Frost is approaching, it means it's time to choose sheepskin coat.
To choose a quality sheepskin coat, you need to know not only the basic rules for choosing fur products, but also be able to avoid temptations in the form of discounts of 50% supposedly "for beautiful eyes," and also be able to resist the influence of the most common myths about sheepskin coats. We will discuss in more detail what is worth paying attention to when choosing sheepskin coats.
Cost
Unfortunately, the high price is not a guarantee of excellent quality, but there is a lower cost threshold for a good sheepskin coat. How to buy sheepskin coat without overpaying for it and not hitting the bait of scammers?
The minimum price of sheepskin coats consists of the cost of the material expended, the cost of work, transportation and mark-ups of the store (they are unavoidable).
Naturally, a quality sheepskin coat can not be cheaper than the cost of good skins.
When the seller offers you a "unique opportunity" to buy a good sheepskin coat from an expensive Spanish sheepskin at a price of 330 y. e., it is worth considering, what is the catch. Sheepskin coats from Spanish raw materials will not cost less than 650 y. e., even if it is made by a Turkish manufacturer, and even more so if it is sewn in France or in Spain itself. If the sheepskin coat is sewn in Italy, you will have to pay for it at least two or even three times more.
One of the most expensive materials is the Tuscan sheepskin. It can not be confused with anything: the fur is soft, light, it is pleasant to wrap it up. The material lies gently and creates an exquisite silhouette. It is the skin of the Tuscan sheep that has a thick and long pile, so the products from it are always the warmest. For all this beauty will have to pay no less than 1300 y. e. (even taking into account sales).
The most inexpensive sheepskin coats are produced in Russia, China and Turkey - for 460-530 y. e. You can buy a very good sheepskin coat of the domestic manufacturer. Naturally, it will not be as easy and exquisite as the models from European manufacturers, but warmer.
Finishing with fur raises the cost of production by 150-500 y. e. (depending on the quantity and quality of the fur). Especially the road is decorated with fur of mink: for one skin of breeding young stock the manufacturer must give at least 70 cu. At the same time, one can not do with one skin in the finishing of sheepskin coats.
Fur
How to choose a quality sheepskin coat without getting caught by common myths? There is a huge amount of ideas about how the fur should look on the inside of the sheepskin coat. The most common myth says: the fleece of the sheepskin coat should be directed in one direction and must be absolutely identical throughout the inner surface of the product.
The fact is that there is absolutely no identical skins! Naturally, when creating a product, masters select the most similar in thickness and density of fur, but even on the skin of one animal the direction of the nap varies. And this does not mean that lambs made of sheepskin coat are not right. They are just real, natural. Only artificial fur can be ideally the same in all areas.
Myth two: from the sheepskin should not drop a single hair, even during socks. Otherwise, there is reason to talk about the old fur of a sick sheep, stale goods or clandestine production.
Naturally, if, after fitting your sheepskin coat, your clothes are covered with a thin layer of nap, you can not talk about the quality of the product. But you do not need to go too far with a stick. In any fur with long and medium pile, a slight hair loss is possible: when sheepskins are folded for transport, the hairs may become wrinkled. In the future, when contact with the clothes of the buyer, bent hairs may fall out. In addition, when manufacturing sheepskin coats, the part of the fur that will be sewn must be shaved (this is the only way to obtain a quality seam), and a small part of the already shaved hairs can remain on the product even after the initial cleaning and fall out during the fitting.
Stitches
All women know how to determine the quality of sheepskin at the seams: the seams should be even, uniform in thickness. But not everyone knows that the seams should be double and go in a lap - this is the seam called furrier, and is the main indicator that the sheepskin coat was made by specialists, and not self-taught in underground factories.
Coating
To answer the question of how to choose a sheepskin coat that will last as long as possible, we turn to the skin surface of the product.
All kinds of sheepskin coats can be divided into sheepskin coats with a protective coating and so-called velor covering.
Fur velor is a polished surface without a covering. To ensure that the skins can only manage such a "natural" coating, its surface
But the choice of such a product should be taken as responsibly as possible: if the surface is characterized by increased hairiness, then it is not polished enough. Such a "fleecy fur velor" will quickly become greedy.
Any fur velor requires more careful care and careful attitude.
The protective coating will really increase the lifespan of the sheepskin coat. The coating can be glossy, consisting of scales, "under the skin". Any coating will contain microscopic pores that will allow the air exchange process between the coating and the skin of the sheepskin coat.
The only thing that is worth remembering when buying sheepskin coats: whatever advisers say, there is no coating that creates an absolutely water-repellent surface. Sheepskin can not act as a raincoat, and even the "under the skin" coating does not save the product from absorbing moisture.