Mae West in White Fox

This one is kind of “famous,” in so far as I recall seeing it quite a bit. For good reason, a classic photo of a classic star in a classic fur. Mae West had a knack for wearing the big furs, the kind that perfectly fit a lady accustomed to being the center of attention.… Read More Mae West in White Fox

Lili Damita in Fur from The Match King

2021 Update – Fixed Dead Embed. Here’s another from last week’s Flickr stream-of-the-week. A rarer gem, the fur from the 1932 film The Match King. I included it in an “omnibus” update, because it was really the only decent fur in the film, but quite the decent fur nonetheless. “Big updates” may be a little… Read More Lili Damita in Fur from The Match King

Veronica Lake in White Fox

2021- Fixed dead Flickr embed. Awaiting dead Pinterest embed… I’m partial to Veronica Lake, but she’s yet another example of someone whose most notable years on film occurred in an era where fur fashion simply wasn’t all that great. That makes it hard to find anything worth posting a full update. It seems she was not without… Read More Veronica Lake in White Fox

Jane Russell in White Fox

We return with another hot geo-political topic: should Panama be the 51st state? Morton Kondracke, your thoughts? Oh, wait, the cover, riiiight! Sorry, majored in government in college, and philosophy, too. Très useful, kids. That would be non-blonde bombshell Jane Russell, still looking the part 1964, draped in a thick white fox fringed wrap. Not only… Read More Jane Russell in White Fox

Barbara Stanwyck In Lady of Burlesque

There was a shorter, more obvious title for this, but I went the more verbose version to spare everyone the indignity. This is a beautiful publicity shot from 1942’s Lady of Burlesque, featuring that most lovely and rather appropriately sized white fox muff. And the bird… that… bird. I can verify that Photoshop CS5’s content aware fill… Read More Barbara Stanwyck In Lady of Burlesque