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Fur Fashion Is Very Real

Fur Is Fashion

Fashionably Furry

American Cat Lynx Fur Jacket.Fur fashion is real.

Fur fashion is real, believe it. The world of style and textile is vast. There are many materials utilized in manner. Everything from cotton to polyester to silk and just about everything in between is fashion.

The fashion industry as a whole is a visual feast for the eyes in terms of the different products it turns out annually. Fashion trends are often cyclical.

A style that may have been prevalent decades ago can once again become relevant.

What becomes a trend is dependent upon several factors. The designer in question can will a style into popularity based on that designer’s street credibility with consumers. Style trend can spring forth from an art film or televised program (Sex In The City was a vast fashion go-to program for many viewers worldwide).

A fashion trend can spring forth from a segment of the populace at large. Cultural attire ascribed to particular ethnic groups can become fashionable style elements. The point is fashion is a movable feast.
Few fashion styles, however, remain iconic and relevant consistently through the decades.

Fur fashion is such a style that always remains relevant and in demand.

https://fursbygartenhaus.com/2017/04/19/versatile-fur-style-wear-fur-fashion-every-occasion/

Fur Is Forever

Fur coats on the red carpet Marilyn Monroe

Fur fashion Is Real

Style and fur have coexisted for as long as there have been contemporary fashion. Once, strictly the clothing attire of royalty, fur coats, and fur accessories became synonymous with elite glamour and high station in life.

Hollywood stoked the public desire for anything fur by making the high-end fashion statements omnipresent in a plethora of films.

The Hollywood starlet( premiere studio actress) became the personal vehicle for fur presentation to the masses. Audrey Hepburn to Marlena Dietrich to Marilyn Monroe and countless others moved the show when it came to the Fur coat.

The many thousands of fur lovers worldwide attest to the fashion credibility and staying power of the fur coat.

https://www.realsimple.com/beauty-fashion/clothing/timeless-fashion-trends

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Marc Kaufman Furs Mahogany Mink Fur Coat

Marc Kaufman Furs has been one of the world foremost furriers for nearly 150 years. The Kaufman’s produced some of the world’s most beautiful furs for five generations and three centuries.

Thousands of fur coat lovers globally that have been serviced by Marc Kaufman Furs. Their design and production facilities are one of the best in the business.

The flagship location is located in New York City, literally a block away from the world-famous venue, Madison Square Garden. Their exact address is 212 west 30th street, New York, New York,10001.

Shop the Marc Kaufman Furs online store around the clock, all year, worldwide. Real fur is fashionable. It always will be. Marc Kaufman Furs is the furrier that keeps it real.

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Mink Fur Mystique Equals Desire

Mink Fur is not Mythology

Mink Fur Mystique Equals Desire Marc Kaufman Furs

Mink Fur Mystique Equals Desire Marc Kaufman Furs

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The mystique surrounding furs adorned as outerwear goes back millennia. The fur coat mystique has grown considerably from its inauspicious presence during the stone age(supposedly) to Greeks, Greek legends, and Romans. It has evolved in appeal 180 degrees from that time.

Mink Fur Mystique Equals Desire Marc Kaufman Furs

Mink Fur Mystique Equals Desire Marc Kaufman Furs

Fur and skin were essential commodities in the Mediterranean area, and the Phoenicians and Assyrians traded for exotic furs from Asia and Africa. Fur garments are also mentioned as gifts in Homer’s Iliad. Particularly wealthy Romans appreciated luxurious and beautiful furs. The emperor Honorius issued a decree in 397 AD that forbad his court to wear fur – probably to ensure its high trading value.

Mink Fur Mystique Equals Desire Marc Kaufman Furs

Mink Fur Mystique Equals Desire Marc Kaufman Furs

Materials and Fabric Used in the Elizabethan Era

A wide variety of fabrics like velvet, silk, satin, damask, fur, and taffeta were used extensively for Royal Wear.

These exotic materials, imported from different areas all over the world for Royalty. The Queen and her relatives were allowed to wear gold or gold tissue clothing as embellishment. Also, clothes trimmed with ermine permitted to Royalty. Nobles were allowed to wear clothes trimmed with fox or otter fur.

