Yesterday i was given three huge boxes full of hundreds of different skins, and told to categorize them alongside a swatch book. The skins ranging from watersnake skin and python, to alligator and stingray, all in a huge range of brilliant colours, though some you really felt sorry that the animal had to die at all for such a ghastly print (as below)
There were also some skins that i couldn't believe were so beautiful (which were the majority, see below)
I have never been one for wearing any kind of print, whether that's leopard, snake or croc. It has never appealed to me on a bases that it looks terrible. As a farmers' daughter I've always understood that life is just a circle, and we've all got to get on with it before the inevitable happens, and for animals that inevitable may mean what they don't need anymore may go to help improve the lives of others.
Some of the most beautiful were the iridescent or metallic colours, however on a product i could imagine they could look way too much and rather vulgar. I really don't think eyewear needs this extravagance. Is it right an animal to be killed just for a very easily broken accessory? Not sure the life the animal is giving up is improving the life of another at all.
However, here is some of the catalogue;
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