What are the advantages and disadvantages of fur and leather?

Answer 1

leather, i agree is not very warm. fur on the other hand is warm and nice. however, if you want to keep your fur sharp and looking nice all the time, you MUST keep it preserved correctly or the fur will deteriorate quickly. it IS skin from an animal not usually treated like leather, which has color/weather treatment.

leather also gets hard and crackily over time. if you are going for a leather jacket, get a jacket with bound buttonholes. this will run you from 70+ dollars. depending on the designer, it could go up as far as 2000.

fur, if real, will be in the thousands. if its not, it is probably very low quality fur or faux fur. i hope this helps.

Answer 2

Political correctness issues aside, fur and leather have two major disadvantages over other materials: high maintenance and expensive upkeep.

On the plus side, few materials look more luxurious on a coat than fur or leather. Leather isn't particularly warm, but it has a rich look to it. Fur is amazingly warm, though. I live in the Chicago area and it gets way cold here. With the fur coat on, I don't even feel the zero degree wind chills in the city.

Answer 3

Fur keeps you warm and is oh so classy! I see no disadvantage in that!
Leather can also be a classic look but in a sharper way, you do have to condition leather though, that would be the only disadvantage I could see.

Answer 4

A big disadvantage is that one or more animals have to die to provide fur and leather goods

Answer 5

Yeah.. the poor animals that are kept in tiny cages, then beaten to death or electrocuted for their fur is a disadvantage, I'd say.

Answer 6

fur is actually good for the cold, it keeps you warm but leather is of no use in cold weather. It's from actuall experience.