The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-11
EXPENSIVE FURs.
One Woman Has a Wardrobe Worth
S75.OOO-Men,s Coats.

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Speaking Of the $4,000 fur coat stolen
from Lady Warwick. in connection with
her description of herself as a splendid
pauper'' under the new English tax laws.
a f~urrier., talking in the Westminster
Budget. says:
LAS a matter of fact, $40 for a lady's
fur coat is nothing out of the way in our
experience. On the contrary. it is rather
a low price for a fur coat of a lady OF
means and of social position. There are
Large numbers of such ladies who wear
fur coats of about S4.7 $50 to just over
s.. 900. and now and again. not SO very
rarely, we make a coat up to $4,000"
What kind of fur are these coats
lined with?"
There are three kinds of expensive fur
Russian sable. natural black fox n
sea otter. But it is not the lining ony
that makes a coat expensive. The trim
ming is another valuable-often the most
yaluable-part. Take a set of Russian
sable tails: that alone costs $4,000. nc Is
this surprising. since we pay S400 for one
tiny Skin as 1t comes to us straight from
Russia. in an u~nprepared state
Then wha constitutes such a set?'
ssSJmply a plain front. collar and cuffs.
and a deep garniture round the coat.
But remember how many tails go to
such a set. and remember also tina this
IS the most beautiful fur that could pos
sibly be had"
st suppo a coat like this lasts for.
ever?"
1T does last for many years. unless
ladies are careless with it. But If YOU
give them very hard wear and neglect
them. it is only natural that they should
soon be spoiled"
"But what. about changes in fashion?
Is the St, 600 fur coat worn whether 1T Is
made fashionable or not
"Oh. no: a great number of these coats
come back to us every year to pc altered
according to the latest fashion.
Are your customers of this class very
fastidtous and troublesome about these
costly garnents?"
there may be exceptions occasionally,
but. on the whole. these ladies are far
easier to please h many. They have
would supply nothing but what was
thoroughly good and genuine. It Is the
people who want an ancient sealsRin
who often prove the most troublesome.
They seem to think that we can put the
fur back on the animal. and turn 1t. from
being worn and rotten. into new mater
ial. We do anything which it is possible
to do: but to turn old fur into new Is be-
yond the limitations of even the clever
ITO return to the splendid paupers'
fur. What constitutes a complee ward
robe of furs?"
third. trimmed with fur. and a ruff and
cape. Such a wardrobe Is worth several
thousands. and you would be surprised
to know how many ladies have such a
wardrobe. They look upon their furs as
upon thir jewels. it seems. ! know. one
customer of ours whose wardrobe of fur
is worth S75. 900. and only the other day
we made a coat for 5000 and the TRIM
ming for the coat of another lady cost
5000"
"Then about fur coats for men. It
looks as if they were. becoming more
popular. Is that so?"
at is indeed. Even six or seven years
ago Englishmen seemed ashamed to
such a coat you set him down at once to
be either an actor. an artist or a foreign
er. That is no longer so. although there
are still a good many men who are a
a fur coat. but they don't want it to be
recognized as such. So they have. a coat
lined with fur. but they don't have a
fur collar or cuffs. And since, We have
made it for years a special feature to
make fur coats fit. it is quite possible for
a man to wear a fur-lined overeoat that
looks exactly Ike an ordinary o~vercoat.
1.-THE majority of men. however. do not
MIND 1t being noticed that they wear fur
coats. And why should they? Surely. a
man who goes out to his club or to din
ner at night. in evening dress. which is
much inner than the clothes he wears
during the day. REQUIRES. a fur coat. But
mems. coats are far less expensive than
5000. but we also sell good coats, lined
with muskrat (Which Is the best fur for
wear) at $50. That Is Il cheapest coat.
The average price a man pays is from
,andcufrs form ar important part of the
value"