Today's wacky fashion question:
Where would I take a vintage fur to be repaired and cleaned? I now have a vintage mink capelet from my grandmother, and one side has pretty much come apart. It's not that the seams have unraveled, it's that the fur tore (?) along those seams.
I would really like to get the capelet restored to a wearable condition. (Yes, I would wear it, because it's a vintage piece from my grandma, who is an amazing woman.) I just have no idea where I should take it.
EDITED: After handling it more, I don't think the capelet can be restored to a wearable condition. The pelts are tearing much too easily. I think I need to look into having the caplet used as the base materials to create something else. Whatever I end up having made from it, I need to have part of the lining used, too: the part that has my grandmother's name embroidered on it.
I would really like to get the capelet restored to a wearable condition. (Yes, I would wear it, because it's a vintage piece from my grandma, who is an amazing woman.) I just have no idea where I should take it.
EDITED: After handling it more, I don't think the capelet can be restored to a wearable condition. The pelts are tearing much too easily. I think I need to look into having the caplet used as the base materials to create something else. Whatever I end up having made from it, I need to have part of the lining used, too: the part that has my grandmother's name embroidered on it.