It’s 2016, there is no need for animal skin to be used as coats. There are tons of faux fur coats out now! Boycott this terrible business. Fur isn’t a sign of wealth, it’s just a sign of ignorance.
Bridget R.
Rating des Ortes: 3 West Chester, PA
I’d like to report my very first celebrity sighting was at Barnardos. It was James Cromwell and he wasn’t shopping for Babe’s mink stole, he was set up out front telling news cameras how awful fur was. I have to say I’ve seen more graffiti on the windows here than the fine furs inside, and while I loathe drawing the ire of anti-fur supporters, I do like the look of the stock when it’s not being ripped apart by protesters. Really, there’s nothing here in Barnardos that stacks up against the atrocities sold cheaply by very popular city centre mega-shop. (*cough cough*) In fact, with the work and craftsmanship that goes into the coats and leather goods on sale here the value of the animal, the artisan and the shop itself is clearly a high one. That’ll do, Jim. That’ll do.
Dani B.
Rating des Ortes: 3 Fulda, Germany
Like Laura I noticed Barnardo for the first time when there was a small group of people protesting outside the shop. Now, just to make this clear I don’t support cruelty against animals and I would not wear a fur coat or hat myself, but I own a leather jacket which I love so I guess I’m just one step up from the ‘evil’ that is the Barnardo shop. So just out of curiosity I went into the shop. I found the shop assistant to be lovely and polite, clearly she is used to the protesters outside, and some of the coats and hats were actually quite pretty and soft. But also very pricey… so if you like fur coats and don’t mind a few protesters standing in your way, head to Barnardo.
Brian P.
Rating des Ortes: 4 Dublin, Republic of Ireland
This is one of the oldest family run businesses in Dublin and some say the oldest run family business in the world. They tailor all their clothes on site and they will even store customer’s coats in a cold room to preserve them in the summer months or while they’re away. The family who run the shop are the same family as the Barnardos Children’s Charity, which is today one of the UK and Ireland’s largest charities. An awful to-do goes down here every weekend when a band of hungry vegans picket the shop. These guys are against you eating protein but wait and see their blood boil when you go about wearing it. They’ll shout catchy slogans like ‘This makes me Fur-ious’ or ‘Beatrix Potter hates you’ and ‘I’m hungry, I’m hungry, somebody feed me’.
Laura C.
Rating des Ortes: 3 Dublin, Republic of Ireland
OK, so I’ve never actually set foot inside this store. In fact, I may never have glanced at it except for the fact that it seems like every time I walk past there’s a damn ‘protest’(of around 3 people) outside, bewailing the stolen lives of the animals. Bernardo’s is, apparently, a shop that sells fur clothing. Now I love a good protest just as much as the next person, but these minuscule things appear more of an irritant than bona fide political posturing. The same tired chants and the same people. We get it. And it must be said that Bernardo’s can’t be doing too badly for itself, regardless, as it doesn’t show any sign of shutting its doors, which probably stand on some of the most expensive real estate in Dublin.