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“So often the commercial habits of black people are demonized.The image of a black woman,heading to church or some other event,enveloped in her fine fur,remains one of the most enduring &affecting totems of resilience &glamour in the black urban landscape” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/style/fur-black-women-history.html

A Black Legacy, Wrapped Up in Fur

There is a sense among many black women that cultural disavowal of fur has coincided with our increased ability to purchase it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/style/fur-black-women-history.html

*props grandmothers full length mink on shoulders*

Lulu Wilson in Dallas, a free woman once enslaved rocking a fur.

I don’t who Alice was or who she gave this flic to, but Baby look at the lines of them shoulders!

I mean, the muff?! Muff so offical I hope she used to toss it aside like “oh this ol’ thing?” and smile.
Also, collar and trim from chin to thigh?!

Listen, when you rock a sheered mink you MUST complain about how strenuous it is to be so fashionably advanced.

Say things like “I know you’ll are stunning in your little regular minks but I just prefer something, you know how I, something different.”

Ella Fitzgerald was arrested for shooting dice...with a mink stole on her shoulders.

Marian Anderson with these covered buttons & shawl collar with the finest of ripple.

Diana Ross has consistently through all of time been a master in the art of wearing fur.

Billie wearing this mink like it’s regular.

Diahann Carroll was rocking fur years before Alexis Carrington, but honestly Alexis OWNED used g fur as punctuation.

*notice the men are really just back drops for the fur

Whitley in various furs always reminding us what WEALTH looked like.

Cookie with the subtle shoulder flics, as with Alexis, uses fur as punctuation.

Cookie in fur, never lets you for get who’s speaking to you.

Remember what I said about woman who wear sheered mink?
Period.

They like to be different...

Kim has worn an fantastic amount of fur but this one is my personal favorite because it’s one of her firsts.

Mother Franklin understood the raw power of good fur.

I bet y’all don’t even remember that from her start Oprah was dripping in fur.

I feel like via some contract that doesn’t actually exists I must mention Gayle

Riri has fine tuned the craft of fur wearing. So much so that this sampling will be categorized.

Natural Fur:

Colored Fur:

Shearling:

Mother Maya in this sumptuousness.

Nina wore fur her way.

Okay, I did Rihanna already but ya’ll she really is rocking a sheered mink shearling.

Salute.

Cardi might have hooked us with “Hoe’s dont get cold” but clearly she knows furs keep are best at keeping you warm,

Josephine Baker in these extravagant pieces.

I love love love that Eartha wore fur as if they were “everyday, grab and go”furs.

*sings*

“Got my own mind
I want to make my own decisions
When it has to do with my life, my life
I wanna be the one in control”

Sister Whitney loved a good fur.

Tons of incredible pics taken by James Van Der Zee of Black women in fur coats during the Harlem Renaissance.

We’ve worn fur with unmatchable grace & style for almost forever.

Prop a special vintage piece on your shoulders & strut a bit.

If you have a “clutch my pearls, I could never wear fur” stance I challenge you to go try on some vintage pieces.

Friend the animals BEEN DEAD & were constructed by craftsmen.
Sustainable fashion is better then a “new coat every year” mentality

Thank you to @JasMoneyRecords for her word and work on the incredible @nytimes piece that inspired all this vintage goodness and fur worship.

#blackwomenalwaysandforever

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