The mink spectrum now stretches from cream through tan to the color of dark chocolate; Lester Smith's specialty was a light bluish gray called sapphire. The business of furs is fraught with ...

A diner at Fish, the José Andrés seafood restaurant at the MGM National Harbor casino, found out the hard way that $15,000 fur coats sometimes have a strange way of disappearing. In late January ...

• Mink remains the most popular fur representing approximately 70 percent of all fur sold at retail. • One in five women own a fur coat. Men’s fur fashions make up roughly 5 percent of sales.

"A new mink coat costs around €15,000; we produce maybe five a year. I've always fought against the overproduction of fur, which must remain a rare product," said Salomon.

The singer was recently slammed by PETA for wearing what appeared to be a pink mink fur coat after a trip to the Armani New York boutique.. Thumbing her nose at critics and PETA, Gaga tweeted the ...

I encountered my first in-the-flesh fur at a quaint vintage store near downtown. At the very back of the small shop hung a row of furs. I slipped my arms into the satiny sleeve of a coat.

Even for those who still love fur, the mink coat has lost its appeal. “Years back, a classic mink coat was timeless,” said Nicholas Sekas, a New York furrier whose father founded Sekas ...

Tennessee native Carrie Morris, 28, spent $250 on a brown mink coat she bought used on eBay as a rite of passage of sorts before she moved to New York City in her early 20s. "I felt like Carrie ...

Even for those who still love fur, the mink coat has lost its appeal. “Years back a classic mink coat was timeless,” said Nicholas Sekas, a New York furrier whose father founded Sekas ...