Despite the controversy surrounding it, fur is a huge business—a $40 billion dollar business, in fact. Now one Massachusetts woman is single-handedly trying to disrupt the industry by creating fur pellets out of recycled roadkill. Yup, no faux fur here.
Pamela Paquin has an affinity for sustainability, working for years as a consultant in the field. After traveling the world and living abroad for a number of years she returned to the States and decided to revisit the old business idea of crafting fur accessories from roadway casualties. And so Petite Mort was born.
From the sounds of it, Pacquin won't have to worry about running low on production materials. The number of animals killed on the streets of this country every year tops 1 million per day, or 365 million a year. By comparison, reports approximate that 50 million animals are killed every year for their fur.
While fur-wearers have often been attacked or scrutinized for their choice to wear it, Paquin herself is an animal lover who has grown up around animals her whole life. She also happens to be an advocate for wearing fur: “Fur is a very sensual and luxurious product that has been shamed and shameful for a very very long time,” she says. “This is a shameless fur. This is champagne all night and no hangover.”
No word yet on how comfortable it is to sleep on though.
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[via Modern Farmer]
