NY Post; Fur Sales are Booming / 12/26/20

Fur sales are booming in NYC this winter
By Melanie Gray December 26, 2020 New York Post
Furs are flying off the shelves this winter — in a city that was howling in protest over animal skin a year ago.
New Yorkers are now happily wrapping themselves in mink, fox, rabbit and sable, surprising furriers, who had been bracing for a brutal holiday season due to coronavirus.

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. Washington wears her mink when she and her husband dine outside, which is nearly every Saturday night. “I needed to get something warm,” she said. “My mink is so warm and it’s something to keep for a lifetime.” On Saturday, she picked up a $199 brown rabbit bomber jacket for her 6-year-old son as a late Christmas present.
“It’s his introduction to fur,” she said.

Jackets and shorter coats are hot Madison Avenue Furs 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.
“Locals are spending,” store president Larry Cowit told The Post. “And if the weather stays cold, sales will be good through the rest of the winter.”

Terrain Washington and her son