This is an assortment of haphazardly compiled information, news and facts, all related to fur in one way or another.
* Fur Care Terms: Drumming is a process to clean furs using abrasion. It is required that you tumble the fur with sawdust soaked in a special solution. The sawdust absorbs dirt and oil and the abrasive action fluffs the fur. Fur should be cleaned professionally once a year, if you use it and it needs cleaning.
- Flat Furs are furs that have only one type of hair or fur like Seal and Persian Lamb, for example.
- Shearing is the act -actually, the technique- of trimming fur to reduce weight and bulkiness, while also creating designs and patterns in the fur pile. You can use shearing to create a new light weight, smoother garment from an older long-haired coat.
- Grooving is a kind of shearing technique that produces a stripe pattern. The width and depth of the stripes or grooves are nothing alike, and a corduroy like texture will be the final result. Another term for grooving is cording.
- Another name for natural lamb fur is shearling. The leather half is typically sueded and worn on the exterior with the fur side turned inward for warmth. Due to the suede leather techniques used today to produce Shearling coats and jackets, they are not as heavy as when first manufactured.
- Fur yarn is the material that makes up knitted fur. The technique for manufacturing this knittable yarn is to combine thin cut-outs of fur with cotton yarn or silk. Fur yarn can also be crocheted or weaved to produce all sorts of objects. Surprisingly enough there are some knitted fur products that can actually be washed in the washing machine.
* Facts about Fur that is sheared will in fact keep you as warm as fur that has not been sheared. Fur typically consists of two main layers; the underfur or Ground hair -bottom layer-, closest to the skin, made of shorter and denser wool hairs and the Guard hair -top layer made of longer straighter hairs-. Shearing just cuts some of the Guard hair, however the insulating Ground hair accounts for the fur's warm thickness. Guard Hair gives the various furs their different characteristics and contains most of a furs pigmentation. Awn hair is the name for the middle layer contained on some furs.
- Generally, long hair furs do not provide any more warmth than short hair furs. Ground hair determines the warmth of a fur.
- Furs from female minks are generally more lightweight, softer, sleeker, glossier and more pliant than those from the male of the species. Female mink is usually used in the styles which have soft tailoring and draping. Male mink is used for different, less supple styling. Nonetheless, mink goods that are made from males are not unavoidably cheaper than mink goods made from females.
- The best and most exquisite fur products do not contain any leather. The greater the amount of leather utilized to bind the fur strips, the lower the worth of the fur apparel.
* Up to date Fur Industry and Market Trends - In the 1980's and 1990's the anti fur campaign damaged the fur industry with negativity. The fur industry is recovering fast.
- Three main factors have contributed to the renewed growth of the industry: an unprecedented increase in demand for fur products by the growing middle class, or nouveaux riches. In China and Russia the downward slop of the Russian fur industry which used to produce about 15% of the USSR's yearly income and the western fashion industry's new findings of fur garments.
- The Russian manufactured fur industry today produces 7 times fewer furs than in the 1980's. With no state support, Russia is now at the bottom of the list of international fur-manufacturers, trailing behind North American and European manufacturers. In the late 1980s, Russian produced thirty-five percent (35%) of the world's fur, and their production now has dropped to no more than three to four percent. Russia is responsible for manufacturing 30% of furs world wide. This is partly due to the drop in domestic production, but high domestic demand for quality furs.
- China is churning furs from North America into garments for resale back to the Americas and Russia. Mass production in Chinese fur farms, supported by the state, negatively affects Russian fur production. When the Soviet Union collapsed many of the fur farms in Russia went down with it. Unable to reduce expenses, the Russian fur industry is also unable to compete with western fur producers.
- The fur trade in Russia may have their struggle intensified further by recent happenings in Georgia. Due to Russia's intervention in Georgia, the economy suffered billions of dollars being withheld for commerce. The places involved in this situation are considered some of the biggest fur purchasers worldwide.
