Even though this may seem like a hodgepodge of information, facts, and news it is in someway or another related to fur.
* Fur Care Terms: Drumming is a process to clean furs using abrasion. It is required that you tumble the fur with sawdust soaked in a special solution. The sawdust absorbs dirt and oil and the abrasive action fluffs the fur. Once a year if you use your fur and it need cleaning you should take it to a professional cleaner.
- Flat furs like Seal and Persian lamb only contain one kind of hair.
- In an attempt to reduce weight and bulk of the fur, the technique of shearing is employed, all the while making new designs and patterns in the pile of fur. You can use shearing to create a new light weight, smoother garment from an older long-haired coat.
- Grooving is a kind of shearing technique that produces a stripe pattern. The width and depth of the stripes or grooves are nothing alike, and a corduroy like texture will be the final result. Another term for grooving is cording.
- Shearling is natural lamb fur. The fur is worn on the inside for warmth while the leather is worn on the outside, with the sueded side showing. The suede leather may be dyed and advanced tanning methods mean that a Shearling coat or jacket is much lighter-weight than it once was.
- Knitted Fur is made of fur yarn. The technique for manufacturing this knittable yarn is to combine thin cut-outs of fur with cotton yarn or silk. A plethora of things can be created from crocheting or weaving fur yarn. There are a number of knitted products which are actually machine washable.
* Fur Facts - Sheared fur will keep you as warm as unsheared fur. Fur typically consists of two main layers; the underfur or Ground hair -bottom layer-, closest to the skin, made of shorter and denser wool hairs and the Guard hair -top layer made of longer straighter hairs-. Shearing only effects the Guard hair, ground hair acts as insulation and determines the warmth of the fur. The guard hairs include the majority of the fur's coloration and imbue the assorted furs with their unique traits. Some furs also have a middle layer of hair called Awn hair.
- Long hair furs are not warmer than short hair furs. As explained above, what determines the warmth of a fur is the Ground hair.
- Furs from female minks are generally more lightweight, softer, sleeker, glossier and more pliant than those from the male of the species. Female mink is usually used in the styles which have soft tailoring and draping. Male mink is used for different, less supple styling. Nonetheless, mink goods that are made from males are not unavoidably cheaper than mink goods made from females.
- The best and most exquisite fur products do not contain any leather. When more leather is used to place the strips of fur together, the value of the garment goes down much more.
* Up to date Fur Industry and Market Trends - In the 1980's and 1990's the anti fur campaign damaged the fur industry with negativity. The fur industry is recovering fast.
- Three main factors have contributed to the renewed growth of the industry: an unprecedented increase in demand for fur products by the growing middle class, or nouveaux riches. There is a decline in China and Russia as for the fur industry which use to produce around 15% of the USSR's yearly revenue as well as the western fashion industry's rediscovery of all fur garments.
- The Russian manufactured fur industry today produces 7 times fewer furs than in the 1980's. With no state support, Russia is now at the bottom of the list of international fur-manufacturers, trailing behind North American and European manufacturers. In the late 1980s, Russian produced thirty-five percent (35%) of the world's fur, and their production now has dropped to no more than three to four percent. Russia is responsible for manufacturing 30% of furs world wide. This is partly due to the drop in domestic production, but high domestic demand for quality furs.
- China is churning furs from North America into garments for resale back to the Americas and Russia. Mass production in Chinese fur farms, supported by the state, negatively affects Russian fur production. When the Soviet Union collapsed many of the fur farms in Russia went down with it. Unable to reduce expenses, the Russian fur industry is also unable to compete with western fur producers.
- The fur trade in Russia may have their struggle intensified further by recent happenings in Georgia. Due to Russia's intervention in Georgia, the economy suffered billions of dollars being withheld for commerce. The places involved in this situation are considered some of the biggest fur purchasers worldwide.
