I think the title of this posting may say it all. The following photos were taken within about fifteen minutes of each other. This week, when it's dipping and staying well-below freezing, I could walk outside at any time and see multiple fur coats and hats. It's been a severe cold snap throughout the country, causing serious problems and even a death or two. The electricy consumption last night in France broke the all-time record, which was last set in Dec 2010, and the temperature has been 11°below (Celsius, that is, or around 12°F), 8° below, warming up to 3° below....
Walking the streets you see women (mostly of-a-certain-age) in their furs. Russian style furs, black furs, brown furs, real furs, fake furs, fur linings, fur accents, ermine furs, sable furs, mink furs (oh, who am I kidding. You know I don't know the different types of furs...). Perhaps many of them are handed down from previous generations, which is what I like to believe when I see them.
It's hard to tell from the tiny photos above, with the black coats. So you could take my word for it. Or you could look at the following photos, taken in a 10-minute-or-so span the following day:
Well, they can't all be inherited furs, because I see this display at the Bon Marché, one of the snazziest department stores in Paris. It's a PETA nightmare!
And they certainly can't all be real furs. You know that expression, "Fur isn't fashion; it's murder"? Well, in this case, fur is most definitely the way to murder fashion. 400€ for these fake furry purses:
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