In a pre-Valentine’s Day protest, animal rights activists stripped down to their red bikini underpants Thursday in Paris, urging couples not to buy gifts of fur to express their love.

Just this month, actress Anya Taylor-Joy sported a large, cream-colored fur coat while out and about in NYC, and celebs like Jennifer Lopez, Sophia Bush and Ice Spice have donned coats with fur.

How to make a fur coat. A coat begins with cutting, wetting and stretching furs. Atkins can stretch a six-inch-by-eight-inch mink skin into a strip 51 inches long and two inches wide.

Five years on, fur is back in fashion, and high-end dealers are reaping the benefits. While fur production has decreased overall since the aughts, demand for secondhand coats is on the rise.