The Fall of Fur

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

From the height of luxury to fashion faux pas: the rise and fall of the fur coat.

Skin Deep: The Fall of Fur

For many women in postwar Britain a fur coat – preferably mink – represented the height of luxury, the ultimate object of desire. In popular culture the ambition to own a fur coat became a defining qu

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