As you may have heard, the United States figure skater Johnny Weir was pressured by fans into changing his fur costume for the Vancouver Olympics last month.
Unfortunately, it seems that the fashion world is not as concerned with being politically correct. In the New York fashion show, Oscar de la Renta included fox cuffs, Michael Kors featured Cayote Capes, and D&G featured fox mukluks.
Although fur is said to give "a richness in texture", the methods used to collect the fur are cruel, and, unfortunately unavoidable. Many animals are skinned alive and left to die painfully on the floor of factories.Despite PETA's drastic efforts to reduce the usage of fur in high-fashion, it persists. Tossing dead raccoons and throwing tofu pies at people may be at the far end of the spectrum, but I feel that it is a neccessary evil in order to put a stop to the fur trade industry.
Because many designers may still be unwilling to relinquish the sales of their sometimes $30,000 fur jackets, the message needs to be made very clear to the fashion industry that fur will no longer be tolerated.
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It is really disappointing that fashion designers are trying to bring back fur. Designers in general should just try to avoid using animal fur because of the boycotts and protests that will almost surely ensue by animal rights activists. Also, the inhumane slaughtering to get the furs should be banned and those caught using these methods should be severely fined.
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