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Fur Fan Feels Left Out In Park Slope
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 14, 2010
Modified Jan 14, 2010
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Is there any fabulous left in Park Slope? Was there ever? Did it end when Amy Sohn referred to the neighborhood as Park Slob? Those are the questions, for some. FIPS posts an open letter to the neighborhood written by what they call a "fur-wearing breeder." The letter was originally posted on Park Slope Parents, and read, in part:
I recently moved here from Santa Monica California. Why I don't think I belong here in Park Slope… I think fur is fabulous (please don't yell at me this isn't about PETA). And I believe that being fabulous is FUN. Apparently, I'm the only one in Park Slope who wants to stay warm…and fabulous at the same time. I'll be wearing my JCrew turtleneck sweater, jeans and uggs. I'll sit at the playground with all the other kids who are cold and have running noses. And I'll stand there while the moms with the hipster combat boots, and knit caps don't talk to me. But I'll know that I'm still fun and fabulous...I'll be wearing the inappropriate fur. So my question Ladies is… is there no fabulous left in Park Slope?
Have you ever wanted to slap someone any more than you do right now? Anyway, FIPS is trying to get to the bottom of the furbulousity quotient remaining in Park Slope... but there is at least one other supporter of fur in the area: the FIPS author herself! Just the other day she Tweeted about losing an eBay auction for this chinchilla fur-trimmed coat.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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