HOW GOOD IS A RABBIT FUR COAT?

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25801, 23 March 1945, Page 3

HOW GOOD IS A RABBIT FUR COAT?

These days women do not spend a great deal of time in considering their wardrobe. They have other directions in which to concentrate their energies. While most women realise the value of a reasonably priced rabbit fur coat as a worthwhile war-time investment, they may not realise that there is a certain important safeguard necessary. The aver, age woman is not a fur expert. To the unpractised eye, a rabbit skin is just a rabbit skin. It should be pointed out, therefore, that there is almost as much variation' in rabbit skins as there is in materials. The quality of a rabbit coat can vary just as much as the quality of

a cloth coat. For instance, one or two skins from breeding docs incorporated in a fur coat may not be detected while the coat is new It must be emphasised that thk is not a disadvantage applying to rabbit skins only. It applies to all fur-bearing animals. ' The only safeguard is the reputation of the firm concerned. Naturally, at the present time, the bulk of skins going into coats in New Zealand are rabbit skins, treated in one form or another. The perfect safeguard is to purchase a fur epat. from Pattison Edo, whose skin expert, Mr R. T. Simpson, is recognised as one of the Dominion’s leading experts on the classification of New Zealand pelts. Only fully-furred prime winter pelts are purchased by Mr Simpson for Pattison Ede. Therefore, all rabbit coats (sometimes called Coney Coats) manufactured and sold by Pattison Ede can be purchased with full confidence and are worthy of the Pattison Ede written guarantee which goes with every garment sold from the Showrooms of The Pattison Ede Co., Ltd.—3.