The Roaring 20’s and The Fur Coat Craze

Fur Coats Roaring 20's Marc Kaufman Furs

Fur Coats Roaring 20’s Marc Kaufman Furs

https://www.messynessychic.com/2014/11/26/the-1920s-college-kids-and-the-fur-pimp-coat-craze/

Raccoon coats set the trend in the 1920s & 30s men’s fashion and sparked a voracious demand for the extravagant garment across the country.

If a man could afford a fur coat, he had one; bankers, salespeople, and students alike used the style to signify or improve their social status.
If you were an Ivy League undergrad in the 1920s with a reputation to keep, you wouldn’t have seen at the homecoming game without one.

The trend allegedly emerged as a result of Davy Crockett mania and widespread interest by an elite group of young white Americans in his stories.

It spread even further by famous prominent band music jazz musicians embraced by the students who sang about the Ivy-league fur fad. In 1928, George Olsen released a recording highlighting the trend called “Doin’ the Raccoon.”

The Golden Age Of Cinema and Fur Coats

The Golden Age Of Cinema and Fur Coats Marc Kaufman Furs

The Golden Age Of Cinema and Fur Coats Marc Kaufman Furs

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Marilyn Monroe Furs

Marilyn Monroe is the powerful symbol of seductive beauty and charisma of the ’50s and ’60s. She loved furs of all kinds—including mink, fox, and a chinchilla—on and off-screen. Pictured above, Marilyn is wearing a natural mink collar with brown satin lining. This fur was a particular favorite of the late star; she wore it often while living in New York City. On a few occasions, she wore this shawl for famous fashion and celebrity photographer Milton H. Greene. She was also spotted wearing this piece during off-hours of the filming for The Prince and The Showgirl.

From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to My Fair Lady, Miss Audrey Hepburn holds a legendary class status and sophistication. She’s known for her innocent charm and enchanting eyes for many decades. Her classic little black dress and pearls are still a fashion staple, but Audrey also incorporated fur into her wardrobe.

Although she was an icon during Hollywood’s Golden Age, modern celebrities rally around her timeless style. Audrey inspires stars like Taylor Swift, Olivia Wilde, and Anne Hathaway: When asked what “chic” means to her, Hathaway responded: “I instantly think of Audrey Hepburn—she could do no wrong. Her style was revolutionary. She was ladylike without being stuffy.”

https://www.articlecube.com/classic-fur-inspiration-hollywood-legends-yesterday

Fur Stylings : The 60’s,70’s ,80’s and 90’s

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Famous-Faces-In-Fur-Fashion-1960s-1970s-1980s Marc Kaufman Furs

Fur Styling 1960’s

The fur styling during the 1960s through to the ’90s was one of nuevo chic. There were retro elements as well as harkening back to old Hollywood as well. The overarching narrative of the fur coat during this period was one of functional, wearable fashion sense. A slew of notable celebrities and global potentates led the way towards this end. Fur fashion caught fire everywhere(and with many). The pursuit of a fur coat was a primary accessory goal for both men and women. It became a clear statement of one’s economic “arrival.”

https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/90s-fashion-trends

https://www.furinsider.com/famous-faces-in-fur-the-90s/

Madonna Fur Coat Fashion Marc Kaufman Furs

Madonna Fur Coat Fashion Marc Kaufman Furs

Furs in The 21st Century

21st Century Fur Fashion Marc Kaufman Furs

21st Century Fur Fashion Marc Kaufman Furs

Rhianna in Fur

The fur coat fashion disposition of the 21st century is all about the individual fashion statement. The 21st-century fur fashion scene is infused with a new sense of personal style statement and purpose/practicality.

The utilization of mink fur fashion remained pronounced in entertainment and celebrity spheres of influence. Though still substantial, the cost saw a reduction that made the fur coat acquisition possible for fur lovers.

The fur coat’s value and substance (both real and intrinsic) remain at a high bar. The fur industry itself has done a self purge that left a remaining few manufacturers and retailers. Marc Kaufman Furs is primary amongst this group.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/fashion/fur-is-back-in-fashion-and-debate.html

 

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Joe Namath Marc Kaufman Furs

 

Marc Kaufman Furs is one of the few remaining top-flight furriers still in existence on the planet. Marc Kaufman Furs is the oldest furrier in the United States of America. They have designed and manufactured outstanding fur creations for almost 150 years. Their global online sales store is second to none amongst furriers. The flagship store is located at 212 west 30th street, New York City, New York 10001.

