G'day from down under, an update on furs in Sydney.

[fur999]

Well, g'day all you northerners (assuming no members in Taz or Antartic!),

 

Since moving over to Australia from the UK just under a month ago, I have been absent from the den and missed it greatly. I obviously have a lot to catch up on, there have been a lot of new posts in the Den and my other favourite areas (FFA and Brandy's), but as I only have public computer access at the moment and am in the library, some may have to wait.

 

Main reason for calling in is to say I am pleasantly surprised with the amount of fur spotted over here since arriving.

The weekend after arriving back in early August, I went to a wedding with my gf (who looked beautiful in a bridesmaid dress) and was very surprised to see one middleaged (40 ish) lady in a silver fox shrug/bolero jacket, an elderly lady in a full length brown mink with blonde mink closure and collar trim, and a very convincing fake mink jacket (not real, but convincing to the untrained eye).

It was a chilly weekend, sunny but breezy, and I was cold in just a shirt. Later on in the evening, one of the groom's sisters in her twenties, doned her granny's full length mink to keep out the chill. I couold not resist to go over and chat, dropping in a comment that she looked a lot warmer in fur, but not pressing the issue.

 

Last week, while walking through Sydney CBd, there was a memorial tribute to armed troops of ANZAC, and spotted a lady in the crowd in a stroller length jacket of patch coyote or fox. She loooked very elegant, and warm! And no-one was bothering her. The only looks she was getting were admiring ones from men, myself included.

 

Also, there are a lot of fur trimmed hoods around. In the UK, almost everyone under 30 weras a jacket with horrible cheap fake trim, whereas here, it is the same but mostly real. it is so noticable, my eyes are drawn accross streets to the movement of a real fox trim.

 

Also, on Castlereagh Street which is the posh shopping street with Gucci etc, there is a shoe shop displaying a manikin in a classic red fox jacket and a pair of killer heels. Brilliant.

 

So all is not lost, and I would say that I have seen more fur on the streets in the last month in Sydney, than a whole winter in the UK in the past. It is getting warmer now, so I expect this to reduce, but it is good to see still.

Once I get a job (starting next week) and earning, I will be looking to find furs for me and the gf to enjoy. Not sure what the ebay/second hand market is like here, and I have looked through the phone book for furriers, but none seem to be here.

 

Love to all, and I look forward to catching up with the recent happenings in the Den soon.

999 xxx

[Mr Barguzin]

Bugger Furs

 

Seems like this Oz should get out more.... and head south more often.

 

Then again, when I do make the sojourn south, all I seem to see is fakes. So that means I am going to the wrong areas. AH well.....

 

(Now if he finds a furrier... WEG)