so, if you're like me, you like to stay at the top of the fashion game and what the hottest hew fashion trend is sweeping the scene! i mean, i'm not gonna go out in public looking like a fool wearing something that was SO 2010! get real!.....who am i kidding. i fucking loathe fashion trends. so much so, that i don't even bother to talk about them, much less sit at the computer whilst eating my noodles and write about fashion trends in my blog.
but this latest trend is a special case.
rooster saddle feathers. unless you never venture out of the house or watch television, you've seen women (and steven tyler) rocking these long colorful feathers in their hair. for those that do not know, these feathers are used by fly fishermen in the construction of fly lures. they come from a specially bred rooster's tail feathers. these bird breeders, up until recently, had a very small demand for feathers to supply fly fishing enthusiasts. now that it is trendy to rock feathers like tonto, these breeders are facing a HUGE demand for feathers. this isn't the news worthy story. in fact, anything i've found online or on television "news" always seems to gloss over the REAL story here....
these birds are killed for these feathers. the plucking of the tail feathers is extremely painful for the birds, and most of the birds have to be euthanized after the process, if not before. these feathers are not casually picked up off the ground after being shed. these roosters are bred and raised for their tail feathers, and then slaughtered; which up until recently, was at a small scale. but as trends become popular and demand is increased......thousands more birds have to die so women can sport a pretty red feather in their hair. fucking disgusting.
equally disgusting, and as a footnote: people sporting fox tails. this was something i used to see at renaissanse faires, which sort of makes sense, seeing as in the 13th century women sported fox tails on the hats, and in the 16th century, fox tails were worn under the waist of a dress. so as a fashion accessory, it is about as historically accurate as anything else at those festivals (as in....not that accurate, if you missed my sarcasm). the fashion trend later started popping up among the "furry" subculture....y'know, as an expression of their "fursona" or whatever. lately it has crept its way into popular fashion as a fancy accessory not only worn out of the back of the pants, but also hung from rearview mirrors, back packs, and purses. these animals were also needlessly slaughtered just so someone can have a fuzzy tail flopping behind their ass as they walk.....
now, before fingers are pointed at me: no i'm not in PETA and yes, i am a fucking hypocrite. i sit here typing this wearing leather boots, and as you can see in my picture, i'm also a handsome gorilla that wears leather jackets. my personal sense of "fashion" is dictated by 2 main factors: durability and comfort. yes, i think it is sad a cow died for the pair of boots i wear, but i have worn them everyday for the past 3 years, and aside from the sole wearing away, they have a couple more years left in them. (after converse was sold to nike and outsourced to china, i didn't think it wise to pay $50 for a basic pair of chucks that would now only last me 4 months if i was lucky, due to cheaper construction.) for me personally, leather for boots that last 5 years or more is a far different evil than the slaughtering of animals for a fashion accessory that lasts a couple weeks at best.
but then again, who the fuck am i?
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