It's the Skins.. Have You Seen Them...

FUR.
A word, that when brought up in conversation (at least within my circle of friends) generally causes an argument. You either love it, or you hate it. Fur is quite the taboo when it's not faux.
Or if you're me, you go completely split personality about it. I harbor a love/hate for fur.
On the one side, I see that killing something just to wear it is wrong. I will not dispute that with you. Fur is quite the taboo when it's not faux.
But on the other hand... I find fur to be luxurious, I love touching furs when I see them in shops or at markets (I know I shouldn't, I can't afford them) I just find it to be so... I can't even express it. I think if I wore a fur, it would make me feel special. Decadent. I would want to sleep in it, just to see if it was as warm as it looks.
I've stopped arguing with myself about fur of late, because my resolution is, if I would eat it, I can wear it. I can't have mink, because noone eats that, BUT I can have rabbit, because I would eat it (and have in the past). Because if you're going to eat it, it would be a shame to waste its fur... Don't look at me like that! Surely you see my point? You eat beef and wear leather don't you?
What got this little pondering started however, was seeing men wearing fur in The Wolfman. It really seemed strange to me, as other than tacky pimp coats, I can't remember seeing men in fur before. And yet here they are, both Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, wearing fur:

Intriguing, no?
I decided to have a little delve into the world that is the fur wearing man, and I found that Gianfranco Ferre has been showing various leather and fur incarnations for men, at the recent menswear shows in Milan, take a little peek:




So.. is men in fur just plain weird or a good look? Personally, I quite like it. Especially the black number in the last photo, although it probably isn't rabbit, is it? Darn it.