My ? vintage fur coat .

Scrapaholic

I don't know if this is the right place to post this but it's quite a nice coat and it'd be money saving if I wore it . I have a coat about 30 years old and the thing is , it's coney fur . I'd quite like to wear it as I've seen some people recently wearing fur , maybe fake tho'. Will people stare at my coat for being fur , will no one bother to even look ? Does anyone else have a fur coat , old or new , and do you wear it without worrying that you might offend someone's sensibilities ?

marrowgirl

hi,

I don't wear fur and although I am against it in general I wouldn't do or say anything against someone wearing it. It does remind me of cruella de vil though so I do tend to start humming it without thinking!

I think if you want to wear it do so (my colleague at work does), i suspect you will get some stares though but probably not much more.

j.e.j.

I think there must be a lot of fur coats hanging around in people's wardrobes. I think a lot of women had fur coats bought for them years ago, before it became 'unacceptable' to buy and wear them.

I don't know if I would wear a fur coat. I would probably trade it in and get a nice warm coat that isn't fur, but that's just me. There are some nutters out there. I remember a few years ago I wore a fake fur coat, and I got shouted at by some obnoxious manc who demanded to know how many animals had died so that I could wear my fur coat!! Maybe it wasn't obvious that the fur wasn't real, I don't know.

whitewing

I have a furry coat as do plenty of people round here so I wouldn't have thought it would be that noticeable? I wouldn't buy or wear a real fur coat.

I would replace it as soon as I could afford to do so in your situation.

Owain_Moneysaver

Getting rid of the coat isn't going to bring any bunny-wunnies back to life, is it?

Rabbit farming for fur is still legal, anyway.

trailingspouse

I bought a fur (coney I think) for a vintage revival type occasion, and really enjoyed wearing it - felt like a million dollars. However, I've never been brave enough to wear it for 'normal'. If we get much more cold weather I might have to get it out!

geri1965_2

I would be able to tell it's real, and I would stare at you if I saw you in it.

daska

Surely it's more disrespectful to the animal throw it away rather than making use of it - assuming that you eat rabbit of course.

chuckley

you'll just get jealous/envious looks from women who wish theirs was a luxe.

most of those against it I find are fine with vintage fur as it was so long ago, e.t.c

its warmer than the fake ones anyway!

j.e.j.

If I remember rightly you can't wear a fur coat if it's raining, - it'll ruin it?

Scrapaholic

Thanks for your replies . Yes, rain would prob not be good for it ! It's not that I don't have other coats , I do , but I was watching on tv , that some people were wearing their old fur coats and wondered whether I should wear mine . I wouldn't buy a fur now or anything trimmed with real fur . As I remember , it did feel nice , soft and warm . Maybe I'll give it a go and hope I'm not stared at too much . I wonder why it seems more acceptable to wear leather coats , the skin comes from real animals too . No one stares at anyone in leather .