With vintage fashion becoming trendy, stigma of wearing fur goes away

Sara Gay Klebanoff shows off her fur on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. After years of protests and strides in fake skins, vintage furs are popping up all over. Photo: The New York Times

A few weeks before the Manhattan Vintage Show opened this month, its owner, Amy Abrams, was predicting a “fur-a-palooza”, with vendors fielding an uptick in demand for fur.

“It’s happening now,” she said.