silver fox

[threeplusfire]

I know I'm going to hell, but I love the way fur looks and feels. I am totally in love with this hat. So beautiful. I want to wrap myself up this coat and move somewhere very cold. It just looks so soft and warm.

(Yes, I know fur is murder and it is cruel to kill animals just for their skins and the world would be so much better if we were all vegan hippies who lived on air, etc, etc, etc. This post is not a commnetary on anything, just an expression of longing for something beautiful and unobtainable in my world. Spare me the lecture. Lecture me on it, and I will ban you.)

Comments

[brienze.livejournal.com]

I'm actually pretty okay with rabbit fur. I don't know if the businesses that skin rabbits to make soft furry clothing items actually pass the flesh on to businesses that cook rabbits, but they are tasty eats, so theoretically they're not being killed just for their fur.

My mom used to work with a geneticist who as a hobby bred prize-winning bunnies. He didn't care if people were buying them to show or to eat, though he'd be sure people eating them got the mongrels rather than ones that could win prizes. Personally I think it'd be pretty funny to see a bunny competition, especially if they walk the contestants up and down a show ring like they do for dogs. =P

And if you get into knitting or crocheting, you can make things with alpaca or angora, and then sit around petting yourself anyway. =)

[mihrimah.livejournal.com]

I agree completely about the rabbit fur. I have a rabbit coat, and given that it was made somewhere in Asia I wouldn't be surprised if the rabbits were eaten as well.

Besides, rabbits are mostly vermin in my part of the world, along with prairie dogs. The only reason we don't make prairie dog fur coats is they're not as soft as rabbits (and carry plague).

There's an alpaca farm up the highway from me. Alpacas tend to get less soft as they get older, but they're still pretty damn cuddly even when they're old and grumpy like me! (And the babies are the cutest little things EVER!)