tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post8603603885436306748..comments2024-01-25T14:43:27.365+01:00Comments on A Matter Of Style: DIY Fashion: Cruelty can't be fashionableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-8065759721349114222013-03-01T21:27:01.221+01:002013-03-01T21:27:01.221+01:00@Anoli you're right about leather and on Naomi...@Anoli you're right about leather and on Naomi and I also said in the post. :) I agree we can also go beyond leather but we can't use it as an excuse for wear fur.Matter Of Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141167982326852808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-75402768419568543922013-03-01T19:36:46.048+01:002013-03-01T19:36:46.048+01:00I scrolled through your blogs and found a lot of l...I scrolled through your blogs and found a lot of leather shoes, bags and DIY projects...how is it not contradictory to protest against animal cruelty and the use of fur while you're wearing lovely leather items on you? don't you feel guilty for slaughtering cows simply to wear a new pair of shoes?<br /><br />Come on now...some of your own projects are from real leather. Much the same as fur.Anolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348677014334521077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-79925029544021062692013-03-01T19:32:52.492+01:002013-03-01T19:32:52.492+01:00I'm not saying that it is acceptable behavior ...I'm not saying that it is acceptable behavior but I can't help but stress that while many others are protesting against real fur sitting never seem to challenge the same thing about real leather. Like most of your lovely shoes and bags you wear aren't man made. What is exactly the difference and why is it acceptable to slaughter animals for their skin?<br />I saw a few of your DIY projects made from leather and I bet many of the users who have commented on this thread own leather shoes and bags...look into yourselves...plus Naomi regularly wears fur coats contradicting her 20 younger self :)<br /><br />Come on now girls...Anolihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12348677014334521077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-75403623155779442382013-02-28T22:37:31.628+01:002013-02-28T22:37:31.628+01:00Well done!! Winter is my enemy, but we (humans) ar...Well done!! Winter is my enemy, but we (humans) are far away from cave ages when we had to cover ourselves in animal furs to stay warm. I have dogs and had cats and other pets, I'm not a vegetarian (yet) but I eat meat probably once a month, so I'm almost there. I'm not a fan of faux fur, somehow these fibers make me 'itchy'. So I layer up myself in warm sweaters, infinite round of scarves and a coat. <br />www.inspirationrealisation.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-83076017256785565582013-02-28T21:35:42.680+01:002013-02-28T21:35:42.680+01:00I think you raise a very valid discussion here. I...I think you raise a very valid discussion here. I can only offer my two cents for what they're worth. I personally do not own any real fur products - I find that personally donning real fur is distasteful - faux is all good. However I do own a number of leather products (obviously leather shoes last seasons where some synthetics won't last even one and leather is far more comfortable and breathable) So I guess I can't take any sort of moral high ground. <br /> As with all industries, the fur industry needs to be held accountable to environmental practices and ethical farming - as are say cattle for beef or hens for their eggs. Skinning animals live or raising them in appalling conditions is as unacceptable as any other animal cruelty and considering the prices on some of these fur pieces there's no excuse to not keep the animals happy until their "products" are needed/ready.<br />Having said all of that I am all for abandoning real fur for fake. If there are questions of environmental degradation then we need to look at new ways to produce fake fur.<br />Thank you MOS for raising this - there is indeed passionate verbiage on both sides.<br /><br />♥ Paula Shoe Fiend.<br />http://shoe-fiend.blogspot.co.uk/Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09667142332264503375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-33813189850439859572013-02-28T17:26:10.146+01:002013-02-28T17:26:10.146+01:00I agree with all of the above. I have never had an...I agree with all of the above. I have never had any pets, yet I find it rather easy to show some humanity even if I can't understand well the relationship one can have with a pet. It dumbfounds me when I see a person (especially a young one) walking a dog in a fur coat!Love me if ya darehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622231067889906398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-76862680292474265572013-02-27T21:53:02.043+01:002013-02-27T21:53:02.043+01:00@truebluemeyou thanks for the link, that was a goo...@truebluemeyou thanks for the link, that was a good read.<br />From time to time we have to be loud again about rights that felt acquired, superficiality is really dangerous<br /> Matter Of Stylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141167982326852808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-53370881043888676462013-02-27T20:35:10.109+01:002013-02-27T20:35:10.109+01:00Great post, I´m totally against wearing fur, too! ...Great post, I´m totally against wearing fur, too! Also thanks so much for voting for my blog :)<br />xx<br />www.clothesandcamera.comCarmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12909465264189665587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620228904389470663.post-24530893879888181182013-02-27T20:12:32.227+01:002013-02-27T20:12:32.227+01:00Thank you so much for writing this post. After rea...Thank you so much for writing this post. After reading Jezebel's article "Fur is Back Big Time and Here's Why" http://jezebel.com/5946371/fur-is-back-big-time-+-heres-why I was really disheartened to know of the incentives, junkets, etc... being offered to designers to use fur. Anyone who has worn modern faux fur knows how luxurious it feels (and lots of it is washable)and it is definitely NOT a cheap material. After seeing real fur posted by young bloggers in outfit post after outfit post I posted Tim Gunn's message about fur on my FB page, "“[O]ver time,I became convinced that fur was unnecessary and even immoral.” “Now, my bile rises when I see fur on someone in this day and age. A fur coat today is the grossest form of conspicuous consumption, with only the possible exception of Kim Kardashian’s $2 million engagement ring,” he writes. “It’s gross. And I seldom use the word ‘gross.’ Few items of apparel to me are as gut-wrenching and repugnant as a full-length fur coat.” AMEN.Truebluemeandyouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538070321305615690noreply@blogger.com