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.

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 ...

Fur fashions This winter season calls for fitted coats in sheared mink, which Schulze defines as lightweight fur. “Everybody has different tastes in fur,” Schulze says.

The fur salon, she said, does a swift business in reversible coats, with sheared mink on one side and taffeta on the other: a luxury product fit for the age of Instagram shaming.

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 ...

Masha Markova, 22, claims that the Mean Girls star took her $12,000 golden sheared mink coat when they were both at the New York City nightclub 1Oak in January, the Associated Press reports ...

"But not contributing to the fur trade because it's vintage." Carrie Morris bought a vintage mink coat on eBay before she moved to New York for $250. (Courtesy of Carrie Morris) ...

The vicious mink: more than fur for a coat Rick Brockway Outdoors Jan 10, 2023 Updated Feb 15, 2024 ...