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It is sleek and lightweight, lustrous and warm. "You can do anything with mink because it handles as easily as cloth," says Ernest Graf, executive vice president of Ben Kahn Furs Corp. "Mink is durable. Mink is beautiful."
Money tells much about a nation's character because it is so closely entwined with a nation's history, psychology and destiny. Ever since Stone Age men began bartering with furs, and the ancient Lydians introduced metal money, practically every dominant civilization has risen to power partly through...
For years, Manhattan's 855 Madison Ave. had been an outlet for a Gristede grocery store, surrounded by shops selling electric appliances, antiques and furs. But by last week, the space had been remodeled, with huge plate-glass windows, an aluminum tunnel entrance and, inside, distinctive orange carpeting that...
In the U.S. last year, burglars broke into more than 1,600,000 houses and apartments and made off with $350 million worth of furs, jewels, silver and other valuables. According to Robert Earl Barnes, 40% of those burglaries occurred simply because householders were careless. Barnes, 35, should know. Since...
NET JOURNAL. "Plumes for My Rich Aunt." British Journalist Alan Whicker describes the world of Paris haute couture as glamorized by models "who can wear furs in August, swimsuits in December . . . and look snooty and deadpan even with sand in their shoes" in this bizarre peek at the citadel of...