Author Archives: Yasmine

Fur Tips: Cleaning

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Yasmine

When a fur coat needs cleaning, it is essential that you take your garment to a fur specialist, not a dry cleaner. Fur requires a very special cleaning process that most dry cleaners cannot do. Even if there is no … Continue reading →

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Roger Vivier’s Fur Must Haves

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Yasmine

Even though we are all fully absorbed in summer activities, there is no reason why not to get slightly excited about our winter wardrobes, especially if it means wearing fur pieces like these fabulous accessories by Roger Vivier. We are … Continue reading →

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Ginta Lapina in Vogue Germany

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Yasmine

Not many maids wear fur on the job, but then again, not many maids look as sexy as Ginta Lapina. We love this shoot by Greg Kadel for Vogue Germany, especially the fur skirt featured above. A must have in … Continue reading →

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Tom Ford Autumn Winter 2011, Finally!

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Yasmine

Tom Ford loves to keep us all in suspense… By restricting the guests, and the photographers at his fahsion shows, he manages to keep his collections a secret until HE is ready to release them. For autumn winter 2012, he … Continue reading →

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Fur Quote: Karl Lagerfeld

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Yasmine

Some great fur quotes from the Kaiser, from an article in Vice Magazine. On the fur trade: “…when people talk about not using fur, [I always say] ‘Are you rich enough to make an income for the people in the … Continue reading →

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Designer Profile: Angela Brandys

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Yasmine

Recent London College of Fashion graduate Angela Brandys is a very promising fur designer. Her collection features unusal combinations of colours, textures, and materials, and she demonstrated a very interesting and unique ways of incorporating fur into garments. Here are … Continue reading →

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Exctied for Fall Furs

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Yasmine

While summer has barely begun, we can’t help but start getting excited for the fall winter collections. Especially since it means we can start wearing fur again. Here are two of our favourite fur cameos in the summer magazines. Images … Continue reading →

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Fur Hypocrite: Tim Gunn

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Yasmine

We’ve been meaning to write about this story for some time now, so excuse the delay. Earlier this year, Tim Gunn supported an event hosted by PETA to unveil their most recent I’d Rather Go Naked ad (read more about … Continue reading →

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Total Luxe: Furry Louboutins!

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Yasmine

You can always count on Christian Louboutin to incorporate some fur into his fantastic footwear collections, these ones are from autumn winter 2011. The combination of lace and fur on this bootie is extraordinary. And we also love the giant … Continue reading →

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Fur Hypocrite: Melanie Rickey

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Yasmine

While Melanie Rickey isn’t a household name, she is most definitely an important fashion journalist in the UK, who acts as Fashion Editor-at-large for Grazia magazine (one of the countries most popular fashion magazines.) A few months back she wrote … Continue reading →

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