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Fur shoulder pads? Pelts were used in every look at Izma (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

A fur messenger bag at Izma (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

The florettes on this sheer Izma dress are made from fur (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

Head-to-toe fur (at Izma) is always a subtle statement  (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

The fur was faux (and sometimes fugly) at Joe Fresh Style and used in bags, scarves and clothes (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

Canadian model Kirsten Owen, one of the big names hired for the Joe Fresh show, wears a faux fur skirt (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) 

Pink Tartan demonstrates that sometimes hairy shoulders are a good thing (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

Like her husband's Joe Fresh Style line, Kimberley Newport-Mimran's Pink Tartan collection use fur for skirts. Unlike Joe Fresh, this stuff is real (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

The use of fur as an embellishment on the collar and wrist was more traditional at Vawk (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani) 

Like Joe Fresh and Pink Tartan, Vawk featured fur on its skirts (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

A fur trim on a more risky outfit at Vawk (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

David Dixon used Canadian wild fur in his collection (Image: Jenna Marie Wakani)

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