Frida's line of ski outfits

I'm not a skier, so I have no idea whether this would be a big deal for practitioners of that sport. I looks great, though. That said, I really hope that when they mention fur, that they mean faux fur. For a whole host or reasons Frida always has and always will be my favourite member of ABBA, but I'd be seriously disappointed if she (above any of them) supported the fur trade.

Oh dear

When I first saw 'A for Agnetha', in the scene where she is escaping her fans the winter coat looked suspiciously luxuriant, but I tried to push it to the back of my mind.

Maybe cultural attitudes towards wearing animals as clothing are different in Nordic countries due to the cold climate and hunting/fishing traditions etc? Or would this be a crude stereotype?

Mankind has been wearing fur since the dawn of man. When an animal was hunted the entire animal was used including the fur. There will always be poachers out there killing animals for sport or profit and not for necessity. We can only hope to stop the sport hunters and poachers. The Eskimos and other cultures that live in cold/harsh climates have to use fur because that is what they have access to, its not like they can run out to the nearest REI store to buy a Winter jacket. It is what keeps them warm enough to survive, plus their cultures have always used all of  the animal to survive. Personally I won't judge a person for wearing fur or not. A person can love animals and still consume meat and wear fur. This whole argument is like talking about religion, it comes down to a personal choice or belief. Frida shouldn't be persecuted because she supports a company that properly processes fur. The ones to be persecuted are the ones who are out there killing for fun of killing or money!

Good for you. Neither will I, if the garment in question is old enough to have been made when real fur was the only viable option. Its like ivory. If Benny (fo example) were to buy an antique piano, fine, but if he bought a brand new piano with ivory keys made from an elephant killed in the last ten years or so, he'd be judged to hell and back, and rightly too. Although why you'd judge someone for not wearing fur is beyond me.


No, it's not.


It's not persecution. Far from it. It's calling someone out on supporting something that does not need (or warrant) supporting in this day and age, when they have in the past been vocal in their support of environmental issues. She even recorded a song about it.


Like the people who took money to provide the fur for this ski suit. It may be 'humane', but they are killing for vanity and nothing else. Unlike meat alternatives, faux fur is cheap to produce (and to produce well). There is no reason or excuse to use real fur on this.

I am a Frida fan. Always will be. It's just that I can't kid myself that using real fur in 2014/15 for something as superfluous as a ski suit is an okay decision just because it's Frida. Sure, there are cultures where wearing fur is a necessity, but those people kill to survive and have no other means. Eskimos don't ski in Zermatt.

I am just curious how many out there are wearing some form of leather right now, like your shoes, jackets, vests, skirts, bras, wallets, hats or even Eel skin wallets?



Hahaha Martin UK, my avatar was having fun with the camera

Personally I think there is a big difference between killing an animal
and using everything it has to offer or killing an animal for fashion only.
If the fur is a byproduct (like leather often is) – okay. If it is the only reason – no.

Another criteria is how an animal is brought up and killed.
In the case of mink farms it is pure pain and horror!!!
Calling this a religious question is (sorry!) sort of ignorant.

Without going to far off topic, studies have shown that meat production, especially of beef, is very inefficient.  Yes, in certain parts of the world the rearing of animals for meat consumption is a necessity of simple survival.  In the affluent countries it certainly isn't. It is estimated that for beef cattle 18 pounds of grain is needed for each pound of beef produced. And this grain is only a fattening supplement to their main diet of grass and other roughage. These cattle therefore require vast areas of land for feed.  So basically there is a requirement for double the space needed. Land for the cattle and land for the production of the grain to boost their bulk. Huge swathes of the Amazon basin are being cleared yearly for this very purpose. And for what?  Our own liking, not necessity, to consume beef in the developed countries. Beef was once a treat on a Sunday.  Now for those who frequent fast food joints it's virtually a daily meal even if one can truly say burgers in these establishments are the real deal.  I'm going to far off topic, aren't I?   The truth is we do live in a cruel world, much of it for our own vanity, comfort and pleasure. Someone who can boast they avoid even leather at all costs maybe not be aware of the child labour and sweatshops in the third world that all to often produce alternative synthetic footwear on top of clothes and other things we take for granted.  Like I say,  I'd rather there weren't fur farms but I find it a little difficult to pick and choose what to be offended by.

Ok, if the pros and cons of killing are of a religious nature – then amen.
I, for my part, believe in the spririt of Enlightenment.

The Matterhorn is 4478 meters high, the woman standing at the foot of the mountain, the summit: Anni-Frid Lyngstad (69), loved by the world as "Frida" pop group ABBA Swedish.
There is probably no bathroom between hammer party and Tierra del Fuego into which still no Abba hit was penetrated(insisted). So much to Frida's past.
If we look now in the present(presence) which is always also a mix from past and future. Frida who emits a great rest says with look at the mountain: "The Matterhorn has cured me and to me my big(great) pain(ache) about the loss of my man in 1999 genommen." 15 years ago she(it) came the first time after Cerium-weakly, one of 8000 villagers was the singer Dan Daniel (53), born as a son of a Schafzüchters. With Dan she took up(accepted) nature in herself. \"Everything in me fell silent \", says Frida. If a buzzsaw(circular saw) had jumped(started) somewhere, she would not have perceived them(her). Frida heard only rest. Also the bustle around ABBA which drowned her half a life was not in Cerium-weakly sometimes more a rushing "Here there are no fans. Here there are only people, honestly(fairly) with you mine", says Frida. This rest does not want to disturb her - only quietly appreciate. On the 13th of February a piano ballad of Frida and Daniell appears \"in 1865 \" to the 150th jubilee of the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Happy Birthday to you.