Last fall, I wrote a big check at the J. Mendel sample sale and left with a new Russian sable Last fall, I wrote a big check at the J. Mendel sample sale and left with a new Russian sable jacket. My ...

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FINE furs have always been, and very likely always will be, comparatively rare, and therefore costly. The world supply of sable, mink, ermine, and the like, is definitely limited, even with the new ...

MINK and sable, the Big Two of the fur world, can still be seen on the salon racks, regal as ever in traditional brown or black. But their luster is somewhat diminished this season by bright new ...