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Worn Yesterday
On (inherited) fur coats |
Umbra Fisk |
09 Jan 2008 |
Ask Umbra |
| Oh advice maven on all things green, I have a problem! I live in a very cold climate (read: Great White North) and my mother recently gave me my grandmother's old fur coat. It is the warmest thing I have ever owned, but can I wear it? It was a gift from my grandfather to my grandmother back in the early 1960s! I have other friends who are in the same situation -- they have recently received regifted family furs that are no longer ... |
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