While I consider it completely outdated and also immoral to purchase products using animal fur, the fact remains that I have many fur coats in my closet, all left to me by my mother or aunt. Fur, especially new fur, is now teetering on this precipice in many countries. There is a school of thought that argues for the continued use of vintage fur, like those coats you inherited from your mother and aunt. In part, this is because fur is often passed down from generation to generation, with all of the family stories that implies. The problem is, the only person who really knows a fur is vintage is the person wearing it — especially as fakes have gotten better and real fur has become ever more creatively odd.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2021 15:56 UTC