{"id":142319,"date":"2020-12-27T01:02:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fur-sales-are-booming-in-nyc-this-winter\/"},"modified":"2020-12-27T01:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T22:02:10","slug":"fur-sales-are-booming-in-nyc-this-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fur-sales-are-booming-in-nyc-this-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fur sales are booming in NYC this winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Fur sales are booming in NYC this winter<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Furs are flying off the shelves this winter \u2014 in a city that was howling in protest over animal skin a year ago. <\/p>\n

New Yorkers are now happ<\/a>ily wrapping themselves in mink, fox, rabbit and sable, surprising furriers, who had been bracing for a brutal holiday season due to coronavirus. <\/p>\n

Terrain Washington, a Brooklyn federal law enforcement officer, dropped $3,200 on a three-quarter-length swing mink this fall at her favorite store, Madison Avenue Furs. On Saturday, she picked up a $199 brown rabbit bomber jacket for her 6-year-old son as a late Christmas present.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s his introduction to fur,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

Washington wears her mink when she and her husband dine outside, which is nearly every Saturday night. \u201cI needed to get something warm,\u201d she said. \u201cMy mink is so warm and it\u2019s something to keep for a lifetime.\u201d <\/p>\n

For Marc Kaufman of Marc Kaufman Furs<\/a> in Chelsea, times are so good that he\u2019s having trouble keeping up with demand. His biggest sellers are minks, foxes and shearlings with price tags ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. <\/p>\n

Kaufman attributes rising sales to the chilly winter weather and all the social<\/a>izing that has to be done outside because of Covid-19 concerns, including sidewalk dining.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people go out to eat, now they need to keep on their coats \u2014 and they need really warm ones,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Dimitrios Furs <\/a>is also busy, with about a 20 percent boost in orders this year, estimates owner Dimitri Lettas. <\/p>\n

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Larry Cowit, co-owner of Madison Avenue Furs, in his W.27th St. store.<\/figcaption>
Helayne Seidman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Younger women, 25 to 35, are driving the increase, Lettas said. They\u2019re snapping up furs in the $1,000 to $3,500 price range, opting for such items as a cashmere cape trimmed with fox and a restyled family fur. The older crowd favors all-mink and all-fox jackets and pricey options such as a $6,995 reversible sheared mink coat with a fox-trimmed hood. <\/p>\n

\u201cFur lasts a lifetime \u2014 even longer,\u201d Lettas told The Post. \u201cThey\u2019re worn by grandmothers, mothers and daughters.\u201d <\/p>\n

The turnabout is all the more remarkable, considering that a strong anti-fur movement swept through New York in 2019. <\/p>\n

In the spring, the City Council considered banning fur sales. Activists stormed Dolce & Gabbana, and Manhattan bars instituted faux-only dress codes. Even Macy\u2019s vowed to lock up its iconic Fur Vault for good this coming February. <\/p>\n

But suddenly furriers are feeling cozy. <\/p>\n

Kaufman told The Post he was prepared for a 45 percent slide in business when the virus outbreak hit. <\/p>\n

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Terrain Washington with her son<\/figcaption>
James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Instead, he has seen a 10 percent increase in 2020. <\/p>\n

Most of Kaufman\u2019s customers live in the city, he said, but he has filled orders from across the country \u2014 and around the world. On Thursday, he shipped a shearling coat to a loyal customer in the military who, he thinks, is stationed in Iraq. He can\u2019t be sure. The address was a Post Office box. <\/p>\n

\u201cSales have been incredible compared to what I thought they were going to be \u2014 to what they could have been,\u201d Kaufman said. \u201cThe internet has exploded. We\u2019re doing amazingly well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackets and shorter coats are hot Madison Avenue Furs<\/a> in Chelsea. So are dyed furs like a royal blue mink bolero with an Asian Finnish raccoon collar and hood on sale for $1,495. <\/p>\n

\u201cLocals are spending,\u201d store president Larry Cowit told The Post. \u201cAnd if the weather stays cold, sales will be good through the rest of the winter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not everyone is thrilled with the about-face. <\/p>\n

Animal rights activist Carole Raphaelle Davis is disappointed by fur\u2019s enduring popularity but believes values are changing.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Back in the day, fur was considered a symbol of wealth and status,\u201d said Davis, who splits her time between New York and Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow, especially as a result of COVID, more people are realizing that real status comes from caring for the needy and the sick and for the environment.\u201d <\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Dana Kennedy.<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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