Video · Karl Lagerfeld Defends Using Fur in Fashion, Questions Critics Who Also Eat Meat: "A Butcher Shop Is Even Worse"

Karl Lagerfeld understands some fashion lovers will never wear fur. But he also knows that fur isn’t just a lavish accessory for some consumers. It’s an industry for many Americans. Lagerfeld told the New York Times in a candid new interview, “The problem with fur…For me, as long as people eat meat and wear leather, I don’t get the message. It’s very easy to say no fur, no fur, no fur, but it’s an industry.