Role of Fur in the Fashion Industries

Admittedly, It is hard or even impossible to imagine the future of winter fashion in the absence of fur-featuring products certainly after the growing debate on the question of the use of fur in fashion. Once a luxury staple reserved for the upper class, fur is widely used in every other product to further maximize the protection of the wearer when the temperature drops down below zero. 

Even though fur-featuring products are considered to be too expensive and out of the reach of a common man, fashion designers are working to minimize their cost in a bid to reach out to the wider consumer base. Unknown to us, the date of the use of fur clothing is subject to debate among the historians who believe the early humans had learned to make good use of the animal skin to stay warm in cold months. 

It is absolutely wrong to believe the use of fur is limited to outerwear like leather jackets, long tops, and cropped layers. In the past couple of centuries, man has included fur in almost every fashion accessory from rounded hats to the mufflers. However, their use is dominated by the outer layers which are widely used throughout the winter season. 

Even though many brands have taken a step back to say '' No '' to the use of fur in the making of the outerwear due to the growing pressure from the animal rights activists and public, many are still sticking to continue the promotion of fur-collared layers for God knows what reasons. 

As far as the role of fur products in mainstream fashion is concerned, the industry can't go for an option allowing them to get rid of the real fur which will instantly minimize the overall profit of these brands relying solely on the manufacturing of fur-featuring products. 

If you are still unclear about the importance of fur in the mainstream fashion, keep in the uppermost part of your uninformed mind, the majority of the leather coats and jackets supplied to the residents living in the moderately and extremely cold regions are made of fur material.

This further indicates the fashion industry has been unable to provide the consumers with a better replacement to get rid of the real fur products inviting more and more critics to join the growing group of opponents within the world of fashion who are strictly against killing the animals for commercial purposes. 

The overall sales of fur products may have declined in the past couple of years but the statistics prove, millions in profit are still being made by Europeans countries like Italy, Germany and the UK. 

Whereas countries like the U.S and Canada are the relatively smaller contributors to the global sales of fur products signaling a major decline in the centuries-old tradition of eliminating the animals.

Author Bio: Allison Lyons has been responsible for writing over a couple of hundred articles on modern fashion which includes leather accessories, Fantasy Outfits, and the growing trends.