July 2017 • We Are Fur

Balenciaga: The Master of Shape

July 28, 2017

“Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conducter. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions that he gives us” – Christian Dior London couldn’t get more sophisticated than this my darlings! Balenciaga is in town. At the heart of this city, the Victoria & Albert Museum has set an exhibition that has encouraged all fashionistas, researchers and members of the public to wait for weeks just to have the pleasure of seeing closely some of the creations...

Viewers turn a blind eye to fur in fiction when it’s fashionable

July 26, 2017

If Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow knows anything, it’s that winter is coming. He’s got an impressive wardrobe of fur cloaks, coats and garments to prove it, and isn’t the only one to have flashed a striking piece of fur from time to time on our screens. Some of our favourite characters in television and film have been wrapping up for years, ranging from Miranda Priestly’s knee-length red fur coat in The Devil Wears Prada, to the knit fur wrap Carrie Bradshaw wears in Sex...

MARK OATEN IN TARRIF TALKS

July 25, 2017

IFF CEO Mark Oaten was in China this week holding talks with government customs officials on trying to reduce the luxury goods tariff into china. He also spoke at meetings to launch a new farm welfare standard and discussed the development of luxury branding in China with the jade industry and brand experts.

Ninx from Bewitched Couture takes Kopenhagen Fur’s sorting & grading course

July 25, 2017

Kopenhagen Fur are the most prestigious producers of mink in Europe and it is a privilege to be selected by Kopenhagen Fur to attend their 'Fur Sorting & Grading Course' in Denmark. The first major element of the course was an illuminating presentation in the auction room on the key statistics and areas of business that makes up Kopenhagen Fur. We covered diverse areas from policy to finance, business structure to global reach, and welfare to traceability. Our afternoon session ran with a tour of...

Fendi rises to the occasion yet again

July 14, 2017

“Haute Couture is a mass of whispered secrets. Rare are those who have the privilege of passing them on”. – Yves Saint Laurent If there was going to be one show to close Paris Couture week, it was most certainly going to be Fendi’s Haute Furrore showpiece. One year after walking on water in Rome, Karl Lagerfeld returned to Paris with a high fur collection with wonderful garden tunes. The Italian brand’s collection paid tribute to nature and the world of flowers. Lagerfeld certainly didn’t...

FASHIONCLASH: Recovering the Sense in Fashion

July 14, 2017

“Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us ”. – Virginia Woolf Oh bliss, it’s Friday! The Guru suggests that, to get you ready and in the mood for this weekend, you pour yourselves a glass of bubbles, put your feet up and enjoy this little package of beautiful surprises and unforgettable experiences she brought from FASHIONCLASH in Maastricht. Trust me people...

Wild Fur Conference in Irkutsk, Russia

July 13, 2017

On the 22nd June 2017 an event was held in Irkutsk Russia entitled “Fur Harvesting in the 21st Century, Russia and the World.” The event was held as a part of the Russian “Year of Ecology” and was organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation with the support of the Russian Fur Union, the auction company “Sojuzpushnina” and the International Fur Federation (IFF). The event had been organised in order to pull together a mix of international and Russian...

FURLab and their search for democratic design

July 7, 2017

“What’s not to like about making affordable, desirable, sustainable pieces that reach many people? That is the design dream.” – Elsa Crawford, ILSE Studio Hello beautiful people. The Guru is back and full of updates and gossip about her trip, hurray! For those who still haven’t started following me in Instagram @furgurusnaps (oh, oh…) and you didn’t enjoy the beautiful snaps I got from my visit to the Dutch low lands, don’t despair. I brought more images and amazing news from one of the most...