Hello all,
I’m looking for some advice on whether I should keep my vintage Lynx fur jacket.
I had never considered wearing a fur coat but I inherited one from my lovely mother-in-law after she passed. Initially I tried selling it, but I realized that the resale market on furs is lacking, meaning there is little interest (at least in my research and experience) and you cannot remotely get the value of fur back. In this case, it’s a $6000 jacket, and I had trouble getting interest below even $1K.
So I decided to start wearing it. And I enjoyed it because it reminded me of my mother-in-law, a connection to her. Admittedly, it is also a beautiful jacket and fits me like a glove.
I know fur is controversal. I am an animal lover so that also complicates my feelings on this jacket. I enjoy it very much for the reasons mentioned, but in the back of my mind is the thought of the animals.
My argument in favour of the jacket: it’s vintage, it’s not directly supporting the new fur industry, it’s a memento and heirloom, it’s already DONE. In my mind, it’s a crime to not have at least someone make use of it rather than the animals dying in vain (in this case, they would have been caught in the wild, not farmed). One can argue that it’s not entirely different from eating meat, and wearing silk and leather products. Heck, every third person in Canada right now is wearing real fur trim on their hats and hoods (including me) and nobody raises an eyebrow.
But once it’s a full fur coat/jacket, it does raise eyebrows. I think because it’s so blatant a display of making use of animal products. Now, I’m not a vegan and don’t intend on becoming one. But before I bought my own fur-trimmed parka filled with down, I did a lot of research on the brand to ensure that the down was from the food industry, and the fur “humanely” sourced. I’m OK with my parka. It’s just the beautiful lynx jacket I can’t decide on.
It doesn’t help that, while wearing it recently and feeling half good and half bad about it, some friends made some pretty off-colour jokes about the lynx jacket. AKA “is the lynx cold?” That was the first and only time I wore it this season.
So my option is to keep the jacket and enjoy it as a vintage family heirloom that I love in many ways, or sell it to someone else for a low amount. Coincidentally, I do have something I want to buy that the jacket could help fund, as well, if I were able to get close to $1K.
Thoughts?
I’m looking for some advice on whether I should keep my vintage Lynx fur jacket.
I had never considered wearing a fur coat but I inherited one from my lovely mother-in-law after she passed. Initially I tried selling it, but I realized that the resale market on furs is lacking, meaning there is little interest (at least in my research and experience) and you cannot remotely get the value of fur back. In this case, it’s a $6000 jacket, and I had trouble getting interest below even $1K.
So I decided to start wearing it. And I enjoyed it because it reminded me of my mother-in-law, a connection to her. Admittedly, it is also a beautiful jacket and fits me like a glove.
I know fur is controversal. I am an animal lover so that also complicates my feelings on this jacket. I enjoy it very much for the reasons mentioned, but in the back of my mind is the thought of the animals.
My argument in favour of the jacket: it’s vintage, it’s not directly supporting the new fur industry, it’s a memento and heirloom, it’s already DONE. In my mind, it’s a crime to not have at least someone make use of it rather than the animals dying in vain (in this case, they would have been caught in the wild, not farmed). One can argue that it’s not entirely different from eating meat, and wearing silk and leather products. Heck, every third person in Canada right now is wearing real fur trim on their hats and hoods (including me) and nobody raises an eyebrow.
But once it’s a full fur coat/jacket, it does raise eyebrows. I think because it’s so blatant a display of making use of animal products. Now, I’m not a vegan and don’t intend on becoming one. But before I bought my own fur-trimmed parka filled with down, I did a lot of research on the brand to ensure that the down was from the food industry, and the fur “humanely” sourced. I’m OK with my parka. It’s just the beautiful lynx jacket I can’t decide on.
It doesn’t help that, while wearing it recently and feeling half good and half bad about it, some friends made some pretty off-colour jokes about the lynx jacket. AKA “is the lynx cold?” That was the first and only time I wore it this season.
So my option is to keep the jacket and enjoy it as a vintage family heirloom that I love in many ways, or sell it to someone else for a low amount. Coincidentally, I do have something I want to buy that the jacket could help fund, as well, if I were able to get close to $1K.
Thoughts?
