London is wet warm and windy or wet cool and windy. Just very occasionally dry and cold.

The attitudes about fur are not just the horror of making it but generally in the Uk you would be considered one of three

Very old and mentally deficient
Trailer trash made good without any social skills
Foreign

I doubt if you are any of the first 2 or that the conditions in London are condusive. So leave it at home

"How did they get the mink coats? The same way the mink did."

You mean they grew it out of their skin? EEEECCHHH. And I thought it was bad when some European women don't shave their legs or under their arms.

Ooops. I keep forgetting that many people are so literal here. Yes, I did understand the meaning of that post about getting their coats the same way the mink did.

I am not mkingdom. Give it a rest already. Cigale can attest to the fact that we are not the same person.

I was watching C-SPAN recently and saw Mrs. Mountbatten emerge from her state coach in a fur-trimmed robe for the opening of Parliament. So, even Helen Mirren's body double wears fur.

Kind of hard to think MK and MM are the same person. While some of their ideas seem similar, MM's posts are often terribly witty.

I could be wrong, but I don't think the woman from Texas will be opening Parliament, though.

Maybe she was opening a pack of Parliaments?

If only mink (the animal, not the coat) were tasty - then the fur would be a by-product and everyone would be happy

I've really not read many of your replies but:

>you would rarely need a fur coat in London. It gets wet but rarely that cold.

>fur is really not well accepted in the UK (it is more common in Italy and elsewhere in Europe)

Tell your friend and let her do what she wants, but don't be tempted to take yours regardless of what she does. A raincoat with zip out lining will be more useful.