All women dream of a new fur coat - this stereotype has long been formed in the minds of most men, and I must say, not without reason. Of course, not every woman dreams of a new fur cape: for some it is generally unacceptable to wear parts of dead animals, someone prefers sheepskin coats. But most still want to buy a new beautiful fur coat.
Premium fur coat
Chinchilla fur coats are not available to all customers. For example, you can buy mink on the floor for 100-150 thousand rubles, a short fur coat from a rabbit for 20 thousand rubles. A chinchilla fur coat will cost 60-80 thousand dollars - for most people, this price seems excessive for a thing with a 2-3 year wear. This is an average figure, but in fact, cheaper models may turn out to be fakes or sewn from skins of not the best quality.
What does a chinchilla fur coat look like? The photo below shows a true classic model: natural contrasting fur color from white to light gray and saturated black. Such a skin does not even need to be painted, although in rare cases the product is painted. But most often they prefer to leave everything in its natural form, while the most expensive are considered more contrasting furs.
Why are people willing to pay such money? The point is not only to show your status and financial viability, although this also plays an important role. It’s just that the chinchilla coat is very light, warm and airy, you can throw it on a thin blouse immediately, and still it will be warm on the street. Not a single fur can compare with it, others even if they are not inferior in the degree of heat conservation, but still many times heavier.
How to care
Once again, we remind you that this is a premium item. And if you already had enough money to buy a chinchilla fur coat, then all the more you can allocate a certain amount for professional cleaning. The thing is that the fur of this animal is not as durable as, say, a mink, and not as strong and wearable as that of a beaver. Therefore, it is very easy to spoil it with careless handling, even the removal of excess moisture is recommended to be carried out with a special brush, having previously done these procedures on the lapels from the wrong side, in order to exclude the possibility of damage to a valuable skin.
And this is only in exceptional cases, the coat does not need to be wet at all, and it is not intended to be worn for every day. Rather, it is a luxury item that is purchased for publication.
How many chinchillas do you need for a fur coat? How to recognize a fake
Many women, when they find out the number of animals that have gone on the skin, refuse to buy. Even if a lady is not a “green” organization, she may not like to carry a whole cemetery on her shoulders. And arithmetic is very simple.
Chinchilla fur coats are sewn of different lengths, and the required number of skins will depend on it. But even if we take it as a minimum, counting on a short fur coat, we get the following: animals have a length of 19-38 cm (depending on the breed, small ones are more expensive), which means that even the largest ones need at least 60. Plus, a certain percentage goes to marriage, so they are taken with a margin. Plus, they are selected by color, which also leads to an increase in the total quantity. Plus, you can’t always buy big ones. So a short fur coat begins to be sewn when there are about 100-120 skins available.
A longer, more expensive and exclusive product can take up to 250-300 skins.
We talked about the price of 60 thousand dollars, but in fur salons you can find a thing from this valuable fur for 4-10 thousand dollars. Can chinchilla fur coats be so cheap?
In rare cases, they can: for example, if the salon itself is engaged in tailoring and buys skins inexpensively from local manufacturers. What quality they will be, this is another question. But the real premium thing, even on sale days, may not cost that much.
There is still the option of running into a fake. In fact, now in every fur store you can find a thing marked "chinchilla-rex." Cunning sellers will tell you that this is such a type of chinchilla. But in fact, this is the type of rabbit that Chinese breeders bred specifically "for chinchilla." Items from this fur are much cheaper, and they are in demand. But in a good store you will be presented with such a product as a Rex rabbit fur coat, and unscrupulous people will try to pass it off as a real chinchilla fur coat. It’s easy to distinguish them: chinchilla fur is very soft to the touch, almost fluff. The rabbit is tougher, while the thing is sewn from large skins. Although sometimes they are tricky even when sewing, they specially cut the rabbit's skin into small pieces.
Chinchilla fur coat: customer reviews
We won’t talk about good reviews: any woman in such a fur coat feels like a queen, and people around her look the same. And it’s warm, easy and comfortable.
But there are many negative points:
- Unreasonably expensive: chinchilla coats cost a lot, but they do not last so long.
- A large number of skins for sewing - for some, this is a decisive factor in the direction of refusing to purchase.
- Chinchilla fur coats quickly lose their appearance: the remaining hairs break off, the fur becomes greasy, and sticky patches appear.
- Big risk to buy a fake.
All these negative reviews are not a reason to refuse to purchase, but remember that you are buying a thing to go out, and not for daily wear.