Damsels Against Critter Scarves

You Damsels may have noticed that Rachel and I are all for faux-fur. It imparts the drama and class of real fur without the guilty feeling of wearing someone else's coat. Or just the gross realization that what you're wearing is taken from a dead animal. Plus, there's always been something super creepy to me about the word "pelts."

And even though I sometimes find myself admiring a handsome fur piece, what skeeves me out more than anything else is when the heads and paws are still attached. We already know the animal is dead, who wants to have that sad fact draped over their shoulder?

That's why my sensibilities are repelled by this Anthropologie "Coiled Creatures Scarf."

Via Anthropologie.com

I realize it's supposed to be cute and silly. A whimsical scarf during the colder months. Yet my sensibilities repel! Not only does it feel akin to wearing a stuffed animal around my neck, but it reminds me of dead animal carcases and makes me sad. Really, really sad.

And Anthro isn't alone -- this ASOS sweater with "detachable knitted badger stole" is yet another example:

Via ASOS.com

Ugh.

So what do you think, Damsels? Overreaction to a perfectly adorable trend or do you agree that there's something...off about these faux-dead-animal fashion pieces?