Not only do faux fur throws look wonderful wrapped over an armchair, but they’ve also made a few starring turns on the big screen.
Many costume and set designers and Hollywood honchos are turning to faux fur and animal-friendly materials as a means of recreating looks and styles from yesteryear that would have traditionally used the real thing.
From the medieval heroes of Westeros to iconic TV adverts featuring Snoop Doggy dogg, some of the most famous folk from our screens have donned faux furs in recent years.
Check out how faux fur was used in these classic silver screen adventures.
Image: The Witcher, Netflix
The Witcher
The Witcher makes use of our Timber Wolf and Mountain Grey Faux fur throws throughout the series. Both the lead cast and the Royalty in the series lounge in them in the set-pieces
Image: Gogglebox, Channel 4, Studio Lambert
Gogglebox
Moving on to TV now, and the beloved UK fly-on-the-wall show Gogglebox, where viewers delight in watching their favourite characters on TV, watching TV.Ellie Warner is frequently seen lounging on a Faux fur throw which nicely matches her living room decor. In fact, it looks very much like our mountain grey faux fur throw! Bravo, Ellie!
Image: Just Eat ad
Snoop Dogg’s Just Eat ad
In the ad world, Snoop Dogg has to be one of the most successful celebrity features to enter the public consciousness – a master stroke by JustEat (or Menulog for our Australian customers!) In the airplane scene, Snoop can be seen lounging on a huge faux fur throw that looks a lot like our Siberian grey faux fur throw.
Image: The Revenant, 20th Century Fox
The Revenant
After almost losing his life in a brutal bear attack, frontiersman Hugh Glass ended up owing the pelt his life. Leonardo DiCaprio won a coveted Academy Award for his role as the famous fur trapper in 2015 film The Revenant. Though the bearskin used during filming was an antique piece, the bear’s grease slathered on it by the costume department was entirely fake. The use of bear’s grease as insulation can be traced back to Native American culture. After boiling the fatty parts of a bear’s carcass, the excess liquid could be used to prolong the life and warmth of their fur coats. The Revenant team kept their recipe for their own waxy substance a secret. However, it allegedly brought the entire weight of the coat to a hefty 45 kilograms (100 lbs).
Image: Thorin in The Hobbit, New Line
The Lord of the Rings
Faux fur elements pop up throughout Peter Jackson’s stunning trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Based on the titular series by J.R.R. Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings’ fantastical setting and medieval feel meant fur would have been a popular choice for the creatures and characters that make up the world of the movie. With other 19,000 costumes produced over the course of the film shoot, there was plenty of chance for faux fur to crop up, from the would-be warg pelts of the Mordor Orcs to the Thorins robe, pictured.
Image: Togo, Disney+
Togo
Willem Dafoe goes all out on the faux fur look in Disney’s Togo. Set during the 1925 Serum Run sled-dog race, Dafoe plays team trainer Leonhard Seppala. For a period piece such as this, the film’s costume team needed to create a look that resembled the furs and thick coats worn by Alaskan residents in the early 20th century. Imitation husky and wolf fur were used to create the winter-weather look, as Seppala and his faithful hounds tackle one of the most gruelling sledge sports in the world. Check out our own Mountian Grey Wolf faux fur throw here.
Image: Blade Runner, Sony Pictures
Blade Runner 2049
Ryan Gosling sported an animal-friendly shearling jacket for his turn in sci-fi epic Blade Runner 2049. Sherling is made by tanning leather with the sheep’s wool still attached. Gosling’s sleek look was created with vegan-friendly faux furs and imitation materials.
Image: 101 Dalmations, Disney
101 Dalmatians
For a character so hellbent on fashioning clothes out of animal-skins, Cruella de Ville’s iconic look was crafted from faux fur in Disney’s live-action retelling of 101 Dalmatians. Star Glenn Close reportedly insisted that her character’s entire get-up was cruelty-free throughout filming. Find out more about iconic looks and faux fur with Fenrir.
Image + header image: Game of Thrones, HBO