European Menswear Designers Are Pushing Fur for Fall 2016

Whichever side of the debate you favor, there's no denying that fur has had a major presence on the men's fall 2016 runways—from London to Paris. So, men, are you game?

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By Nic Screws

January 25, 2016 at 4:37 AM UTC

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On my last night in Milan during the menswear collections, I was enjoying a dinner of fresh linguini at Paper Moon, a trattoria in the famed fashion-district Via Monte Napoleone, when I noticed a recurring trend among the (mostly older) lady patrons: fur coats. My dining mate and I had a prime people-watching table near the front of the restaurant and at one point during our meal, we counted 15 over-fluffed minks either entering or exiting the popular spot. Fifteen!

I’ve never seen anything like it: such a casual converging of so many provocative, statement-making outerwear pieces—despite residing for some 13 years in another fashion capital, New York. Not in the wild, at least, on mere fashion civilians. (If you consider ritzy Italian women who wear head-to-toe Prada such a thing.)