Word: furse
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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As Goodman's tailoring reputation grew (Bergdorf retired in 1903), he added new lines of furs, dresses and accessories. But his real success was based on a personal touch. A man came in to buy a coat for his wife, tried in vain to describe her proportions-until he...
22. Chief casualty of the new law forcing furriers to call furs by their real names is the old standby:
Burgundy is just a good red wine nowadays, but 500 years ago it was Europe's richest dukedom, spilling from the Alps to the Zuider Zee. Beefy burghers, dressed in furs and velvet, thronged its towns, paid out hard silver for the works of its artists and craftsmen. Last...
"America had not and did not need to have any significant trade with the Soviet ; it means little or nothing to her to discontinue the imports of furs, caviar and crab. With us, things are quite different. We obtain from the Soviet bloc essential foods and raw materials [timber and...
To many a euphemizing U.S. furrier, a skunk is not a skunk at all. It is a "genuine civet cat," "Alaska sable" or "black marten." For four years, the Federal Trade Commission has been trying to get Congress to outlaw fancy names for common furs, last week finally won out...