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Lane Bryant, which is one of few widely available fat grrrl clothing stores, has taken to selling fox fur. I am really, really not down with the production & sale of new fur, and I sent a message to say so.


Dear (person),

Thank you for your recent email.

Our fur items were introduced in direct response to customer requests for these fashion-forward items. As with any fashion item, they may not appeal to all of our customers. We hope that those who do not wear fur will continue to choose Lane Bryant for other great fashion options.

We appreciate your concern about the products we offer and hope that you will continue to shop with www.lanebryant.com.

Sincerely,

Melinda
lanebryant.com Customer Service
www.lanebryant.com

Wait, I thought fur was a fashion disaster from the eighties? Since when is cruelty "fashion forward"? I mean, I realize I wear some leather shoes, and I certainly eat a share of meat, but wearing fur isn't simply being too lazy to respect animal life - it's going out of your way to be mean. Unless you kill your animal, eat it and then wear its skin.

Even if your gender, size or taste keeps you from shopping there no matter what, would you consider contacting them? I'd really really really like it for Lane Bryant to be inundated with anti-fur letters.

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Date: 2005-10-07 08:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chubbyninja.livejournal.com
where being fat is strongly correlated with being at least liberal enough to hate the fur

not trying to spark anything, but im not sure i understand how one affects the other.

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Date: 2005-10-07 11:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keryx.livejournal.com
That's what I'm saying. I live in a bubble of liberal fat folk, so I think that all fat folk are like us. And... whoa, maybe they're not.

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Date: 2005-10-07 11:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chubbyninja.livejournal.com
gotcha... just wondering.

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Date: 2005-10-07 11:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] arovd.livejournal.com
That's ok, T lives in a bubble of liberal journalists... I keep trying to convince her that the rest of the world isn't like that, but she's stubbornly optimistic.

She's always SHOCKED, shocked I tell you to find out other people don't agree with her on everything.

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Date: 2005-10-07 12:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] keryx.livejournal.com
That's because everyone should agree with us! They would if they just had the right information!

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