When my grandmother didn't want her furs anymore we gave them to the costume shop at my undergrad theatre.
Wesley: We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war. Fred: but you hated her…didn't you? Wesley: It's not always about holding hands.
'Shells'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Jan 07, 2013 8:13:40 pm PST #6954 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Burrell - Jan 07, 2013 8:27:40 pm PST #6955 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
We gave the fur coats to my sister, but that might not work in your situation.
Ginger - Jan 07, 2013 8:46:39 pm PST #6956 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My grandmother had one of those mink-eating-its-tail stoles that's currently nonliving in my mother's guest bedroom closet. It both appalls and fascinates me.
I am not up on the current fur philosophy. While the sale of any fur, like the sale of any ivory, can conceivably facilitate current slaughter, it's not like we can bring back a mink that's been dead for 40 years. I could never get terribly exercised about mink, because mink garments have largely been made from farm-raised mink for a century or more. It's hard to justify eating beef and wearing leather but objecting to mink. I feel entirely different about killing wild and often endangered animals.
Atropa - Jan 07, 2013 8:56:34 pm PST #6957 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have my grandmother's mink capelet (in sad condition), an antique seal fur muff that Pete gave me ages ago, a vintage black fox stole that I found at a yard sale, and an antique scarf-thing made from multiple minks eating each other's tails. I'm against the fur industry, but have no problems with wearing vintage or antique furs.
I think donating the stole to a theatre group is a nice idea.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 08, 2013 2:31:00 am PST #6958 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
As a theatre costumer, furs are one of the donations I want. I don't want your old t-shirts, though
Jesse - Jan 08, 2013 3:06:42 am PST #6959 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Now I wonder if my grandmother still has her stoles with the faces! Knowing her, she probably gave them to the homeless shelter, along with her Ferragamo shoes.
sarameg - Jan 08, 2013 3:20:12 am PST #6960 of 30001
I was almost dressed to leave the house and I just gave up. So what if half my group is out sick as well. I cannot deal. I know it is a low-level infection sapping my will to ____, but damn, it is effective.
Now I'm going to go wash the makeup off.
sarameg - Jan 08, 2013 3:25:45 am PST #6961 of 30001
Now to find out if there is any real sudafed in this house.
Hil R. - Jan 08, 2013 3:32:44 am PST #6962 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The two places I know of for donating furs are theatres, like Sophia said, and also some animal shelters, because apparently puppies really like to snuggle up against furs.
Sparky1 - Jan 08, 2013 3:35:59 am PST #6963 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Consuela, I sold a mink coat I inherited from my godmother for about $5K in NYC about 10 or 15 years ago - I don't know that the market is that strong in SF. I don't know how much a stole would be worth.