- Dubai, Shanghai and Moscow are the top market centers for luxury fur garments today. - 16755
* Fur Care Terms: Drumming is a process to clean furs using abrasion. It is required that you tumble the fur with sawdust soaked in a special solution. The sawdust absorbs dirt and oil and the abrasive action fluffs the fur. Fur should be cleaned professionally once a year, if you use it and it needs cleaning.
- Flat Furs are furs that have only one type of hair or fur like Seal and Persian Lamb, for example.
- Shearing is the act -actually, the technique- of trimming fur to reduce weight and bulkiness, while also creating designs and patterns in the fur pile. You can use shearing to create a new light weight, smoother garment from an older long-haired coat.
- Grooving is a kind of shearing technique that produces a stripe pattern. The width and depth of the stripes or grooves are nothing alike, and a corduroy like texture will be the final result. Another term for grooving is cording.
- Another name for natural lamb fur is shearling. The leather half is typically sueded and worn on the exterior with the fur side turned inward for warmth. Due to the suede leather techniques used today to produce Shearling coats and jackets, they are not as heavy as when first manufactured.
- Fur yarn is the material that makes up knitted fur. The technique for manufacturing this knittable yarn is to combine thin cut-outs of fur with cotton yarn or silk. Fur yarn can also be crocheted or weaved to produce all sorts of objects. Surprisingly enough there are some knitted fur products that can actually be washed in the washing machine.
* Facts about Fur that is sheared will in fact keep you as warm as fur that has not been sheared. Fur typically consists of two main layers; the underfur or Ground hair -bottom layer-, closest to the skin, made of shorter and denser wool hairs and the Guard hair -top layer made of longer straighter hairs-. Shearing just cuts some of the Guard hair, however the insulating Ground hair accounts for the fur's warm thickness. Guard Hair gives the various furs their different characteristics and contains most of a furs pigmentation. Awn hair is the name for the middle layer contained on some furs.
- Generally, long hair furs do not provide any more warmth than short hair furs. Ground hair determines the warmth of a fur.
- Furs from female minks are generally more lightweight, softer, sleeker, glossier and more pliant than those from the male of the species. Female mink is usually used in the styles which have soft tailoring and draping. Male mink is used for different, less supple styling. Nonetheless, mink goods that are made from males are not unavoidably cheaper than mink goods made from females.
- The best and most exquisite fur products do not contain any leather. The greater the amount of leather utilized to bind the fur strips, the lower the worth of the fur apparel.
* Up to date Fur Industry and Market Trends - In the 1980's and 1990's the anti fur campaign damaged the fur industry with negativity. The fur industry is recovering fast.
- Three main factors have contributed to the renewed growth of the industry: an unprecedented increase in demand for fur products by the growing middle class, or nouveaux riches. In China and Russia the downward slop of the Russian fur industry which used to produce about 15% of the USSR's yearly income and the western fashion industry's new findings of fur garments.
- The Russian manufactured fur industry today produces 7 times fewer furs than in the 1980's. With no state support, Russia is now at the bottom of the list of international fur-manufacturers, trailing behind North American and European manufacturers. In the late 1980s, Russian produced thirty-five percent (35%) of the world's fur, and their production now has dropped to no more than three to four percent. Russia is responsible for manufacturing 30% of furs world wide. This is partly due to the drop in domestic production, but high domestic demand for quality furs.
- China is churning furs from North America into garments for resale back to the Americas and Russia. Mass production in Chinese fur farms, supported by the state, negatively affects Russian fur production. When the Soviet Union collapsed many of the fur farms in Russia went down with it. Unable to reduce expenses, the Russian fur industry is also unable to compete with western fur producers.
- The fur trade in Russia may have their struggle intensified further by recent happenings in Georgia. Due to Russia's intervention in Georgia, the economy suffered billions of dollars being withheld for commerce. The places involved in this situation are considered some of the biggest fur purchasers worldwide.
- Dubai, Shanghai and Moscow are the top market centers for luxury fur garments today. - 16755
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