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Byline: Irini Arakas
What girl doesn't have a lonely fur hanging in her cupboard, something handed down or picked up on a whim at the flea market? I inherited a silver fox oversize chubby from my mother, which is fabulous except that it makes me look like a not-so-fabulous yeti. So I was delighted to learn that Gilles Mendel of J. Mendel is now in the business of reworking vintage furs on a custom basis. "We can remake anything for you," he purred when I called. "It will be gorgeous."
Fox in hand, I make my way to the company's HQ in the heart of the Manhattan fur district. Racks of furry delights everywhere. "Did she never wear it?" Mendel asks, bewildered by the 25-year-old coat's pristine condition. As it so happens, my mom saved the fur for ...