The narrative of the fur coat is an ever-evolving one. Marc Kaufman Furs remains at the forefront of this evolutionary story. They will continue to be, as long as fur coat fashion exists.

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Winter Fur Coats For All

Winter Fur Coats

How To Chill In Cold Weather Conditions

Chinchilla Fur Jacket

Chinchilla Fur Jacket

Winter fur coats for all are the answer to cold climatic conditions. There is no doubt about this. Nothing compares to the warmth and practicality of a well made fur coat. The desire and need to remain warm and comfortable in cold weather is real. The winter fur coat is the overwhelming affirmative answer to that need.

Womens Red White Peppermint Fox Fur Coat

Womens Red White Peppermint Fox Fur Coat

Most fur coats provide a form of outerwear warmth that requires no additional layering in most cases. This makes the wearing of a fur coat practical. It also makes traveling in them a fluid experience. There is no sense of  bearing uncomfortable weight. Furs coats do not need to be heavy in order to provide warmth and comfort. The design and styling of fur coats has been adjusted for a fashionable presentation. This synthesis of style/fashion and practicality,has transformed the fur coat into a wearable outerwear staple.

Mens Black Persian Lamb Fur Coat Black Fox Fur Collar

Mens Black Persian Lamb Fur Coat Black Fox Fur Collar

Winter fur coats for women and men have been in vogue for quite some time. There is currently a resurgence underway regarding this outerwear phenomenon. Marc Kaufman Furs has been at the epicenter of fur fashion trends for nearly 150 years. This Five generation fur fashion concern has served thousands of clients world wide. Celebrity personalities,political power houses ,sports giants and rank and file consumers have all patronized Marc Kaufman Furs. They have provided the highest quality fur coat fashion outerwear attire spanning three centuries.

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Joe Namath Marc Kaufman FursFur coats are a must for winter and cold climates. Their practical and stylish utilization are undeniable. The global online store for Marc Kaufman Furs is accessible to all consumers at al times. The Marc Kaufman Furs flagship sore in New York City is located at 212 west 30th street in the heart of midtown,New York City. Seek out Marc Kaufman Furs as the furrier of first and last resort for all of your fur needs.

 

 

 

 

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Fur Coat Fur Accessory Gifts

Fur Coat Fur Accessory Gifts

Furs For Everyone

Fur coat gifts Marc Kaufman Furs

Fur coat gifts Marc Kaufman Furs

 

That time of year is upon us. The gift giving season is here. Fur coats are a gift item you should consider for that certain special someone(or people) in your life. There are extravagant gifts that have no basis in practicality. Fur coats are a luxury (albeit affordable) item with a practical utility about them. A fur coat is a special item for special recipients this holiday season.

Fur coat gifts Marc Kaufman Furs

Fur coat gifts Marc Kaufman Furs

Fur coats come in many colors. Seasonal colors are omnipresent now in the best of furrier showrooms,such as Marc Kaufman Furs. Marc Kaufman Furs is the furrier of first resort for holiday fur coat shoppers. Their high quality and cost affordable attributes make them a must shop stop for fur coat lovers and fashion aficionados everywhere.

Womens Red White Peppermint Fox Fur Coat

Womens Red White Peppermint Fox Fur Coat

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This holiday season(and beyond) will be an unrelenting cold weather experience for 2018. This reason alone justifies your acquisition of a fur coat to gift to another. Nothing beats the combination of luxury and practicality. A fur coat is possessed of both attributes. Men,women and children can service all their fur coat and fur accessory needs at Marc Kaufman Furs. Marc Kaufman Furs has been amongst the best furriers in the world for nearly 150 years as a multi generational  family run business.

Mens Black Section Mink Fur Coat Black Fox Fur Collar

Mens Black Section Mink Fur Coat Black Fox Fur Collar

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Tis the season of giving. When next surfing the world wide web,feel free to make it a point to review the Marc Kaufman Furs global online store. Hundreds of beautiful,noteworthy styles and designs await you. If ever in the metro New York City area,stop by the Marc Kaufman Furs flagship store at 212 west30th street between 7th and 8th avenues. You are sure to find a fur coat for a special someone or someones in your life.

