Kym Canter: House of Fluff

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Philosophy, Society & Culture

5.0 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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"I put on the coat, I looked at myself in the mirror, I was going to a party in Brooklyn and I just thought, 'you cannot go to this party like this, you will be shunned and you don't want to be this person." And I took off the coat and I never looked back." – Kym Canter

Kym Canter is the founder and creative director at House of Fluff, a New York City-based, animal free, material innovation studio and outerwear brand. They also happen to make some of my favorite faux fur coats on the planet.

All of their products are made from cruelty-free sources. Their fur products are also vegan, because in addition to not using animal fur or leather, their furs do not contain wool or silk.

Most faux furs contain non-biodegradable fibers such as polyester and acrylic, so when using recycled fibers made from these virgin synthetics, House of Fluff makes sure that they meet the Global Recycled Standards (GRS) and are sourced from post consumer waste.

And, to begin solving for virgin synthetics, House of Fluff launched the first of their BIOFUR™ innovations in November 2020. All textiles in their BIOFUR™ collection are recyclable and made from either plant-based or 100% recycled materials.

Back in the day, in another lifetime, Kym was the creative director at J. Mendel, a global luxury brand known for its animal furs. Kym's transformation is one of the best stories I've heard in a long time.

Links:

House of Fluff https://houseoffluff.com/

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hofnyc/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hofnyc

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0:00.0	Species,
0:05.0	species, unite,
0:10.0	species, unite.
0:11.0	species unite.
0:15.0	I put on the coat, I looked at myself in the mirror.
0:17.2	I was going to a party in Brooklyn and I just thought you cannot go to this party like this.
0:21.0	Like you will be shunned and you don't want to be this person. And I took
0:26.4	off the coat and I never looked back. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute,
0:46.1	could you please rate and review Species Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. It really helps people to find the show.
0:56.0	This conversation is with Kim Cantor.
1:05.0	Kim is the founder and creative director at House of Fluff.
1:10.0	House of Fluff is a New York City-based animal-free material innovation studio, and they're an outerware brand.
1:16.4	And they also happen to make some of my favorite faux fur on the planet.
1:20.4	Back in the day in another lifetime, Kim was a creative director at Jay Mendel.
1:25.4	Jay Mendel is a global luxury brand known for its animal furs.
1:30.1	Kim's transformation is one of the best stories I've heard in a long time. I am a huge fan of house of fluff, and it's very cool to be here so thank you. Welcome. So before we get to today and
1:58.6	before we get to House of Fluff and before we get to any of what you're doing now,
2:02.1	I want to go back because you have one of the better stories
2:05.3	of someone who ended up, the Queen of Faufer.
2:08.8	Let's go back because you're old school New Yorker,
2:11.8	old school fashion industry. So we just kind of talk first how it all started like
2:17.7	how you even got into fashion. You know I have been in fashion for over 20 years.
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