super expensive AKM jkt!!??

[CactusArmy]

http://www.globalgate.co.jp/wgcart/main.php#a_top

Anyone got a clue why it costs so much? Also what's the difference between wjk and AKM?

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links broken.

[CactusArmy]

http://bluemerle.co.jp/shopping/index.html

click on AKM-06AW link and it's the first jacket going for 700,000yen

[djrajio]

The jacket is made of unborn calf leather hide; so you can imagine how difficult it is to get from an ethical standpoint. Also, the jacket comes in a special cabinet case.

[nairb49]

unborn calf hide, thats some next level shit...

[ddohnggo]

unborn calf hide, thats some next level shit...

that is the most ridiculous material ever.

[xcoldricex]

holy shit.

what the hell does it feel like? looks like nylon though

[mwrenchd]

that's fucked up.

[ddohnggo]

that's fucked up.

agreed x 10000000000000

[bluespring]

how many unborn calf did they killed???? terrible!

[mike lowrey]

thats ridicilous... bleh.

[poly800rock]

an aborted jacket?

[Kane]

It could simply be our Western, PETA-influenced society that's causing us to react like this. I mean if you saw this on a rack and didn't know what it was, but noticed that it was incredibly soft leather with a very low pile soft hair on top, would you ask too many questions?

It's sorta wonky that we'd balk at something like this, but see absolutely nothing wrong with raising chickens so we can eat their eggs, or cows so that we can put them in pens, keep them constantly doped up on steroids and drink their milk.

It's all a matter of getting used-to.

[mike lowrey]

I see your point and pretty much agree, it is sort of unfair / quoestionable to happily wear for example cow leather but think the idea here is disgusting. but still, morally twisted or not, the idea of using an unborn animals leather seems fucking disturbing to me. and I eat meat, wear leather etc so I'm not usually bothered by anything like this.

[mwrenchd]

It's all a matter of getting used-to.

I've got a dope dead baby tote to sell you then, check supermarket.

But honestly, a concern for animal welfare is by no means Western-exclusive. It has jack to do with PETA or being a wobbly-kneed liberal, but instead is a recurring (if minority) moral current throughout human civilization. It's only natural to have a gut reaction when confronted with an extreme instance.

And you're right, the industrial food system is utterly fucked.

[Lars]

They may be stillborn and they are simply not letting anything go to waste.

[dancancer]

:eek: I want one!

[xcoldricex]

These animals were not killed just for their skins.

These skins are from animals that died naturally from natural causes--they were not killed for their hides.

[implicit]

i'm a card-carrying vegan and this doesn't bother me at all.

jacket looks beautiful, too.

[CactusArmy]

Would anyone cop it at that price?

[Ahlvahroe]

fairly off topic but, i was watching the national geographic channel one day and they were talking about taboo foods and one was the indian dish kutti pi, which was goat fetus. when the cameras were rolling none of the meat sellers admitted to selling it but once they stopped filming they bought some.

[Guest OldNavy]

You people are sick.

Aborted calf fetuses belong on the barbeque.

[mickawes]

Hahaha, awesome. I kinda want one. I get a kind of a Mr.Burnsish vibe from this, hehe.

Hmm... Actually it is pretty f'd up. But at least they dont waste anything!

[False Prophet]

There was a big uproar when a few designers (IIRC Tom Ford at Gucci and Marc Jacobs at LV) did Astrakhan (aka Persian Lamb) jackets a while back...

[CactusArmy]

what's the biggy with persian lamb?

[horriblyjollyjinx]

that's fucked up.

I understand that, since you're a socialist, you prefer killing things that actually live and have a mind. The fascist side of socialism.

[masuerte]

What bothers me is the price tag.

I'll stick to my moisturized human hide thank you.

goodbye horses