 

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2020 is the year of the contemporary fur. The winter season is in full swing, and the collective fashion consciousness gears towards clothing articles that generate warmth and glamour. Fur enters stage right. Marc Kaufman continues to push the envelope on the fur lifestyle. Their followers are legion and are ever-growing. Our collection of coats has grown exponentially in style and color patterns. The fits are even more precise. The statements are bold.

Sexy in Mink

Sexy in Mink

Furs rock in 2020. Furs continues to rock on our social media sites on Facebook and Instagram. We intend to surround you with the Marc Kaufman fur experience every minute of the day. Our high-quality garments and competitive pricing set us apart from other furriers.

Blue Iris Mink Stroller Silver Fox Collar

Blue Iris Mink Stroller Silver Fox Collar

Finally, to reiterate, furs rock in 2020. Even our friends over at Rogue Music Store agree (how else do you think we got the guitar in insert pic number 2 ?). So we wade into 2020 full of excitement and a ton of hot looking for all shapes, sizes, and occasions. Men, women, and children comprise our customer base. If we do not have it, we can make it on-premises at our NYC sales store at 212 w 30th street, NY. Come in and see us and rock out with a fur( or two, or three). Marc Kaufman is your destination store for the ultimate experience.

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Fur Fashion Coats The Perfect Luxury Gift

Fur Fashion Coats is the Perfect Luxury Gift for any special occasion

Black Gray Rex Rabbit Stroller

Black Gray Rex Rabbit Stroller

Fur Fashion amazing. I mean genuinely, they are. There is an all-consuming elegance and practicality to fashion seekers. They are both desired as a luxurious self-indulgence while still be instruments of warmth and covering. A large number of women and men view fashion in the same context.

Two Toned Whiskey Mink Stroller

Two Toned Whiskey Mink Stroller

Whiskey Knit Mink Poncho

Fur Fashion

2020 will be a continuation of the fur fashion coats lovers experience. Marc Kaufman will again be at the front of the fur experience. Kaufman online will launch a revised larger than life website in January 2020. Facebook.com/marckaufman and www.Instagram.com/Marc_kaufmanNyc will feature new video installments each month along with current news items relating to the fashion business.

Fur lovers of the world unite and delight.

 

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Weather breaks for Fur New York City Sales

Fur New York City

26 Jan 2015, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA — Snow covered Central Park pond during winter with the midtown Manhattan skyline in the backdrop at dusk, New York City. — Image by © Marcaux/Ocean/Corbis

Fur New York City, sales have begun.

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 January 2019,  Fur New York City, has arrived with little fanfare on the weather front. After sustaining spring-like temperatures for the balance of fall and the start of winter, the big chill has arrived in New York City! Marc Kaufman Furs is ready with a fresh inventory of assorted furs to keep the fur lover warm and cozy for the winter.Kaufmanfurs.com online is also up and running with exciting fur fashions for the discerning fur lover. Facebook.com/marckaufmanfurs will keep you posted on new and upcoming changes in our inventory and sales programs. Instagram.com/marc_kaufman_furs_nyc is our social media site featuring exciting excerpts from our photo and video shoots performed regularly.

 

Amazing Red Fox Fur Stroller Cross Cut Hood marc Kaufman furs NYC Fur Store

Amazing Red Fox Fur Stroller Cross Cut Hood marc Kaufman furs NYC Fur Store

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 Marc Kaufman Furs has it in varied styles and colors of Fox jackets, lynx coats, minks strollers, sable jackets. We service men women and limited styles for children. 

The Kaufman’s furs have a complete array of fur fashion offerings as well. Fur accessories such as fur hats, fur scarves, and fur earmuffs are also in stock to keep our fur lovers warm from head to toe.

 2019 promises to be an exciting one for our fur lovers. Marc Kaufman furs has several unique designer fur coats in a limited edition this year for men. These fur coats are amazing tapestry creations that look outstanding. Images of some of these coats will be available to preview on Kaufmanfurs.com, Facebook.com/marckaufmanfurs, and Instagram.com/marc_kaufman_furs_nyc. 

