Sable in Action

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purplepoodles said:
Years ago when our office had a particularly good year, a most of the ladies bought furs. One of the guys a retired ballet dancer, who also got a truly magnificent fur, gave us a how to sit wearing a fur tutorial.



It's the sliding action against the car seat that does the most damage.



We lined up with office seats beside us and learned to sit down gracefully while lifting the back of the fur to one side.



Grasp the fur on the side seam at hip level. Lift it up and out away from you. Then sit down. Most of the fur will be beside you, if you are sitting on a little bit that's ok.



It takes practice but worth learning.



He was a rigorous coach and we got as little perspective into the training that went towards making a professional ballet dancer.
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I am going to practise this!
 
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#2,042
purplepoodles said:
So funny! The SA must not see a lot fur. Love SoF, it's been to long now

Loving sable more and more. We took an exploratory trip into the city to a new to us fur store, a concession inside Holts, part of the Selfridges chain. I've been in their Montreal store but not the fur dept in Toronto.

There was quite a lot of sable but it was well picked over at the end of the season. The store buys from the major designer collections, whichever designer collection is showing styles that season which would suit their customers. Also the owners, two brothers from a Montreal fur family (a good thing) have a fur manufacturing company in the US where they make to order. It was very interesting and the SA took endless time giving us so much information I can only remember part.

My fave piece was a reversible car coat with an olive toned silk padded reverse but much too large, really there was nothing my size in the shop. The Russian sable was horizontal and beyond beautiful. The SA went to great lengths to tell me I shouldn't sit on the fur when you use the carseat heater as the fur can dry out and become brittle. Price was CDN$40K with 40% off.

There was only one Canadian sable among the Russian, didn't see any Barzon. Sadly the Canadian sable was very thin and flimsy and couldn't start to compare with the Russian but so so loved the beautiful marmalade shade.

The store also carried furs from the factory that makes the Fendi fur coats under their own brand name, that detail eludes me but I'll be back.

Got on the invitation list for the trunk shows should be interesting.
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That's actually not bad! I've seen pre-loved more expensive

periogirl28 said:
Super cool, wish I was there! Maybe Bleu Iris mink is less common a colour around the SoF![/QUOTE

It probably is, but there are plenty pf tourists wearing all kinds of fur of many colours

Perfect Day said:
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Not the most flattering coat I have seen Kris in, but maybe it's due to the camera angle.

Sable in Italy.

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:wtf: ?

periogirl28 said:
I think it's needs to be taken in. Sleeves are so long? Do they not have time to be fitted properly for their clothes?
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ITA :amuse:

periogirl28 said:
It's my personal opinion but with the constant need to keep up appearances on the front row, IG and whatever, these furs/ clothes/ bag and shoes are only required ASAP for the moment and not bought to be kept, reworn or cherished. There are comments that their designers items are resold so maybe the fit isn't as crucial for her. Back to topic before I get told off! :D
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I think Jerry hall once said that it was ironic, the minute she could afford all the clothes she always lusted after designers gave them to her for free.

Now some designers give (lesser known labels actually pay celebs to wear their stuff for events) but many more only lend samples and if you're not that tall or sample size forget it.

purplepoodles said:
Years ago when our office had a particularly good year, a most of the ladies bought furs. One of the guys a retired ballet dancer, who also got a truly magnificent fur, gave us a how to sit wearing a fur tutorial.

It's the sliding action against the car seat that does the most damage.

We lined up with office seats beside us and learned to sit down gracefully while lifting the back of the fur to one side.

Grasp the fur on the side seam at hip level. Lift it up and out away from you. Then sit down. Most of the fur will be beside you, if you are sitting on a little bit that's ok.

It takes practice but worth learning.

He was a rigorous coach and we got as little perspective into the training that went towards making a professional ballet dancer.
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Fantastic advice.

I actually see men flick-up their Crombie coats before sitting on the Tube (London Underground) so they don't crease or ruin the pile.
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So I had a few minutes to spare so ran by HR fur Dept. They had just go some new season stock. The NEWLY arrived items are also 40% off.

Really didn't have much time but slipped on a Caroline Herrera sable short coat with a hood. Loved the fur not so much the size it was way too big. The SA offered to have it altered but I'm not willing to go there for a major ticket item. It would have to be a very minor alteration and not a recut.

Basically I'm saying just because the sales are over and new stock arriving doesn't mean that the price is firm, especially if you come to Canada and check out the furs this summer.
 
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Kat.Lee said:
Sable in action. Thanks for letting me share. View attachment 3302213
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How beautiful. You belong on a catwalk!
purplepoodles said:
So I had a few minutes to spare so ran by HR fur Dept. They had just go some new season stock. The NEWLY arrived items are also 40% off.

Really didn't have much time but slipped on a Caroline Herrera sable short coat with a hood. Loved the fur not so much the size it was way too big. The SA offered to have it altered but I'm not willing to go there for a major ticket item. It would have to be a very minor alteration and not a recut.

Basically I'm saying just because the sales are over and new stock arriving doesn't mean that the price is firm, especially if you come to Canada and check out the furs this summer.
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How interesting, I wonder why they would discount so heavily on new stock.
 
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Flip88 said:
How beautiful. You belong on a catwalk!

How interesting, I wonder why they would discount so heavily on new stock.
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No idea so thought it was worth mentioning. Makes you very wary about retail pricing. I'll see what happens with the prices when I go to the trunk shows. Seems there are several throughout the summer and they expect to sell all through the year to international visitors.
 
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Flip88 said:
How beautiful. You belong on a catwalk!

How interesting, I wonder why they would discount so heavily on new stock.
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purplepoodles said:
No idea so thought it was worth mentioning. Makes you very wary about retail pricing. I'll see what happens with the prices when I go to the trunk shows. Seems there are several throughout the summer and they expect to sell all through the year to international visitors.
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It's either a planned promotion of a one-off opportunity where they've bought at discount or an off-season sale . Who knows how or where the 'new stock' has come from. There are auctions in Italy where dept stores can buy over-supply samples etc - people all know all about this :D.

It could also be a means of the fur dept getting a much needed boost after being told to up their bottom line. It's like ice-cream sellers in the Winter; the ice-cream is freshly made and pretty berry colours/flavours for Autumn/Winter and you can buy ice-creams and they'll taste as delicious but still it's off-season and the sales figures suffer.
 
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