Petite Mort Furs turns roadkill into fashion

Petite Mort Furs turns roadkill into fashion

"Each piece comes with a personal note explaining where and when the animal was found."

It sounds silly at first, but it's genius, if you think about it. People love fur, but it generally comes from animals which are cruelly bred and/or killed, often in spite of their presence on the endangered or protected species lists. But there's no possible legitimate objection if furriers create clothing from road kill.

No legitimate objection ...

but course we still have to face the consequences of Scoopy's First Law of the Universe *, which is that there is no idea so stupid that it will not have champions.

Cue up the official spokespeople for PETA and the ASPCA:

• "We'd just say it's in very poor taste," said Kara Holmquist at the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, declining to elaborate.
  
• Lisa Lange, a senior vice-president at People for the Ethical Treatment for Animals, or PETA, said that there's "never an excuse" to wear fur, but that it's "far better" to wear roadkill than farmed fur.
  

Hey, Lisa, just for the record, here's my potential "excuse" for wearing roadkill fur: (1) it's warm; (2) it feels good; (3) it looks good; (4) it does no harm of any kind. My only likely objection is that I probably still can't afford it.

How sad is that, when you can't afford roadkill?

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* Footnote: never confuse Scoopy's First Law with Scoopy's Prime Directive, which goes as follows: if you are making a movie which is certain to get an R rating for violence and/or language, load up on breasts, because no quantity of breasts will earn you an NC-17.

The Johnny Cochrane version: If the R is for V, the tits are free.