Marc Kaufman Furs of NY, A name you can trust since 1870. Manufacturing the finest mink, sable, chinchilla, fox fur coats and jackets.

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Fur Is Back Big Time Marc Kaufman Furs NYC

Fur Is Back Big Time — Here’s Why

Jenna Sauers

Jenna Sauers

As we recently learned, the fur industry is booming. Global fur sales rose by 70% from 2000 to 2010. Annual sales of fur pelts reached $15-16 billion, according to the fur industry’s trade association, during the winter of 2010-11 (pelts are sold during a season that runs from around October through March, and the 2010-11 season is the most recent for which figures were available). An industry spokesperson attributed the rise primarily to two factors: designers who have incorporated small amounts of fur into a wider array of garments, making fur an option in warmer climates, and “a younger generation whose passion is not animal rights.”

This development is surprising to anyone who remembers the highly publicized battles over fur and animal welfare of the 1980s and 1990s. Back then, shocking depictions of the cruelty inherent in fur production — often in the form of polemical and, critics said, misleading videos produced by pro-animal-rights fringe groups — were only starting to reach a wider audience. Protesters were omnipresent at fashion week and public pressure to avoid fur was high. Anna Wintour was served a skinned raccoon at the Four Seasons. It seemed like every week another of your favorite celebrities was stripping off for a PETA ad. By turn of the millennium, the moral issue of fur seemed settled, and fur itself seemed like a relic of a bygone age — something that your grandparents’ generation had misguidedly believed was okay, like golliwog dolls or smoking during pregnancy. The idea of wearing something so thoroughly politicized and icky as fur just seemed ugly. Popular culture kept up with the times: when Lily Esposito chided Mary Cherry for her mink coat on Popular, Mary Cherry looked like the spoiled, amoral wench that she was.

Fur Is Back Big Time — Here's Why

But during the 2000s, things changed. Designers who hadn’t previously shown fur on the runway began showing it; designers who had previously shown some, showed more. Designers who had publicly pledged to abjure fur, like Giorgio Armani, went back on their word — as did a good number of those overexposed PETA “faces.” (Naomi Campbell even went so far as to do an ad campaign for the furrier Dennis Basso.) Fur began to creep back into fashion magazine pages. 1990s grunge and minimalism gave way to 2000s bling and ostentation. And now, fur is back in a big way. This year’s fall runways? Among the designers who showed fur and/or shearling were Alexander McQueen, Dolce & Gabbana, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Prada, Rebecca Minkoff, Salvatore Ferragamo, Tom Ford, Vivienne Westwood, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Fur Is Back Big Time — Here's Why

This reversal is not merely the result of a cultural trend meeting its inevitable backlash. It’s also a story of economics, and of the fur industry’s quiet battle to rebrand its product as sustainable, natural, and luxurious.

Fashion is still a very top-down business. A fur coat in a designer’s fall collection might retail for $10,000 and be ordered by a handful of stores; but that fur coat’s value in visibility for fur as a whole helps sell thousands of $60 rabbit-trimmed Michael Kors hats and $400 coyote-trimmed men’s jackets at Macy’s. To help make fur a trend that pops up in magazine editorials and online, fur suppliers often sponsor designers, giving them free product to incorporate into their seasonal collections and even sending them on junkets. In 2010, the New York Times reported that one Scandinavian supplier, Saga Furs, gave fur to Cushnie et Ochs, Thakoon, Brian Reyes, Wayne, Derek Lam, Proenza Schouler and Richard Chai. It also paid for three designers to go on a junket:

Last summer, for example, the designers Alexander Wang and Haider Ackermann, plus Alexa Adams and Flora Gill of Ohne Titel were flown to Copenhagen for weeklong visits to the design studios of Saga Furs, a marketing company that represents 3,000 fur breeders in Finland and Norway. Saga Furs regularly sponsors such design junkets.

Another fur supplier, the North American Fur Auctions, gave furs that year to Bibhu Mohapatra and Prabal Gurung. “We want to make sure fur is on the pages of magazines around the world,” said the NAFA’s director of marketing at the time. “The way to do that is to facilitate the use of fur by designers.”

