deceased grammy left me a fur coat and I wear it maybe 3x a year at the most. I wish someone would say something to me about it.
I’m so over people who are anti-fur, anti-meat, leather etc. acting like their opinions MUST be those of everyone else. I don’t care if she had a new fur coat or not. Man has been hunting animals and using what they kill since the beginning of time. I never see PETA or animal rights folks trotting over to Africa and demanding that Africans & and ones that are still in tribes stop eating meat immediately or else! If some people place equal value of human life (homo sapien) to that of an animal, great, but don’t tell others who don’t see it that way that they can’t or shouldn’t.
Is your post satire? It’s delightful.
In the northern climates there are no good replacements for natural fur and leather to keep the body warm. Being a vegetarian is also not a good idea.
I think wearing fancy fur coats just to be glamorous is silly. But in -40C weather fur and animal fat are the only things standing between you and a frostbite.
I just came home from Stockholm, where I spent a few days over New Years Eve. It was great – and very cold.
People there wear fur, I’ve seen lots of furcoats and furjackets. To be honest, I can’t tell the difference between real and fake fur at mere sight, so I guess it was both. And you know what? No one yelled at those people or pointed their fingers at them, calling them out for wearing fur.
There were hangers and hangers full of vintage fur in the vintage shops in SoFo – and no one burnt those shops to the ground in protest.
So, not in every country people are seen and treated like criminals for wearing fur. Hey, even I looked through the vintage furs, but didn’t found one I liked AND that was in my size.
Throwing away a vintage fur is a riciculous waste of a nice and warm piece of clothing.