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Real or Faux synthetic Furs? |
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Monday, 10 April 2006 |
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The choice of synthetics can NEVER be for the sake of the animals. Synthetics are chemical products, the manufacture and disposal of which causes pollution, depletes non-renewable resources (usually petroleum) and disrupts natural ecosystems. Fur, in contrast, is a natural product, a fully renewable resource. Fur farming, along with trapping and hunting are controlled to ensure that fur can be taken year after year - long after even the richest oil well is dry. |
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What do mink animals eat? |
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Monday, 10 April 2006 |
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Ranch raised mink are fed by-products of the meat, poultry, egg, dairy, and fishing industries. Every year, North American fur farms recycle over half a billion pounds of agricultural by-products that would otherwise be destined for already over-burdened landfills. Worldwide this figure is approximately ten billion pounds annually. |
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Mink Quality Quiz |
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Thursday, 06 April 2006 |
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As a guideline for determining the price and quality of a mink garment, ask the following:
1. What is the original country of origin of the mink? (This information is required by law to be listed on the hang tag of every fur garment.) 2. Where was the garment manufactured? (Usually North American- and European-made garments cost more.) 3. How much leather was used in the manufacturing process? (The more leather used to space out between the strips of mink, the less expensive the garment should be. The finest garments use no leather.) 4. Did the garment come from a designer collection, and does it carry a label? (Fashion adds $$$.) 5. How many pelts are used in the garment? (The greater the amount of raw material, the greater the cost. This can be deceptive -- sometimes short coats with wide sweeps can actually contain more pelts than a long, narrow coat.) 6. Did any special  Processing go into making the coat, such as Dyeing or treatment of the pelts? (Again, fashion adds $$$ in the form of a leather or suede treatment on the lining to make the garment reversible, a difficult-to-obtain dyed color, or
shearing.) |
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My lifestyle is pretty casual. Why would I be interested in a fur coat? |
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Thursday, 06 April 2006 |
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Fur coats aren't just for special occasions. Today's fur fashions reflect tremendous variety in design and spirit. While full-length sables might fit some people's everyday needs, others might opt for a colorful sheared beaver bomber jacket, a fur-lined leather biker jacket or even a knee-length shearling fur duffel coat. Take a look around Fur Online's Web site for all the possibilities. |
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Which furs are farm-raised and which come from the wild? |
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Thursday, 06 April 2006 |
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The vast majority of fur coats sold today come from animals raised on farms. In the United States, the figure is about eighty percent. Those coats are made of fox or mink -- by far the best-selling fur. In addition, chinchilla, fitch, finnraccoon and nutria are raised in smaller numbers. The most popular wild animals used for fur coats are beaver, raccoon, muskrat, coyote, fox, nutria, lynx, fisher and even some mink. |
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