Yes very popular,
I have a mink 'Russian' hat, bl00dy marvellous it is for keeping the head warm, I don't wear it in profile photos of course :))
Martin
OK,
so it's 'cool' to be seen in fur...
-That's apparently a cultural thing (?).
However, there is another aspect as well:
some of the fur coats seem to be big enough for a sumo wrestler.
One would have thought that the girls would like to show their body a little bit more ... (?)