Furs on Television - Dynasty Season 9 (1988-89)

All good things… Oh, wait. That’s the wrong series finale. Anyway, Dynasty ending with the ‘80s was appropriate, to say the least. It epitomized ’80s fur fashion, and both faded away at the same time.

That being said, I also want to give credit where due: Dynasty was our strongest warrior. It is important to understand that what you’re seeing in this update was not the state of fur fashion on TV at this time. There’s way more here than you’d find pretty much anywhere else.

The stats for the last three seasons were basically the same: about half an hour of fur fashion per season. So, while the rest of television was on a rapid descent to zero between 87 and 89, Dynasty held out as long as it could.

Dynasty Season 09 – Stats

Fur Episodes: 11
Total Episodes: 22
Total Fur Runtime: approx 23:56 minutes

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 02

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

43:35 – 44:40 – white mink coat SB

What’s this? A glamorous lady of a certain age with an English accent? Enter Stephanie Becham as Sabella “Sable” Colby, Alexis’ cousin. They already pulled the trigger on “sister” with Caress, and even an outlandishly dramatic nighttime soap figured it would be ridiculous to just keep making up siblings. (I didn’t think this update would have so many Star Trek references).

Stephanie Beacham in a white mink fur coat - Dynasty S09E02

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 06

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

28:30 – 30:35 – silver fox stole SB
30:40 – 32:00 – sheared mink top LE
37:30 – 38:45 – silver fox stole SB
39:55 – 42:10 – ”

How can you tell the difference between Alexis’ sister and Alexis’ cousin? Easy, Caress wore sable, and Sable does not wear sable. And they are two entirely different people. Episode six leans heavily on this silver fox stole.

Stephanie Beacham in a silver fox fur stole - Dynasty S09E06

Krystle briefly breaks up the silver fox train with a sheared jacket.

Linda Evans in a mink fur coat - Dynasty S09E06

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 07

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

43:10 – 45:10 – black fur trim? LE

As ratings declined, so did budgets. Linda and Joan were expensive, so they were no longer in every episode. Krystle exits early, but not before her final series appearance in fur in this mink or sable-trimmed coat.

Linda Evans in a fur trimmed coat - Dynasty S09E07

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 10

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

29:20 – 31:20 – black mink coat SB

Case in point: Sable was brought in from The Colbys to “distract” from Alexis appearing in only half the season’s episodes. Oh, and clearly, Sable will cut a bitch.

Stephanie Beacham in a mink coat - Dynasty S09E10

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 11

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

07:25 – 09:15 – white fox trim JC
19:40 – 20:55 – mink coat SB
25:15 – 27:30 – black fox muff? JC
40:45 – 42:00 – fox? trim SB
43:55 – 45:30 – ”

Like an old friend, Alexis white fox loungewear returns one final time in Season 9. I am grateful because it’s always a shoo-in to appear in the YouTube thumbnail.

Joan Collins in white fox trim - Dynasty S09E11

This is another busy episode, of which there are few in Season 9. Sable returns in mink.

Stephanie Beacham in a fur coat - Dynasty S09E11

Alexis swings around her muff.

Joan Collins with a black fox fur muff - Dynasty S09E11

Finally, Sable takes a cue from Alexis’ fox-trimmed capes, just no longer in “tan.”

Stephanie Beacham in fox fur trim - Dynasty S09E11

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 12

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

02:00 – 03:15 – ”
37:00 – 38:30 – black fox stole JC

Episode 12 follows on from 11 directly, so we get a little more of Sable’s cape.

Stephanie Beacham in fox fur trim - Dynasty S09E12

Another final, historic appearance, this time of Alexis’ black fox stole.

Joan Collins with a black fox fur stole - Dynasty S09E12

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 13

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

19:22 – 20:25 – white mink SB
22:30 – 23:35 – ”

Sable returns in white not-sable.

Stephanie Beacham in a white mink fur coat - Dynasty S09E13

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 15

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

25:00 – 26:45 – black mink SB

And black not-sable.

Stephanie Beacham in a dark mink fur coat - Dynasty S09E15

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 16

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

02:15 – 05:40 – silver fox hat + stole JC

Alexis gets a final couple episode victory lap with this silver fox hat and stole. I believe this may be the same hat as in S04E26.

Stephanie Joan Collins in a silver fox hat and stole - Dynasty S09E16

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 18

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

35:25 – silver fox trim JC
41:05 – 42:15 – ”

Alexis’s final fur in the series is this silver fox-trimmed top with big bell sleeves. My girl went out in fox, at least.

Stephanie Joan Collins in a silver fox fur trim - Dynasty S09E18

Dynasty Season 09 – Episode 19

Find-a-Fur:

(All times are approximate)

36:35 – 38:10 – black mink SB

The final fur ever seen on the show was given to Sable, the dark mink she’s worn multiple times this season. Sure, it would have been a little more appropriate for it to have been Episode 18. Or a giant lynx.

Stephanie Beacham in a fur coat - Dynasty S09E19

It’s the very end, so it would always be bittersweet, so perhaps this was also appropriate.