- The best marketplaces that sell luxury fur garments nowadays are Dubai, Shanghai and Moscow. - 17943
* Fur Care Terms: Drumming is a process to clean furs using abrasion. It is required that you tumble the fur with sawdust soaked in a special solution. The sawdust absorbs dirt and oil and the abrasive action fluffs the fur. Once a year if you use your fur and it need cleaning you should take it to a professional cleaner.
- Flat furs like Seal and Persian lamb only contain one kind of hair.
- In an attempt to reduce weight and bulk of the fur, the technique of shearing is employed, all the while making new designs and patterns in the pile of fur. You can use shearing to create a new light weight, smoother garment from an older long-haired coat.
- Grooving is a kind of shearing technique that produces a stripe pattern. The width and depth of the stripes or grooves are nothing alike, and a corduroy like texture will be the final result. Another term for grooving is cording.
- Shearling is natural lamb fur. The fur is worn on the inside for warmth while the leather is worn on the outside, with the sueded side showing. The suede leather may be dyed and advanced tanning methods mean that a Shearling coat or jacket is much lighter-weight than it once was.
- Knitted Fur is made of fur yarn. The technique for manufacturing this knittable yarn is to combine thin cut-outs of fur with cotton yarn or silk. A plethora of things can be created from crocheting or weaving fur yarn. There are a number of knitted products which are actually machine washable.
* Fur Facts - Sheared fur will keep you as warm as unsheared fur. Fur typically consists of two main layers; the underfur or Ground hair -bottom layer-, closest to the skin, made of shorter and denser wool hairs and the Guard hair -top layer made of longer straighter hairs-. Shearing only effects the Guard hair, ground hair acts as insulation and determines the warmth of the fur. The guard hairs include the majority of the fur's coloration and imbue the assorted furs with their unique traits. Some furs also have a middle layer of hair called Awn hair.
- Long hair furs are not warmer than short hair furs. As explained above, what determines the warmth of a fur is the Ground hair.
- Furs from female minks are generally more lightweight, softer, sleeker, glossier and more pliant than those from the male of the species. Female mink is usually used in the styles which have soft tailoring and draping. Male mink is used for different, less supple styling. Nonetheless, mink goods that are made from males are not unavoidably cheaper than mink goods made from females.
- The best and most exquisite fur products do not contain any leather. When more leather is used to place the strips of fur together, the value of the garment goes down much more.
* Up to date Fur Industry and Market Trends - In the 1980's and 1990's the anti fur campaign damaged the fur industry with negativity. The fur industry is recovering fast.
- Three main factors have contributed to the renewed growth of the industry: an unprecedented increase in demand for fur products by the growing middle class, or nouveaux riches. There is a decline in China and Russia as for the fur industry which use to produce around 15% of the USSR's yearly revenue as well as the western fashion industry's rediscovery of all fur garments.
- The Russian manufactured fur industry today produces 7 times fewer furs than in the 1980's. With no state support, Russia is now at the bottom of the list of international fur-manufacturers, trailing behind North American and European manufacturers. In the late 1980s, Russian produced thirty-five percent (35%) of the world's fur, and their production now has dropped to no more than three to four percent. Russia is responsible for manufacturing 30% of furs world wide. This is partly due to the drop in domestic production, but high domestic demand for quality furs.
- China is churning furs from North America into garments for resale back to the Americas and Russia. Mass production in Chinese fur farms, supported by the state, negatively affects Russian fur production. When the Soviet Union collapsed many of the fur farms in Russia went down with it. Unable to reduce expenses, the Russian fur industry is also unable to compete with western fur producers.
- The fur trade in Russia may have their struggle intensified further by recent happenings in Georgia. Due to Russia's intervention in Georgia, the economy suffered billions of dollars being withheld for commerce. The places involved in this situation are considered some of the biggest fur purchasers worldwide.
- The best marketplaces that sell luxury fur garments nowadays are Dubai, Shanghai and Moscow. - 17943
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