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Ecology Action chose Raymond's because it advertised a sale of unusual furs in Boston newspapers.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Department Store Removes Furs After Demonstration by Ecologists | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

Rickey invited them into the store, and agreed to remove the furs which they found objectionable if they would remove the pickets.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Department Store Removes Furs After Demonstration by Ecologists | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

Kaplan's colleagues are hard on his heels. Emeric Partos will not tamper in any major way with the Big Two: "A mink is a mink," he says with reverence, "and a sable is a sable, and I will not tear them, trim them or tuck them." Nonetheless, Partos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Skin Game | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

Five-Finger Exercise. It was Madame Potok, grande dame at Maximilian Furs, who first treated fur like a fabric; an old-style mink coat weighed twelve pounds before she scissored away at waists and armholes, sleeves and bulky seams and reduced the total to a mere four pounds. This year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Skin Game | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

Not all the new furs are so high-priced. Some of them (wolf, mole, bull and hamster) cost well under $700, several (rabbit and fox paws), less than $300. The customer will obviously be paying more for the labor than for the fur. For, as Kaplan says of the new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The Skin Game | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

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