Sea Lion Hide Shoes

[From Playboy for November 1968. Click to enlarge.]

Lizard, alligator, shark--sure, I've heard of shoes made with those, and also with ostrich skin.

But sea lion?!?

I went looking and found a firm that still uses sea lion hide for various products, though I'm not sure sea lion shoes are among their offerings.

But Holy God, look at this crocodile chair!

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 12, 2012
Category: Animals | Furniture | Shoes | 1960s

Comments

What? No python boots?

Posted by KDP on 09/12/12 at 11:38 AM

I've got a pair of caribou boots, goat skin, and even domesticated bovine.

Snake is too much trouble! You even have to clean under the scales.

BTW, that chair looks snappy. A look you could sink your teeth in.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/12/12 at 12:44 PM

If you sit in the chair, will you get crocodile-suicide nightmares?? Ha ha ha ha

Posted by girlgeniusNYC on 09/12/12 at 02:37 PM

Speaking of weird skin based clothing etc:

http://www.skinbag.net/

Ewwwwwwwwww !!!!!!!

:shut:

Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/12/12 at 03:28 PM

Sea lions, I am surprised they kill them for stuff like that. BD, you are right, that skinbag stuff looks nasty.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 09/12/12 at 10:25 PM

The harvest of marine mammals was tightly regulated in 1972 with passage of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MPAA) :coolsmile:
Python Boots reminds me of Frank Zappa's song Stinkfoot :lol:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 09/13/12 at 11:20 AM

Yup, they've protected the marine mammals so well that the great whites have new feeding grounds and the boat docks in Mexaforina are a dangerous, stinking mass of marine mammal.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/13/12 at 12:26 PM

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