Fur Is Back Big Time — Here's Why

Fur industry organizations sponsor design contests at top fashion schools, including Parsons and the Fashion Institute of Technology. (So does PETA, which enjoyed some institutional support at Parsons back when Tim Gunn was dean of its fashion school.) The prizes are often lavish, including free international travel and tens of thousands of dollars worth of product — perfect for a young designer who needs backing to launch a line. It’s no accident that fur is increasingly present on the runways: the fur industry has spent years patiently working to re-legitimize and de-stigmatize its product in the eyes of a new generation of fashion tastemakers, and fur’s current boom is the fruit of their labors. A 2007 ad campaign even called fur “the natural, responsible choice.” Alice Olivia designer Stacey Bendet, herself a vegan, wears fur and uses it in her collection. “It doesn’t make sense,” she once admitted. “Something about putting it inside me feels really barbaric. Something about wearing it just feels a little glamorous.”

Fur Is Back Big Time — Here's Why

Established designers like Zac Posen now see no downside to collaborating with fur brands — c.f. Posen’s collection for Pologeorgis. Even a series of minor scandals over fur labeling hasn’t served to set back the industry.

Five years ago, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk said that only “old fogey designers like Karl Lagerfeld and so on” used fur, and that fashion’s new generation just wasn’t that into fur. Clearly, Newkirk was wrong.

In the past decade, fur has gone from being a kind of ethical third rail to just one point on the developing moral questionnaire of modern living. Maybe you care more about the environmental degradation, animal cruelty, and labor issues brought up by the leather tanning industry, or factory farms. Perhaps you think nothing of wearing vintage fur because to throw out a useful garment smacks of waste. Maybe you believe, like Silvia Fendi, that real fur is preferable to fake because, as she put it, “We did a collection of fake fur several years ago but found it is the most polluting thing for the environment.” Perhaps you feel a little like Kelis, who concluded a long MySpace rant against PETA by weighing concern over animal welfare to concern for the human beings who toil in sweatshops and in the fields. “Underpaid minorities picking your vegetables, now that’s fine for you right?” asked Kelis. “Don’t waste my time trying to save the dang chipmunk!”

 

Whatever the case, fur is back in a big way. And it seems to be here to stay for the foreseeable future.

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Fur is Back in Fashion with a Vengeance

Fur is Back in Fashion with a Vengeance: Will You Embrace It?

by Nora Crotty


Two Tone Brown and Black Mink Coat Puffed Collar exclusively from Marc Kaufman Furs’ collectionSupporters call it “natural” and “sustainable.” Opposers say it’s cruel and inhumane. But whichever side you fall on, there’s no denying that fur had a major presence on the fall 2013 runways this past month, being hailed as one of the biggest trends for next season.

Golden Sable Coat

Golden Sable Coat

Striped, dyed, embossed, and manipulated, the sheer amount of real animal fur we saw this fashion month was more overwhelming than we remembered from seasons past. We scoured through every single photo of every single collection that walked this season and found that a startling 70% of the designers who showed during fashion month used fur in at least one look. Several collections, including those by Altuzarra, Marc Jacobs, and Louis Vuitton, incorporated fur into over 20 looks. Others still, like J.Mendel, Marni, and Giambattista Valli, used fur in more than 30.

And then there was Fendi. Karl Lagerfeld apparently had some fuzzy vision happening while designing the Italian label’s fall line: Every single look from the 40+ piece collection featured multiple instances of fur usage, including (but certainly not limited to) coats, handbags, sunglasses, shoes, and even mohawk-esque hair pieces made of dyed fox. Needless to say, there were zero PETA pie-ings reported.

So is it safe to say that fur has finally fallen back into favor? Wearing fur has always been a hot button issue. Once considered the most regal and luxurious of materials, the animal rights movement first brought attention to the alleged wrongdoings of the fur trade in the late 1970s. In that same vein, the Internet age has beckoned an onslaught of viral anti-fur videos showing the horrific living (and dying) conditions of innocent animals skinned alive for their pelts–inspiring a new generation to think anti-fur. Veganism, more prevalent than ever amongst health-freaks and animals lovers alike (see: Anne Hathaway), promotes a lifestyle completely devoid of eating–or wearing–anything that once had a face. Not to mention the city of West Hollywood, California’s historic ban on the selling of fur products, slated to go into effect this September.

