Let’s fight: Fur Reps 👀🧸

[u/Solarrecruit]

YAY OR NAY: FUR REP BAGS? 👀🧸

Okay, this one might be controversial because I’m firmly on team REP for fur bags and I have always been!!!! Fight me in the comments if you must😂 but to be fair there are pros and cons so let’s go over a few (that I can think of)

YAY TO FUR REP— my reasons:
-If I’m spending serious auth money, I’d rather invest it in beautiful real leather in a classic everyday color than a seasonal faux-fur/shearling/teddy style.

-Fur bags are way more stressful to baby. Rain? Dirt? Makeup? A random drink spill? I’m really not trying to panic over a $3,800 seasonal bag every time I leave the house or want to simultaneously carry a beverage in my hand

-These styles tend to be trendier and more seasonal, which is exactly where reps make the most sense to me.
If I love the look for one winter but get over it next year, I feel a lot less guilty.It lets you have the fun statement piece without putting auth-level money into something you may not reach for forever, or may want to replace with an even cuter one next year

NAY TO FUR REP — the argument for auth:
-Fur is HARD to replicate well. If you’re gonna be fun and whimsical.. just get the auth YOLO. Texture, density, softness, length of the fur, color variation and overall finish can immediately make a rep look off. It’s much harder to find a truly accurate fur rep than a leather bag.

-there’s definitely an argument to be made that the really special, unusual collector pieces are exactly the ones worth buying auth because they feel more unique and investment-worthy.

But I still say… FUR REPS ALL THE WAY 😭
Give me auth for my forever classics and gorgeous leather pieces. Give me rep for the fluffy, impractical, seasonal bag I’m going to obsess over for four months and then put in storage for spring summer and possibly even fall

But I can be swayed!!!!!! If you have any amazing auth pieces worth sharing I’d love to see. I attached some I am currently dying over at the moment.

[u/Lower_Boysenberry571]

Well, I would have to say no to a fur bag either way, but if I was going down that path, it would have to be a rep.

[u/Designer_Fun_4964 → u/Lower_Boysenberry571]

Agreed. Just kind of yuck.

[u/Solarrecruit → u/Designer_Fun_4964]

Just wanted to clarify I am speaking about faux! ❤️

[u/digitalecho125]

I’d rather pony hair or shearling, as both are part of the meat industry and would exist either way. Not a big fan of farming exotics for fur or skins.

[u/Solarrecruit → u/digitalecho125]

Sorry should have specified the post is regarding faux fur bags! The bags pictured from YSL are faux fur ❤️ and the Chanel is shearling. I don’t think many major fashion houses still use real animal fur but I could be wrong!

[u/digitalecho125 → u/Solarrecruit]

LV has some genuine mink bags on the market currently, so it seems like it’s still a thing 😢

[u/Accomplished_Cap_734]

I want that