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Tanuki

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6. Some ideas...
Sat May 10, 2025, 02:54 PM
May 2025
https://restyleyourfur.com/blogs/news/the-timeless-appeal-of-1950s-mink-stoles-transforming-vintage-elegance-into-modern-chic


..."If wearing fur isn’t your style, mink stoles can be transformed into a variety of accessories. Imagine the luxury of a mink headband, handbag, scarf or earmuffs—each piece adding a touch of vintage glamour to your everyday look.
Mink stoles can also be repurposed into home accessories like pillows, bringing warmth and texture into your living space.

One of the most popular non-wearable items we create from mink stoles are cuddly teddy bears. These bears are not just adorable but also serve as a cherished keepsake, perfect for passing down through generations."...(more)

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Give it a proper burial? Marcuse May 2025 #1
This is the best suggestion JoseBalow May 2025 #12
That was the first thing that I thought of too. Bury it really deep to delay methane emissions for a while. FadedMullet May 2025 #26
kitty bed quaint May 2025 #2
My sister took my mother's mgardener May 2025 #3
Thanks. I'll check with my housekeeper next week and if she doesn't want it I'll take it Goodwill. CTyankee May 2025 #5
Some people buy them because they like vintage clothing, so Goodwill might be a good place to donate. Vinca May 2025 #4
I doubt that it was by a top designer, but your point is well taken. CTyankee May 2025 #7
Some ideas... Tanuki May 2025 #6
I like the teddy bears as a "cherished memory" ! Hekate May 11 #34
Keep it, as 'memory.' elleng May 2025 #8
I'm going to give my grandkids a crack at it. CTyankee May 2025 #13
When my great-aunt died somehow I ended up yorkster May 2025 #9
First, check that it's in usable shape. LisaM May 2025 #10
Yes, it is in fine shape. CTyankee May 2025 #11
Donate it to a local community theater. They will add it to costume department. FloridaBlues May 2025 #14
As already suggested in posts 10 and 14, give it to an amateur theater group... 3catwoman3 May 2025 #15
I doubt Yale Drama School would want/need it but I have a another New Haven college I could give it to.... CTyankee May 2025 #16
Give it to your housekeeper. She could sell it online. applegrove May 2025 #17
I donated all of my old clothes (from Grandma and others in the past) to a local clothing shop that outfitted SWBTATTReg May 2025 #18
Not sure you can see these things as anything but a relic from past practices of wearing an animal's skin and fur that CTyankee May 2025 #20
And you think that the things I had donated somehow were actually fur? What gave you that idea? My grandma was SWBTATTReg May 2025 #23
Sorry, I mistakenly thought your post somehow had that connection to fur and that was what I had on my mind when I CTyankee May 2025 #30
Release it back into the wild Bayard May 2025 #19
I actually could do that but I wouldn't since it was my mother's. CTyankee May 2025 #21
.... Bayard May 2025 #22
I have a friend who collects and wears them. Phoenix61 May 2025 #24
Donate it to an animal shelter. flvegan May 2025 #25
AWW, newborn kittens in mink fur! Sweet image! I love it! CTyankee May 2025 #31
Offer it to a high school drama club. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 #27
Agreedf. soldierant May 2025 #32
Sell it to a vintage kacekwl May 2025 #28
We have an actual store not far from here. underpants May 2025 #29
my cousin gave me a really nice stole. too pretty. i ebayed it. i got pelts from an estate sale(bag of faces-cat toys) pansypoo53219 May 11 #33
I like Tanuki's teddy bear idea best of all 💕 Hekate May 11 #35
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