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JANUARY 7, 1961 Mocha-dyed Persian lamb, tuxedo front of beige-dyed beaver, a cheaper fur item to your ward- robe and like the spotted look of ranch mink gills tograph), (see pho- And, of course, go to a reputable furrier, He can tell you what furs wear best, what furs best suit your way of life, But here area few points you should know anyway, Mink has for years been every woman's dream, Today a small mink piece is well within the range of even the budget-minded, Mink 18 really a weasel, Doesn't sound half as elegant or luxurious, does it! The North American pelts are the most valuable, Mink is either wild or ranch bred, Mutations are not dyed but ranch bred, They are the scientific breeding of freak color minks in a litter, An odd colored mink will be bred to "another in a near shade, The breed- ing continues until that particular color is achieved, This accounts for the lovely silver effects, the golden undertones, Usually one new mutation is added a year to the mink shades. A cheaper mink is the China mink, This is a real mink and net another fur dyed to resemble mink, It is yellowish in color, The best wild mink comes from Labrador, Newfoundland and Quebec, It's a cold climate animal, F you are interested in seal or sable, remember that Hudson Seal is the trade name for sheared muskrat that is dyed to resemble Alaska sealskin and that Hudson Bay sable is the trade name for the better type of American mar- ten from the Hudson's Bay region, Actually sable is the marten, The most expensive is from Russia and is generally called Russian sable, Today natural hair seal is be- coming popular and is dyed var- ious colors (see Kaffa-dyed hair seal in the three-fur-jacket pho- tograph) A favorite fur, and a good wear- ing one, is muskrat, And it is al- most unbelievable what fur dyers can achieve by stripping the fur of its color, shearing it and re- dyeing it to resemble the most expensive furs, Here is one excel- lent way to achieve beautiful furs at a reasonable price, I had mus- krat dyed to a mushroom beige, styled by Mary Mclnnis, the only Canadian woman fur designer (as far as I know) and friends babbled about my lovely blonde beaver or nutria coat until, in self defense, I took out a fur insurance policy, If my fashion-.writing friends couldn't tell the difference, an apart- ment thief surely wouldn't either, N both beaver and nutria, the guard hairs are plucked out, leaving the soft silky nap, Then the fur is sheared to get rid of the too bulky look and to keep the fur from matting, Beaver is excellent for wear; nutria, fair, Canadian beaver pelts are con- sidered the best, Natural nutria skins come from South America; ranch-bred from North America, Today pelts come from all over the world, Southwestern Africa Persian Lamb is being extensively advertised these days, You will find such skins used as Polish pony (see photograph), Italian Lamb, Nor- wegian Hair Seal, natural Guana- quito (South American fox), South African Cape Skin, Somali Leo- pard, Australian Opossum, Brazil. ian River Otter, HIS year fashion decrees fur on fur, As Leo Ritter of New York says with regard to the ele- gant furs: "Part of luxury plus the feeling of current fashion is re- flected in the frequent use of two precious furs in one coat, as Alaska Seal trimmed with Persian Lamb, mink with sable," Translate this to the more reasonably priced furs and you can have the contrasting beauty of beige-dyed muskrat with beaver trim, black Persian Paw with silver fox trim, pieced pastel mink with otter trim, And here are a couple of rules to remember when you buy that new fur item in the January sales, Shake the fur before and after wearing: never store furs in a plastic bag, They have to breathe, Finely styled jacket in Emba Lutecia mink, Jacket in mink sides by Mr. John,