By Smita Prakash
Moscow, November 13, 2007 (ANI)
Several women in the Prime Minister's delegation to Moscow for his 24
hour visit and not one woman in fur. Not even faux fur. And this in a
city that revels in its fur fashion. Mrs Gursharan Kaur wore a black
woolen overcoat most of the day while the Prime Minister preferred a
grey woollen coat. His colleagues were all men, no fur there. And the
media team which had a record ten women teamed their outfits with
leather or woollen coats to beat the -7 degrees Celsius weather. Not
one of them owned a mink coat. It’s kind of hard to combine mink with
Kanjeevaram or Banarasi sarees, which is as dressy as a woman
Journalist gets.
But ask Russian women what is her idea of a perfect gift and you are
most likely to get a reply " a mink coat". No apologies here for anti
fur lobbyists. Russians love their fur. It comes in all colours and
cuts and length. Calvin Klien, Jean PaulGaultier, Roberto Cavalli or
Oscar de la Renta, most international labels have experimented with
fur this year. Basic colours like black,grey and white are popular but
one can even spot yellow and orange in shop windows this year. Seems
bizarre but hey its fashion. And it doesn't come cheap. From 200,000
rubles 500,000 rubles it can burn a deep hole in one's pocket. So far
Indo western wear hasn't dabbled with fur, maybe a fox collar or a
cuff but that's about it.
Moscow, November 13, 2007 (ANI)
Several women in the Prime Minister's delegation to Moscow for his 24
hour visit and not one woman in fur. Not even faux fur. And this in a
city that revels in its fur fashion. Mrs Gursharan Kaur wore a black
woolen overcoat most of the day while the Prime Minister preferred a
grey woollen coat. His colleagues were all men, no fur there. And the
media team which had a record ten women teamed their outfits with
leather or woollen coats to beat the -7 degrees Celsius weather. Not
one of them owned a mink coat. It’s kind of hard to combine mink with
Kanjeevaram or Banarasi sarees, which is as dressy as a woman
Journalist gets.
But ask Russian women what is her idea of a perfect gift and you are
most likely to get a reply " a mink coat". No apologies here for anti
fur lobbyists. Russians love their fur. It comes in all colours and
cuts and length. Calvin Klien, Jean PaulGaultier, Roberto Cavalli or
Oscar de la Renta, most international labels have experimented with
fur this year. Basic colours like black,grey and white are popular but
one can even spot yellow and orange in shop windows this year. Seems
bizarre but hey its fashion. And it doesn't come cheap. From 200,000
rubles 500,000 rubles it can burn a deep hole in one's pocket. So far
Indo western wear hasn't dabbled with fur, maybe a fox collar or a
cuff but that's about it.
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