FurLoverinFL Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Can't tell from the pic - what do our experts think? http://apnews.excite.com/image/20060608/PEOPLE_BARBRA_STREISAND.sff_NYET113_20060608111957.html?date=20060608&docid=D8I49G981 FLinFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Dies Donna Karan make fur clothing? Thats all babs wears 99% of the time according to her interviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Fox Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Maybe it is just me but to me the head is too big for the body. Just a copy and paste! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReFur Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Knit Rex Rabbit or Knit Beaver, I'd bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKcoyote Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Definately knit, possibly dyed Rex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I'd agree. Also Donna Karan does do fur...or did a couple of seasons ago anyway. Also Babs has been in lots of movies whre she wears fur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I was actually down at Flemington Furs the first time I saw this picture; it was shown to me by my friend Christina, one of their senior furriers. She told me that it was probably knit sheared beaver, a style popularized by the designer Paula Lishman. Christina knits with fur too, but she's more of a genius at color-degrade dying processes and making sheared feel like chinchilla. Anyway (you can tell I'm jonesing for a visit to FF)...the coat that Babs wears in the picture is most definitely double sided. I remember seeing a few more pictures of her in different sheared-knit fur coats as well, but I'll have to check Gettyimages or Corbis to be sure. You should too...it's a shame we can't directly link images in those sites. But the softness of double-sided sheared knit fur...mmmmm. Something to go to sleep dreaming about when I'm off on another night away from home... J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Remember who invented this technique folks...its a Dene Indian traditional craft. Go to Dene fur clouds site www.ek-o.net . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReFur Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 I can't tell you how soft knitted fur is. Plus, as Joe explains, it has the double-sided advantage. Your are right Joe, it feels like Chinchilla. I wish there was another sensation that I could explain that could compare to this softness. Rex Rabbit is one of the most under appreciated furs out there. Another is New Zealand Opossum, which is a GREAT fur! This is an example of the pretties one I have ever found. It actually is a Knit Fox. It is sold. So, I can link to it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=9308836512&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonGav Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 For the record, you old-timers will no doubt recall that Barbra Streisand was, and probably still is, into furs BIG TIME. When she had just gained popularity in the sixties, the was a big LIFE magazine spread on her and her love of furs. She was a big inspiration for me in those days.. God love her for that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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