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. Fur should be cleaned professionally once a year, if you use it and it needs cleaning.
- Flat Furs are furs that have only one type of hair or fur like Seal and Persian Lamb, for example.
- Shearing is the act -actually, the technique- of trimming fur to reduce weight and bulkiness, while also creating designs and patterns in the fur pile. You can use shearing to create a new light weight, smoother garment from an older long-haired coat.
- Grooving is a way of shearing which then makes a stripe design. The stripes or grooves are different in width and depth, and the end-result resembles corduroy. Grooving is also known as cording.
- Natural lamb fur is called shearling. The leather half is typically sueded and worn on the exterior with the fur side turned inward for warmth. 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.
- Fur yarn is the material that makes up knitted fur. The technique for manufacturing this knittable yarn is to combine thin cut-outs of fur with cotton yarn or silk. Fur yarn can also be crocheted or weaved to produce all sorts of objects. Surprisingly enough there are some knitted fur products that can actually be washed in the washing machine.
* Fur Facts - Sheared fur will keep you as warm as unsheared fur. Fur has two main layers. The first is the underfur, which is the layer closest to the skin and has short, dense wool hair. The second one is the guard hair, which is at the top and has longer and straighter hair. Shearing only trims the Guard hair, but the Ground hair, which acts as insulation, is what determines the warmth of a fur. Guard Hair gives the various furs their different characteristics and contains most of a furs pigmentation. Some furs also have a middle layer of hair called Awn hair.
- Generally, long hair furs do not provide any more warmth than short hair furs. Ground hair determines the warmth of a fur.
- 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 more often used in styles that have draping and soft tailoring. Male mink is used for different, less supple styling. Male mink garments are not automatically cheaper than female mink garments.
- 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.
* Recent Fur Industry and Market Trends - The damage experienced by the fur industry in the 1980s and early 1990s due to a combination of economic factors and the strong anti-fur campaign is no longer. The fur industry is making a comeback - and quickly.
- 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. In China and Russia the downward slop of the Russian fur industry which used to produce about 15% of the USSR's yearly income and the western fashion industry's new findings of 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. Russia's share in fur production worldwide has dropped from the 35% provided by Soviet Russian breeders in the late 1980s to no more than 3 or 4 %. The drastic drop in domestic production coupled with the skyrocketing domestic demand for quality fur products means that Russia today imports about 30% of world-marketed furs.
- China has also become a large imported of furs, buying wild pelts from North America and manufacturing them into garments to ship back to North America and, in the most part, to Russia. Large-scale production in fur farms in China, which receive state support, adversely impact the Russian fur industry. When the Soviet Union collapsed many of the fur farms in Russia went down with it. The Russian fur manufacturers are not able to compete with the western players as they are not finding avenues to reduce their expenses.
- 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. - 15343
* 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. Fur should be cleaned professionally once a year, if you use it and it needs cleaning.
- Flat Furs are furs that have only one type of hair or fur like Seal and Persian Lamb, for example.
- Shearing is the act -actually, the technique- of trimming fur to reduce weight and bulkiness, while also creating designs and patterns in the fur pile. You can use shearing to create a new light weight, smoother garment from an older long-haired coat.
- Grooving is a way of shearing which then makes a stripe design. The stripes or grooves are different in width and depth, and the end-result resembles corduroy. Grooving is also known as cording.
- Natural lamb fur is called shearling. The leather half is typically sueded and worn on the exterior with the fur side turned inward for warmth. 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.
- Fur yarn is the material that makes up knitted fur. The technique for manufacturing this knittable yarn is to combine thin cut-outs of fur with cotton yarn or silk. Fur yarn can also be crocheted or weaved to produce all sorts of objects. Surprisingly enough there are some knitted fur products that can actually be washed in the washing machine.
* Fur Facts - Sheared fur will keep you as warm as unsheared fur. Fur has two main layers. The first is the underfur, which is the layer closest to the skin and has short, dense wool hair. The second one is the guard hair, which is at the top and has longer and straighter hair. Shearing only trims the Guard hair, but the Ground hair, which acts as insulation, is what determines the warmth of a fur. Guard Hair gives the various furs their different characteristics and contains most of a furs pigmentation. Some furs also have a middle layer of hair called Awn hair.
- Generally, long hair furs do not provide any more warmth than short hair furs. Ground hair determines the warmth of a fur.
- 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 more often used in styles that have draping and soft tailoring. Male mink is used for different, less supple styling. Male mink garments are not automatically cheaper than female mink garments.
- 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.
* Recent Fur Industry and Market Trends - The damage experienced by the fur industry in the 1980s and early 1990s due to a combination of economic factors and the strong anti-fur campaign is no longer. The fur industry is making a comeback - and quickly.
- 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. In China and Russia the downward slop of the Russian fur industry which used to produce about 15% of the USSR's yearly income and the western fashion industry's new findings of 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. Russia's share in fur production worldwide has dropped from the 35% provided by Soviet Russian breeders in the late 1980s to no more than 3 or 4 %. The drastic drop in domestic production coupled with the skyrocketing domestic demand for quality fur products means that Russia today imports about 30% of world-marketed furs.
- China has also become a large imported of furs, buying wild pelts from North America and manufacturing them into garments to ship back to North America and, in the most part, to Russia. Large-scale production in fur farms in China, which receive state support, adversely impact the Russian fur industry. When the Soviet Union collapsed many of the fur farms in Russia went down with it. The Russian fur manufacturers are not able to compete with the western players as they are not finding avenues to reduce their expenses.
- 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. - 15343