White Mink Coat Full Length

White Mink Coat Full Length

According to Keith Kaplan, executive director of the Fur Information Council of America, the case against fur is due mostly to a lack of education–and the fashion world is at the forefront of changing those misconceptions. “Designers have done their homework,” he told us via email. “They have come to recognize that the fur industry is committed to the humane and responsible treatment of animals and that no industry is more highly regulated at local, national, and international levels.”

Dyed Green Silver Fox Fur Vest, exclusively from Marc Kaufman Furs in NYCKaplan went on to describe fur as an eco-friendly option, calling it a “natural, renewable, biodegradable resource”–and thus a smarter choice than synthetic fur, which he says is petroleum-based, non-renewable, and manufactured in such a manner that “releases harmful chemicals into the atmosphere.”

Furthermore, “fur has a unique and unparalleled richness and texture that even the best of faux cannot replicate,” says Kaplan–which may explain why Marc Jacobs chose to show almost cartoon-like, stuffed animal-looking stoles for fall, made of very real animal fur.

Of course Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour has made no secret of her penchant for the real stuff and is often credited with introducing it back into fashion. Countless verbal and physical attacks from anti-fur protesters (including a raccoon carcass-bombing during dinner) haven’t dissuaded the first lady of fashion from using it in her editorials since she began her rein in the late ’80s.

But were the fall runways a sign of the fashion industry going green, or something more sinister? PETA‘s Danielle Katz told us that fur-friendly designers, such as Karl Lagerfeld, “use dead animals for shock value” and that, as far as the general public is concerned, “fur remains as popular as a cold sore.”

royal blue mink coat

royal blue mink coat

Katz could be on the right track about the latter. After all, it was our shock at the prevalence of fur at shows like Lagerfeld’s Fendi that lead us to investigate fur’s current social standing in the first place. As for the public’s opinion, is the general populace really looking for a tube of Abreva big enough to wipe out the fur industry–or is the fashion industry simply responding to society’s fever for fur?

We consulted data polling site Gallup.com for the cold, hard, fur facts. Gallup’s most recent survey on the subject, conducted in May 2012, asked participants whether they considered wearing fur morally acceptable. Of the 1024 people included, a resounding 60% saw fur as morally acceptable–a 4% increase from the same poll taken one year earlier. However, in 2012, only 35% believed fur to be morally wrong–a 4% decrease from the 39% who were totally anti-fur in 2011.

Dyed Blue Silver Fox exclusively from Marc Kaufman Furs in NYCThere are of course, as with any poll, various factors at play here, including the age, education, and income of the participants. But if these numbers say anything, it’s that fur’s approval rating has only increased in the past year–and the fashion industry, per usual, is totally in tune.

But what say you? Will you be clamoring for real-fur everything next season and turn your cheek at your house pets’ third cousins, or would you rather save the animals but potentially upset Mother Nature in doing so? Can there ever be a middle-ground when it comes to fur in fashion? We want to hear what you think.

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Two Tone Brown Black Mink Fur Jacket 9944

Two Tone Brown Black Mink Fur Jacket 9944

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Red Fox Fur Stroller with Belt & Hood, exclusively from Marc Kaufman Furs in NYC

Marc Kaufman Furs in New York City, NY ships your fur purchases and rentals to wherever you may be: Chicago, Illinois, Detroit, Michigan, Buffalo, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, California, Minnesota, Seattle, Washington, Philadelphia, Taos, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Atlanta, Georgia, Portland, Oregon, Park City, Utah, Idaho, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Montana, Aspen, Colorado, Missouri, Anchorage, Alaska, Moscow, Russia, London, UK, England, Seoul, South Korea, Geneva, Gstaad, Lausanne, Zurich, Switzerland, Germany, Paris, Chamonix, France, Austria, Italy, Dubai, UAE, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, China, Tokyo, Osaka, Japan, Toronto, Whistler, British Columbia, Quebec, Canada, Helsinki, Finland, Stockholm, Sweden, Copenhagen, Oslo, Norway, Melbourne, Sydney, Australia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Singapore; to all 50 States, and just about anywhere else in the World! With over 2000 quality furs to choose from, and the option to design your own, Marc Kaufman Furs of NYC has the most extensive online fur selection in the World.