"Vegan leather, faux fur are hot holiday gifts" by Mae Anderson | Associated Press, December 20, 2013
ATLANTA — Faux is gaining popularity in part because there have been advances in technology enabling designers to make better-looking fakes.
You can no longer believe your lying eyes, be it the television or what is right in front of you.
In a still-shaky economy that has made Americans more frugal, faux also can be seen as a good way to be trendy without breaking the bank.
I was told we were gaining momentum and all that crap, and as if banks could ever be broken with government and Federal Reserve bailouts always at the ready!
And a movement toward socially conscious shopping makes some people feel better about faux purchases.
I'm tired of having my emotions manipulated by agenda-pu$hing campaigns -- and I'm not exactly out shopping, am I?
It helps that some A-listers have given faux their seal of approval....
Oh, well, some $tink celebrity and other elite is wearing it so I better go get one.
While it’s difficult to pin down overall sales for faux goods, retailers say they are benefiting from their growing popularity....
Why difficult to pin down sales? Lost in all the bull$hit?
In addition to better technology, a growing social consciousness about buying fabric that doesn’t involve cruelty to animals has made faux fashion more acceptable....
Such things haven't seemed to stop wars or elite looting. Hmmmm. And here the propaganda pre$$ and mouthpiece of corporate liberalism has discovered a $ocial movement!
That message certainly struck a chord with Kristin Birkey’s 7-year-old son after he asked for a real leather jacket for Christmas.
‘‘I explained to him what had to be done to make a leather jacket and he nearly started crying,’’ said Birkey, 26, a marketing professional in Kokomo, Ind....
Maybe grandma can make it all better.
But for others, buying faux is a matter of simple mathematics. A $69.50 faux fur neckwarmer is much cheaper than a designer version with real fur, which can run as much as $1,000. And real leather jackets can be hundreds or thousands of dollars, while department store faux versions rarely top $100. Kristen Clerkin, 23, from Whitney Point, N.Y., is hoping to get faux pearls for Christmas this year because she thinks they’re classic and classy, not to mention more affordable than real ones.
‘‘Even though they’re faux, they look real, and they’re bigger than you can get if they were real,’’ she said. ‘‘Plus, they’re a lot cheaper.’’
Yes, the fake piece of crap is for you, ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
Related: Boston Globe Knee-$lapper
Yes, have a Happy Holiday season, readers, ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho!
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Fuck this.
