Fur Coats

What Is Dyed Mink?

When Adelaide sang “Take Back Your Mink” to Nathan in "Guys and Dolls," she was fed up with Nathan’s shenanigans. Many women, though, wouldn’t be quite so quick to give an extraordinarily expensive fur coat back...

How to Identify Types of Fur Coats

Whether fox, mink or faux, fur can add a totally hot touch to any outfit, while keeping you toasty. If you've found an unidentified fur, investigate with your hands -- a pleasure, with a nice, soft fur -- to find out what kind it is. Knowing the...

How do I Restyle a Mink Coat?

You’ve just received your grandmother’s luxe mink coat as a gift or you’ve found a deal on a vintage mink at your local consignment shop. While you adore the marvelous mink, you realize the classic style of the coat is too prim...

Can You Wear a Mink Coat in New York?

There are few garments in the fashion world as controversial as fur. Whether you bought yourself a present with that annual bonus or inherited your grandmother's mink, wearing fur can really put you in the spotlight, in a positive or negative...

How to Stop Fur Coat Shedding

Who knew Grandma's rabbit and fox furs would be so retro-chic? If you've inherited old pelts or put down for some new ones, proper care and storage combined with conscious wearing can keep your fur intact for decades. Fur sheds through friction...

What to Wear With Mink

Fur is regal, luxurious and soft and keeps you warm and toasty. Traditionally, it speaks to a certain societal status and income bracket. Modern fur trends are worn by multiple classes and income brackets. True to the generalization that fur is...

What to Wear With a Short Cream Fur Topshop Coat

A cream fur coat from Topshop packs a hefty fashion punch. You can wear it for an edgy, sophisticated or low-key vibe. This vintage inspired faux fur trend is animal friendly and utterly fabulous, adding "wow factor" to many an outfit. The bonus...

How to Fix a Split in a Fur Coat

Fur coats are meant to be a symbol of luxury, and that's a look that doesn't go well with holes. A split in a fur coat is a bit of a trick, however, since you can't patch or stitch it up the way you would a cloth garment. Luckily, however, if you...

How to Grade Mink Coats

Mink is prized for its glamour, luxury and sleek look -- and it keeps you ultra-toasty on freezing days. When they're raised right, the furry little critters that make up your coat have dense, silky fur that contributes directly to the coat's...

What to Know About Mink Coats

Fur has been used to cover the body and provide warmth since the Stone Age. Larger and more plentiful animals such as sheep, cows and goats were used for clothing and bedcovers. In the 1860s, mink gained popularity when breeding farms were created...

Cruella De Vil: How to Wear Black and White Furs

Cruella De Vil had her hard, cold heart set on a luxurious coat made from the fur of cute and cuddly black-and-white puppies in "101 Dalmatians" -- a horrific thought even in 1961, when the Disney movie was released. Today, real fur is pretty much...