This years fashion week has shown the likes of Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs and Alexander Wang all incorporating fur into their extravagant ready-to-wear designs, be it coats, bags or accessories.
It appears these designers love using fur and aren't scared to show it off! Young designer, Mathieu Mirani's fall presentation included gowns with black fox fur panels and he believes using fur is very versatile. He says, "You can use it on a coat, a jacket, or even a dress...You can pair it with leather, sequins, wool" (LeTrent, 2013).
However, some designers have claimed to only use faux fur in their products but have been caught out and real fur has been proven to have been used as well. A five month investigation showed that several garments designed by Marc Jacobs claiming to have faux fur trims actually contained REAL racoon dog fur (Abraham and Williams, 2013). This doesn't leave a good reputation for Marc Jacobs with the animal rights activists now does it?
Below are a few image from the fashion week showing some beautiful examples of what to look forward to this winter.
Below is also a video of Alexander McQueen's fall collection showcasing fur.
References
Abraham, T and Williams, O (2013) Century 21 Under Fire after 'Faux Fur' Marc Jacobs Coats are Revealed to Have Been Made with with pelts of real racoon dog, Daily Mail, 8 March [Online]. Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2290069/Century-21-faux-fur-Marc-Jacobs-coats-revealed-pelts-REAL-raccoon-dog.html.(Accessed: 17 April 2013).
LeTrant, S (2013) Fur on the Catwalk: Is it Worth the Controversy?, CNN, 15 February [Online]. Available at: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/15/living/fur-controversy-nyfw (Accessed: 17 April 2013.
No comments:
Post a Comment