China : Fur for fashion
Write:
Tomiko [2011-05-20]
The constant warm weather this winter has seriously affected the fur market of Hangzhou city. Exclusive shops for fur, which usually launch latest styles in November, introduced them one month later for this current season.
This year, new concepts for fashionable fur appeared in the market. Few of them can be considered as rare masterpiece and others are affordable ones. Even fur accessories like earrings are catching the eyes of fashionable Hangzhou women.
The Sijiqing and Jiuxing foreign trade market, Longxiang wholesales market and Hangzhou silk city had many fur sellers till last year. But mild winters and about 50 percent increase in the price of fur material in the international market forced these retail sellers to give up fur business, however, they have switched into other fashion trading like clothes and accessories.
For the last few years the trend has been that fashionistas wear fur coats only for fashion and not for warmth. Observing this, designers this time, have launched short coat, vests, shawls, cloaks made of fur and they have become successful in popularizing these. One of the tips goes like this, a suit or shirt with a fur shawl or cloak looks both fashionable and gorgeous.