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Down/feather coat too heavy

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  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 36,055 Forumite
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    Caroline_a wrote: »
    I wear my Uggs as slippers now. Very toasty in the evenings!

    I have Kiwi boots all the way from New Zealand as evening slippers.

    And I have to confess that I almost bought another sheepskin coat from RSPCA today but it was ticketed as size 18 (if they are vintage that's probably nearer 12 to 14) but when I checked the label it was 34 which I reckon is about size 8).
    Ruined my bloody day! :D
  • Applecart
    Applecart Posts: 226 Forumite
    Pollycat wrote: »
    I have Kiwi boots all the way from New Zealand as evening slippers.

    And I have to confess that I almost bought another sheepskin coat from RSPCA today but it was ticketed as size 18 (if they are vintage that's probably nearer 12 to 14) but when I checked the label it was 34 which I reckon is about size 8).
    Ruined my bloody day! :D

    The irony.
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 36,055 Forumite
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    Applecart wrote: »
    The irony.
    Explain your comment.

    I don't do 'irony' so you need to be more explicit. :p
  • -taff
    -taff Posts: 15,502 Forumite
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    Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are selling a sheepskin coat....

    Because humans shouldn't make use of the by products of eating meat?

    I'd have bought it too if I'd seen it, I have a knock off one, lovely and warm, also charity shop, I'm always cold...
    Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 36,055 Forumite
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    -taff wrote: »
    Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are selling a sheepskin coat....

    Because humans shouldn't make use of the by products of eating meat?
    Ah yes.

    All that lamb going to waste because the animals have been killed to make sheekskin coats, gloves and boots. :rotfl:

    And of course, immoral RSPCA for accepting the donation of the coat :naughty: (and hoping to make £15) instead of telling the donor they don't want it.
    They should have sent it to landfill instead.

    Next time I go in, I'll take them to task for selling leather shoes and handbags.

    For Applecart:

    At UGG, we want consumers to be informed on the sheepskin used in our products. We are among the leaders in ethical supply chain for consumer goods, and particularly, the sourcing of sheepskin. UGG does not use sheepskin unless it is a byproduct of the

    meat industry, and we actively condemn the practice of mulesling.

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