Fur is Beautiful... and Eco Friendly
June 22, 2010
A must read by Naomi Padowicz for her blog, Retro Home Tips for Today's Households. Apart from
the fur story, I love the
theme of the blog. I have often thought that our parents and
grandparents were much more "green" without talking about it. (My
parents still have the same AM-only warm-up radio they did when we were
kids; the same pliers and screw-driver, etc in the kitchen drawer,
etc...) Wonderful to see a fresh take on
fur by someone outside the trade with an interest in eco-friendly
living. - Alan
Fur is Beautiful and Eco Friendly
by Naomi Padowicz, Retro
Home Tips for Today's Households
I was raised a
child of the cult of Disney, as a young girl I was ritualistically
indoctrinated into the religion of Bambi and 101 Dalmatians. A belief
system that made it clear that cruelty to animals of any kind was wrong,
eating meat was cruel, wearing leather was vicious, and fur was murder.
I will not deny that I was a one time member of PETA when I was a
teenager, I will also not deny that for 5 years I was a strict
vegetarian, terrified of eating anything that was given to me for fear
it had once breathed and lived. I had allowed my mind to be brainwashed
by trite cartoons, and Pamela Anderson. As someone who has been
concerned with the state of the environment since I was 8 years old,
doing the right thing and being responsible has always been uppermost in
my mind. So imagine the shock, when I inherited a full length white
mink coat with white fox collar and matching hat. The bizarre thing is
that as soon as the coat rested on my shoulders I felt fantastic, right
so it was a bit small as I am not a 4 foot tall Polish woman but rather 5
ft 11 inches tall. The lining needs replacement, and the sleeves have
seen better days. But other than that the coat is in perfect condition,
and I felt like a 1940s film star in it. As soon as the realization that
the wearing of fur was this intoxicating washed over me, an inbred
feeling of intense guilt took over. Research was in order I was not
going to wear something if I was torturing small furry creatures. Even
if they were incredibly luxurious and warm.
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