Real fur is fashionable in London again — why Gen Z loves wearing dead foxes

Have you noticed — London has started to resemble a zoo. Not for lack of decorum, mind you, but the sheer number of animal pelts cloaked on people’s backs. 

Mink, foxes, weasels, racoons, beavers —you name it; the whole bloody menagerie, not so long ago chain-locked inside wardrobes, is skipping out in pairs like Noah’s Ark the musical. The memory of naked supermodels clinging to PETA placards has, in 30 years, finally faded.

And in what might come as a surprise to some, (born 1997 - 2012) and young adults are behind the resurgence. Not very woke, vegan, soup splattered painting and a shrine to Greta Thunberg at the foot of the bed, you say. Quite. But they have an updated guide book when it comes to sustainability ethics — and don't