Information About Faux Fur Coats
Fur coats have been considered exclusive and trendy for years, until animal right activists started campaigns to inform shoppers of the inhumane treatment and killing of animals that happens to obtain their fur. Since then, faux fur, or fake fur, coats have become increasingly popular. Most people cannot often even tell the difference between real and faux fur. Opting for faux fur not only lowers the price you will pay for a fur coat, but it also ensures that no animals get poorly treated or slaughtered simply for the sake of fashion.
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Types
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Many different types of faux fur exist to make coats and other products such as handbags, belts and other clothing. Donna Salyers, one of the best selling faux fur designers, uses a popular and lush material in her faux fur designs that is referred to as Kanecaron, a high-end acrylic fiber. It makes the faux fur silky to the touch and can pass for real fur. The majority of faux fur designs include acrylic fabrics with cotton backings, which allow the materials to breathe, unlike real fur. Faux fur manufacturers can mimic every type of fur you could imagine such a leopard, mink and chinchilla.
Identification
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Just the tags themselves can identify most faux fur coats. The coats will have the look and feel of real fur; however, the tags will list the materials out of which the coat is made. If a tag doesn't state anything like mink, lamb or other animals, it is faux fur. Some stores advertise their products as faux fur because a lot of people are switching or going up against real fur retailers. You can also purchase faux fur coats off of specialty retailers that only produce faux fur products.
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Features
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The average consumer could not tell if a fur coat was indeed fake fur, as designers use the best fabric and fibers to mock the look and feel of real fur. According to Salyers, faux fur will even shed like a real fur coat would. You must be just as careful with cleaning your faux fur coat as you would a real fur coat. While the price of faux fur is lower, if you want to get a high-end faux fur coat, the prices do get almost as high as they are for the real thing. Many of them are handmade, so it makes the price higher.
Effects
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Since People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) started its no-fur campaign in 1988, many celebrities and people around the world have given up wearing fur. Faux fur started gaining momentum since 2000, and the more people who become aware of animal rights and cruelty, the more popular faux fur will continue to be.
Warning
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According to the Humane Society of the United States and PETA, some major designers have advertised their coats as faux fur, but they actually contain animal fur, mostly from cats and dogs. Most animal right activists post this information online.
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References
- Photo Credit the girl in a fur coat image by rufar from Fotolia.com
