He sells vintage fur pieces that can reach prices of $18,000. The animal's life is gone, Valencia said. Giving a fur piece a second life helps him feel that it wasn't a waste.

“Getting my vintage fox fur out for the season, ya’ll can keep the Target one,” snarked one TikTok creator. 6. Gen Z fashionistas on social media are touting their vintage fur finds.

Dear Marylou: I bought a silver fox fur piece at a Paris flea market. Any ideas for making it fashionable for today? (I can't see myself wearing it as is.) -- M.W., Baltimore Dear M.W.: How about ...

The Manhattan Vintage fur-a-palooza was not an isolated incident. As temperatures in New York plunged into the teens and 20s in January, ...

Vintage fur started slinking back into fashion in early 2024, when the “mob wife aesthetic” went viral. The look required a big fur, a French manicure and animal print: ...

Zachary Weiss, a brand consultant in New York, owns four vintage fur coats. Photo: Nick Radford/St. Regis Hotels PETA announced in 2020 that it was ending its long-running “I’d Rather Go Naked ...

Lindsey Brown shows off faux fur, retro sunglasses and a 1980s suede leather crossover bag in her Fells Point vintage shop A Day In June. These are some of the components of the “mob wife ...

Nikoletta Moutsopoulos, 29, with the fur coat and beaded clutch bag she bought in the vintage thrift shop. @nikoletta_moutsopoulos / TikTok. As soon as she spotted the Dior fur coat from the 1960s ...

The "mob wife" look calls for flashy gold jewelry, big sunglasses — and fur coats. Some people are turning to vintage furs as a sustainable option, but critics say it isn't an ethical workaround.

The "mob wife" look calls for flashy gold jewelry, big sunglasses — and fur coats. Some people are turning to vintage furs as a sustainable option, but critics say it isn't an ethical workaround.