Hi friends. Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” I am going to switch gears and talk about something that is pretty disappointing.
Recently, the well-known designer, Marc Jacobs, went back on his word regarding the use of real fur in fashion and released a hat that is made entirely out of white fox fur. To top that off, a well-known celebrity, Kim Kardashian, posted photos of herself in that hat supporting real fur. The white fur fox hat currently retails for $1,948.
That particular celebrity had announced in 2019 that she had all of her real furs re-created using fake fur. I find it extremely grotesque that people with such influence can use their voice to help, but instead, they use it to hurt.
The world we live in these days has a lot to do with power, money and influence. When the world sees these famous people promoting animal cruelty, it somehow diminishes the severity of the problem because they make it look “glamorous.” It’s not fashion, it’s violence. The fur industry is responsible for the death of roughly 100 million animals per year. That is an incomprehensible number. I mean, can you imagine? Taking the lives of millions of animals for a designer item that serves no real purpose other than to make someone look good?
Living down here in the Keys where animal abuse, neglect and cruelty is practically non-existent, I think we tend to forget that in some parts of the world, even right here in the United States, this is not only common, it is widely accepted. The fact that farming animals for their fur is still legal in the U.S. is pretty mind-boggling. It seems that certain designers are doubling down and holding their ground or even going back on their word to not use fur because at the end of the day, to them, every dollar matters, not every life. And that, my friends, is sad.
So please, for my sake and for the sake of the millions of animals across the globe that suffer needlessly for something so unnecessary, vote with your wallet. It may take some minutes of your day to go the extra step and research the companies you purchase from. Even if you don’t buy fur, if the stores and businesses you buy from are complicit in cruelty towards animals, find an alternative product.
Anywho, I hope everyone had a safe and Happy Fourth of July. Until next time, Reef, over and out.
