Word: furse
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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In fact, furriers are using everything short of their own hides - Russian fitch, French rabbit, Algerian sand rat, Polish pony, Australian kangaroo and Wyoming buffalo. And they are handling the animal skins like fabric, tailoring them into haute couture shapes, cutting them into culottes, evening gowns and leggings. Taking even...
At the other end of the spectrum is Manhattan's Georges Kaplan, whose co-owner and designer, Jacques Kap lan, has long been one of society's favorite purveyors of both conventional and novel furs. For mothers and daughters, he offers matching Mondrian-dyed rabbit dressed with red...
Working with natural essences or synthetic replacements, industrial perfumers have also solved the problem of charcoal briquettes that don't smell like hickory and finished furs that don't smell like mink. Without help, shoes nowadays smell more like adhesives, rubber soles and dye than leather; many manufacturers...
It is not true that Mrs. Jack Gardner customarily perched in the branches of a potted mimosa tree to receive her guests, or that she kept a pride of pet lions in her basement. But it is true that she paraded in elegant furs walking a lion on a leash...
TAX CUT. A $4.6 billion reduction in excise taxes, which will be phased over four years. Among the items relieved of some or all of the old wartime imposts: automobiles, luggage, jewelry, furs, electrical appliances, sporting goods, telephone service and tickets to theaters and athletic arenas. Signed.