action request!

[keryx]

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.

Comments

[keryx.livejournal.com]

Someone else once theorized that what actually happens is fat women who wear remotely cute clothes all keep those clothes forever. Cause they have to hoard, basically - in case they run out of shopping options.

Anyone who's seen my closet would probably beg to differ, and I do give things away once a year or so - but I bet the supply of clothes available at thrift stores is way lower than the demand.

[fancymcsnazsnaz.livejournal.com]

That makes a lot of sense. I definitely hoard basic stuff - jeans, plain shirts, just about anything black. The trendier stuff gets purged and thrifted at least once a year, though - I have very tiny closets!