I found a winter coat that meets the majority of my specifications:
It is, however, a a lovely Hilary Radley DUVET coat. It is filled with down, yet not too puffy, and has a deliciously wide black rabbit fur collar that technically zips up over my head if necessary.
Why I would need to do this, I am unsure.
I prefer to wear it zipped up and folded down, much like a big furry turtleneck collar. Except on a coat. And not on a turtleneck.
This collar replicates about half of the purpose of a hood, so in combination with the appropriate hat, I am warmer than all get out.
I have yet to find the appropriate hat. For some reason, I'm imagining a big fluffy black rabbit fur hat of some sort.
The only true fault the coat has is that it lacks fur cuffs.
This wouldn't be a big issue, except Cricket peed on the floor by the front door, and then knocked my rabbit fur lined gloves into it. Which makes one of them smell like cat pee. Nothing I can do makes them not smell like cat pee. I think a trip to the cleaners is in order. If only I had the time.
And for this reason, I decided that I needed to attach black furry cuffs to the coat, to add that certain zing and toasty pop to the ensemble.
The one downside to der interweb is that it is now physically impossible to find things that you want on it anymore.
I crazily thought to myself that I would easily find a vendor for a 4-inch or so wide length of solid black rabbit furriness that would be long enough and supple enough to be easily converted into cuffs.
Instead, I found where I can buy solid pelts and a lot of those hideous black rabbit fur pom pon scarves. Blech. And a lot of the ones that claim to be solid fur look suspiciously like cat fur -- which is apparently frequently used for shady purposes, according to some horrid article I stumbled across. (Dog fur is also very hot and indespicably evil too, it seems.)
If I wanted cat fur, I would just skin Cricket and make her into cuffs. She's deserve it, with all the glove peeing and whatnot.
So, I trekked to a couple of Salvation Army stores, where I ended up not buying rabbit fur, but instead scored a stash of Batman single issues, and bought a pair of boots for a homeless man.
I have since read all of the comics, and am now more than happy to send them to anyone kind enough to give them a new home, or I can just give them back to Salvation Army for someone else to buy.
I have issues 608-613 and 616-619 (most of the Hush arc), Issues 1 and 2 of Gotham County Line, Batman Journey Into Knight #1, 620-625 (Broken City arc), 630 The Last Straw, 639 Grave Consequences, and 640 Old Friends. Gotham County Line are in good condition, and the rest are very good to very fine, with a couple even in near mint to mint condition. I do not have bags and boards, sorry - this is charity, not a business.
Mom said she'd check out the thrift store in Iowa for an old fur jacket to chop up, and I am considering ordering something off of eBay if it comes down to it. I can buy pelts of questionable origin there for fairly cheap.
Or there's always the Cricket option. Even if I can't add fluffy black cuffs to my coat, she's got at least enough fur on her to line a pair of gloves.
- Black
- Cozy
- Windproof
- Warm
- Long enough to cover my ass
- Not dowdy
- Adorned with some sort of rabbit fur.
It is, however, a a lovely Hilary Radley DUVET coat. It is filled with down, yet not too puffy, and has a deliciously wide black rabbit fur collar that technically zips up over my head if necessary.
Why I would need to do this, I am unsure.
I prefer to wear it zipped up and folded down, much like a big furry turtleneck collar. Except on a coat. And not on a turtleneck.
This collar replicates about half of the purpose of a hood, so in combination with the appropriate hat, I am warmer than all get out.
I have yet to find the appropriate hat. For some reason, I'm imagining a big fluffy black rabbit fur hat of some sort.
The only true fault the coat has is that it lacks fur cuffs.
This wouldn't be a big issue, except Cricket peed on the floor by the front door, and then knocked my rabbit fur lined gloves into it. Which makes one of them smell like cat pee. Nothing I can do makes them not smell like cat pee. I think a trip to the cleaners is in order. If only I had the time.
And for this reason, I decided that I needed to attach black furry cuffs to the coat, to add that certain zing and toasty pop to the ensemble.
The one downside to der interweb is that it is now physically impossible to find things that you want on it anymore.
I crazily thought to myself that I would easily find a vendor for a 4-inch or so wide length of solid black rabbit furriness that would be long enough and supple enough to be easily converted into cuffs.
Instead, I found where I can buy solid pelts and a lot of those hideous black rabbit fur pom pon scarves. Blech. And a lot of the ones that claim to be solid fur look suspiciously like cat fur -- which is apparently frequently used for shady purposes, according to some horrid article I stumbled across. (Dog fur is also very hot and indespicably evil too, it seems.)
If I wanted cat fur, I would just skin Cricket and make her into cuffs. She's deserve it, with all the glove peeing and whatnot.
So, I trekked to a couple of Salvation Army stores, where I ended up not buying rabbit fur, but instead scored a stash of Batman single issues, and bought a pair of boots for a homeless man.
I have since read all of the comics, and am now more than happy to send them to anyone kind enough to give them a new home, or I can just give them back to Salvation Army for someone else to buy.
I have issues 608-613 and 616-619 (most of the Hush arc), Issues 1 and 2 of Gotham County Line, Batman Journey Into Knight #1, 620-625 (Broken City arc), 630 The Last Straw, 639 Grave Consequences, and 640 Old Friends. Gotham County Line are in good condition, and the rest are very good to very fine, with a couple even in near mint to mint condition. I do not have bags and boards, sorry - this is charity, not a business.
Mom said she'd check out the thrift store in Iowa for an old fur jacket to chop up, and I am considering ordering something off of eBay if it comes down to it. I can buy pelts of questionable origin there for fairly cheap.
Or there's always the Cricket option. Even if I can't add fluffy black cuffs to my coat, she's got at least enough fur on her to line a pair of gloves.
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