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She's got ways to skin a cat; NY's top fur trader
MYP ^ | December 26, 2010 | BRAD HAMILTON

Posted on 12/27/2010 12:22:35 AM PST by Daffynition

She's PETA's worst nightmare.

Clair Watson, 56, a blueblood British fashionista, is the city's Cruella de Vil of couture, the top dealer of garments made from tiger, leopard, ocelot, cheetah and jaguar, state records show.

The array of items she brought to public sale also included a leopard porkpie hat, a whale-skin handbag, a seal coat, ivory bangles and a fur cape made from hides of the threatened Geoffroy's cat, a species of feline found in South America and about the size of a household tabby.

The pieces were all created decades ago, some for famous fashion houses like Halston and Maximilian, according to records from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, which monitors the trade.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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To: Daffynition

Ya know, if it’s old stuff made before the regulations, who cares. If she wants to auction her old stuff, that’s her business.

If the fur coat comes from farmed animals, that’s OK.

If the fur comes from legally trapped varmints, like the coons, possums, skunks and weasels that have feasted on my chickens over the year, likewise, no problemo.


21 posted on 12/27/2010 6:14:36 AM PST by Cloverfarm (This too shall pass ...)
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To: Cloverfarm
Book 'm Danno.


22 posted on 12/27/2010 6:42:57 AM PST by Daffynition (Merry Christmas!!!)
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23 posted on 12/27/2010 8:25:00 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono

lol


24 posted on 12/27/2010 9:11:00 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: JoeProBono
HAHAHA! TADA!


25 posted on 12/27/2010 9:16:24 AM PST by Daffynition (Merry Christmas!!!)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
One more use for a dead cat, that makes 102 uses!

When I met my wife-to-be she had five cats, but she soon learned I hate cats. She disposed of them and ultimately gained a husband, children, and grandchildren.

One year for Christmas, I gave her the book, 101 Uses For a Dead Cat. For her birthday a month later, I gave her the sequel, 101 More Uses For a Dead Cat.

Somehow, we remain happily married and, nearly as important, happily feline-free.

26 posted on 12/27/2010 10:38:02 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God is, and (2) God is good?)
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