We received the following comment on this post about the place of vintage fur in an ethical wardrobe and it was so well written, we thought it warranted the spotlight in a post of its own:

I am launching an online green vintage clothing site in a few weeks and have recently been soul-searching on how to handle vintage fur.

As a vegetarian for well over a decade, I am totally opposed to the use of fur in today’s fashions but I have to admit I still wear my vintage fur pieces.

Somehow having a beautiful vintage fur coat cut-up and used for animal beds or seeing it clogging up a landfill doesn’t seem to honor either the animal who gave its life or the designer or seamstress who toiled for hours to create the garment. That’s why I’ve decided to offer vintage fur on my site but to donate a large percentage of the sales to an animal activist charity.

I know I might incur the wrath of some hard-core environmentalists but every vintage fur sale from my site is one less new fur purchased on the open market. And someday, fingers crossed, enough enlightened souls will walk our planet so the wanton killing of animals for fashion’s sake will cease entirely.

If you’d like to join my VINTAGE CRUSADERS and speak out on this issue or learn more about how you can join a group of hip, happening women who want to look good and do some good for this planet, visit http://www.zuburbia.com.

We salute Zuburbia for their careful consideration of this issue and wish them the best.