Do people still wear fur coats?

amother

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 2:48 pm

Just wondering. Recently inherited a fur coat and don’t want to look like an odd ball for wearing it.

Cheiny

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 2:54 pm

amother OP wrote:

Just wondering. Recently inherited a fur coat and don’t want to look like an odd ball for wearing it.

A lot of people consider it in bad taste especially since animals are tortured in order to make them.

MGmom

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 2:56 pm

Still wearing mines from a couple years ago. Don’t have much opportunities since NY winters aren’t so brutal but when I do, I really enjoy it. Feel regal and beautiful.

Ruchel

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 3:06 pm

Heard you might get attacked, hopefully only verbally but...

amother

Cherry

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 3:07 pm

Inherited my grandmas and wear it every shabbos in the Winter. I love it and get tons of compliments

amother

Lemonlime

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 3:12 pm

My mother inherited my grandmother's about thirty years ago. It hung in the closet for about ten years, then disappeared when we did renovations. I never thought that people were still wearing them.

simcha12plus

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 3:18 pm

lots of people are wearing fur.
go to a winter simcha. you will see many fur coats.

shabbatiscoming

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 3:21 pm

When my grandmothers passed away, my mother inherited both of theirs. I think there were 3 or 4 in all. She never had any hava mina of wearing them. She gave them away.

amother

Butterscotch

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 3:25 pm

I’m in town and don’t see them often, except on much older ladies.

amother

NeonBlue ↓

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 3:36 pm

All the Hungarian ladies used to wear them in shul on the Upper West Side in the 80s and 90s. Have not seen them much since. My mil offered to get me one for my 30th birthday (many years ago.) I declined in favor of a Pearl bracelet. I would say they are both out of style, but the word is that pearls are back. This may also be community specific for both.

LadyGodiva

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 4:22 pm

Love my furs. I know lots of people who wear fur.

amother

Orchid

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 5:00 pm

Chassidish ladies still wear to simchos
Everyone else fake fur but it’s still stylish

amother

Bottlebrush

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 5:16 pm

I am in my 50's (just for reference) and I still wear my furs. I am also a huge fan of pearls and have brought mine back out the last few years.

amother

↑ NeonBlue

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 5:46 pm

I’m with you on the pearls, bottlebrush. They never went out of style with me! I’m a vegetarian, so I’d probably opt for the faux fur.

amother

Acacia

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 6:06 pm

Nothing says warm stylish elegance like fur
❤️
Nothing keeps me warm through brutal winters like fur
Know many who wear
Perhaps depends upon the climate

amother

Violet

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 6:12 pm

amother NeonBlue wrote:

OMG yes, I used to sit behind the coat rack in shul and stroke the furs lol... old UWS was the best

kitov

Sun, Oct 20 2024, 7:00 pm

Right now, black wool belted long coats are the new shabbos trend.

Furs is a considered old this season.

Don't worry, give it a year or so and it will make a strong comeback.

amother

Dimgray

Mon, Oct 21 2024, 11:00 pm

Just bought one last year, 40 years old, I love it and it keeps me warm when I go out on shabbos.

eta14

Mon, Oct 21 2024, 11:04 pm

A shorter fur coat, absolutely. A longer fur coat, not so much. Reminds me of the women in my family. They all wore their fur coats in the dead of winter for a fancy night out.