FURRY FRIDAY ON SATURDAY: FICKLE FASHION
Curmudgeonly Hammy says: keep yer dirty mits off my fur!
When will the fur trade ever stop?
Real fur's popularity plummeted to an all-time low in the 1990s when the supermodels starred on billboards declaring: "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" ads...
... yet as soon as fur came back in fashion only a few years later at least one was quick to reverse her position ...
Here is a small selection of animals STILL bred for fur and used in coats, hats/ etc around the world.
Mink: these are bred in vast numbers for companies like Fendi... these weasel-like creatures also cause havoc when released into the wild by animal rights activists...
Sable:
Ermine (the stoat's winter white coat):
... aren't these the cutest?
Rabbit:
Even the golden hamster, traditionally used as a lining (because the fur's not that amazingly soft compared to the others) ~ though as recently as 2004 genuine hamster fur coats ~ with the hamster fur on the outside ~ were being sold in Scotland!
Hamster links:
Genuine hamster fur coats sold in Scottish shop!
Independent newspaper report ...
BBC report ...
CBBC (children's) report ~ featuring very cute hammy picture ...
Mink link:
£10,000 mink handbag by Fendi ...
BTW ermine was traditionally used as the white trim in royal robes: here's Queen Elizabeth I's famous Ermine Portrait as displayed in Hatfield House:
Feral ermine. Notice how fast it is... and see how even the dog rolls over warily in submission..!
This is funny: an entire family of wild mink bounding along the river-bank...
Wild mink pilfering fish!
