Is fur acceptable?

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From a distance - no. Up close - yes, absolutely, if you know what to look for.

You are correct and thanks for sharing your wisdom!

Here is how to tell the difference: Get up REAL close then part the fur and look at it just like at your hairline. If it's real fur when you part it, you will see that at the bottom of that is leather or skin. So go ahead and start rooting through! Careful though – you may get smacked as most people don’t appreciate this.

I don't need to touch it, only to look. But you have the right idea

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Anonymous wrote:Good point. No difference.

I wear a vintage coat. If someone is rude enough to question me about it, I say that it's a fake. They smile and are so happy then. Whatever. The minks have already been dead for decades at this point.

You're missing out on a lot of relationships because you choose to wear fur. Maybe you don't care and only want to be friends with people who would accept you wearing it, but I would roll my eyes every time I see you, talk about you behind your back and not make any conversation with you ever.

This is an incredibly effective advertisement for fur.

Touche!

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Anonymous wrote:Fur is back in style.

No, it isn't. Fashion is moving in the opposite direction, with more designers dropping fur.

Sorry that you are trying to make your outdated choices happen.

Have you ever been to Europe in winter? What fashion are you talking about? "DC fashion"?

Montreal is as fashion forward as Europe and far colder. Fur is not in style.

If by Europe you mean Albania, maybe?

I have never been to Albania, so cannot comment on your experience. Vienna and London are all covered up in furs even though the weather is not that cold. I was also in Copenhagen and Stockholm, and if not a fur coat, everyone had a fur on their hoods.

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Anonymous wrote:Fur is back in style.

No, it isn't. Fashion is moving in the opposite direction, with more designers dropping fur.

Sorry that you are trying to make your outdated choices happen.

Have you ever been to Europe in winter? What fashion are you talking about? "DC fashion"?

NP, I lived, traveled, and shopped in Europe for 8 years. There was lots of faux fur. You can not tell the difference with high quality faux fur just by seeing it.

I grew up in Europe and travel there twice a year. I can absolutely tell the real fur from fake (even if it is high end fake). I own several items made from real fur, so I can immediately tell the difference. I love wearing my Celine shearling coat in DC weather and I bet most of americans think it is not real.

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What would you do with a fur coat you inherited? Donate?

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Anonymous wrote:Fur is back in style.

No, it isn't. Fashion is moving in the opposite direction, with more designers dropping fur.

Sorry that you are trying to make your outdated choices happen.

Have you ever been to Europe in winter? What fashion are you talking about? "DC fashion"?

Montreal is as fashion forward as Europe and far colder. Fur is not in style.

If by Europe you mean Albania, maybe?

I have never been to Albania, so cannot comment on your experience. Vienna and London are all covered up in furs even though the weather is not that cold. I was also in Copenhagen and Stockholm, and if not a fur coat, everyone had a fur on their hoods.

Not real fur.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fur is back in style.

No, it isn't. Fashion is moving in the opposite direction, with more designers dropping fur.

Sorry that you are trying to make your outdated choices happen.

Have you ever been to Europe in winter? What fashion are you talking about? "DC fashion"?

NP, I lived, traveled, and shopped in Europe for 8 years. There was lots of faux fur. You can not tell the difference with high quality faux fur just by seeing it.

I grew up in Europe and travel there twice a year. I can absolutely tell the real fur from fake (even if it is high end fake). I own several items made from real fur, so I can immediately tell the difference. I love wearing my Celine shearling coat in DC weather and I bet most of americans think it is not real.

If it's sooo easy to tell the difference - how can "most" people be fooled by your "high-end" coat?

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We saw a lot of fur coats worn by older women in the Veneto section of Italy in the winter. The older women (appeared to be in their 80's wore full length fur coats while riding their bikes to the weekly outdoor market).
I was really impressed by the older women.

These women would have been children during WWII and would have known a lot of deprivation as children.

I suspect once they could afford a fur coat they wore the same coat for decades.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fur is back in style.

No, it isn't. Fashion is moving in the opposite direction, with more designers dropping fur.

Sorry that you are trying to make your outdated choices happen.

Have you ever been to Europe in winter? What fashion are you talking about? "DC fashion"?

NP, I lived, traveled, and shopped in Europe for 8 years. There was lots of faux fur. You can not tell the difference with high quality faux fur just by seeing it.

I grew up in Europe and travel there twice a year. I can absolutely tell the real fur from fake (even if it is high end fake). I own several items made from real fur, so I can immediately tell the difference. I love wearing my Celine shearling coat in DC weather and I bet most of americans think it is not real.

If it's sooo easy to tell the difference - how can "most" people be fooled by your "high-end" coat?

DP. Most Americans have never seen a real fur coat and just assume based on being told that "good people" don't wear fur anymore.

I grew up in Europe where people wore fur, and when we stop by a thrift shop, it always amuses my American friends that I can immediately tell whether the fur is real.