The Sound and the Furry

Sorry for the lack of updating; I live in the Northeast of the US, and have been without power for days due to the storms. Having no water has definitely taken it's toll, and being without heat has been more than inconvenient. If only I had a fur coat. Faux, of course!

Now that fashion month has strutted it's final runway, we can see a serious pattern emerging: the fur was flying! According to the New York Times, who gets their information from Style.com (who doesn't?), over two thirds of New York designers have returned to fur. Who has the money for that, especially in a recession? Carine Roitfeld obviously does, as she was seen at NYFW in an Ohne Titel fox coat.

We expect a pro-fur argument from the likes of Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta, but what about Thakoon or Derek Lam?

What is the general consensus on fur? Is just a touch, here or there, acceptable, or do you do the full-on mink coat? Personally, the idea of wearing the skin of something that used to breathe, have sex with others of its own kind, and live in the wilderness kind of grosses me out. But what about other options: is faux fur a faux-pas? In my opinion at that stage it's just tacky. Fur is a status symbol, and imitation fur is imitation status.