Mary Piero Carey wrote: >On 12/4/2010 9:39 AM, Kate Bunting wrote:
>Political correctness has made it impossible to buy old fur coats in >charity >shops... >Huh? >Kate, where are you? The 2nd hand stores around here still sell fur >>sometimes& the yard sales& estate sales are rife with them. I must have >>regretfully passed on buying well over a dozen in the last year, for lack >of >time and/or projects that required them! (All those baby boomers moving >into >smaller quarters, or dying, I'm sure.) I'm in Derby, UK. I scoured the local charity shops and could only find fake fur coats. I understand from the staff that they have a policy of not offering real fur for sale, presumably to avoid risking attacks by animal rights activists. Anyway, I now have my fur thanks to the kindness of a fellow-reenactor. I was wondering whether anyone else on the list had experience of applying small cuts of fur to a garment. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to [email protected]. The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
