Karl Lagerfeld – Fur Is For The Rich

People get more and more coscious about wearing fur and leather as PETA activists promote their pholosophy of Not killing animals. But fashion world doesn’t always react to such appeals and season after season we see designer collections with fabrics and materials made of animals.

The recent Chanel collection for Fall/ Winter 2010/ 2011 featured plenty of fur. Karl Lagerfeld claims all of it was fake. But while using fake fur in his creations he doesn’t say he is against wearing fur at all. The designer states fur should be worn only by those who can afford it.

He said:
"If you cannot afford it, just forget about it. Don’t use it as an investment piece to show people how rich you are. Use it like a cheap knitted thing. It’s like a big stone. Lucky you that you can have a big stone, but if it troubles you financially to have the stone, don’t have the stone. If you can afford it, OK. But if you think it’s an investment, then forget about it.”

Karl admits he “doesn’t like” animals being killed but he has no problems with fur farming because it is a way for people in rural areas to make a living.

He commented to Vice magazine:
"My father was not really a farmer, but I spent my time around the country so I know everything about country life. There’s nothing else to trap in those areas. That’s why I always say, when people talk about not using fur, ‘Are you rich enough to make an income for the people in the north who live from hunting? What do you want them to live off of when there’s nothing else to do?’”