Friday, November 17, 2006

THE FUR COAT BRIGADE

I spotted my first fur coat of the season today. These are donned like a uniform once we get into winter and seeing them always amazes me. In Britain you would probably be attacked in the street if you wore a real fur and not even the women of the Royal Family wear them any more. You certainly could not openly advertise a furrier's establishment as is done here. I am, in this, a product of my own culture and time and am firmly against the making and wearing of these garments.

8 comments:

Ballpoint Wren said...

You can't wear furs here, either, without activists getting after you.

I don't know what to think on that topic, especially since I wear leather shoes and own a leather handbag.

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Hi, Bonnie. Yes, I sometimes feel like a hypocrite on this one. After all, I have leather shoes and bags like you, and I eat meat. But I think the clubbing to death of innocent animals just to satisfy women's vanity is a bit different and I am vanity itself!

Anonymous said...

Do they not wear fake furs over there?

Ballpoint Wren said...

You can't be more vain than I am!

Right now I'm thinking losing my eyesight has a great benefit: I can't see my wrinkles!

Liz Hinds said...

I tried twice yesterday to comment but my connection must have been playing up - or you didn't like my post!

Anyway, I was trying to say that I agree with you about fur-wearing. I suppose it's the difference between animals reared for meat/leather requirements, and killing wild, possibly endangered creatures.

But that made me wonder what justification there was for eating meat. Which was unfortunate as I had a large piece of pork to cook!

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Hi, Liz. I didn't get any comment on this post from you yesterday so something must have been playing up! I feel the same as you do on the issue.

Anonymous said...

I have tried to post a comment here several times too, just to ask if the Italian ladies wear fake fur too.

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Buona sera, Ellee. Fake fur trims, yes, but I have never seen a full-length fake fur here.

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