Knowra Animal fur (textile material) Animal fur (textile material) Animal fur is a textile material made from animal skins that retain their hair or wool. It is used in garments, accessories, and furnishings for warmth, texture, and appearance.
Hair : A filament of keratin that grows from a follicle in the skin of mammals. Fur’s insulating pile consists of animal hair, whose structure shapes its softness and warmth.
Fur coat : A garment made wholly or partly from animal fur. Coats are a prominent use of fur’s warmth and surface texture.
Faux fur : A textile designed to imitate animal fur, usually made from synthetic fibers. Faux fur reproduces fur’s appearance without using an animal pelt.
Fur trade : The commerce in animal pelts and products made from them. Demand for fur has driven a global trade connecting trapping, farming, processing, and fashion.
Pelt : The skin of an animal with its hair or fur still attached. A pelt is the basic hide used to make fur material.
Fur trim : A decorative or insulating edging made from animal fur. Trim uses fur in smaller amounts on garment edges, hoods, and cuffs.
Wool : A textile fiber obtained from the fleece of sheep and certain other mammals. Wool is shorn as a fiber, unlike fur usually obtained with the skin attached.
Fur trapping : The capture of wild animals for their pelts using traps or other methods. Wild pelts enter the fur supply through trapping, with consequences for animal populations.
Guard hair : Longer, coarser hairs that form an animal’s outer coat and protect its underfur. Guard hairs give many furs their visible texture and help shield the softer coat.
Fur felt : A dense nonwoven material made by matting animal hair, especially rabbit or beaver fur. Fur fibers can be converted into felt rather than kept attached to a pelt.
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