Article: One woman's search for a fur: too bulky, too heavy, too ... impractical. When it comes to fur, it's the thing that other women wear. This season, though, fur has had a runway makeover, and one writer can no longer resist the temptation to splurge on herself.(Shopping Secrets)

Now this. This is geniuuuzz," says Paris-born Gilles Mendel as he zips around me, pulling and tugging at my coat. "The mink--it is for you. And with a crocodile belt, like that, voila, for day. And then I will make you a grosgrain tie so you can wear it for night. Oh, it's you. And with the leather, it makes it a little cool, you know. It is perrrrfect!" I am standing at the J. Mendel fur boutique on Madison Avenue in June, in jeans, Prada flip-flops, a tank top and a rich russet-brown, knee-length mink. I am in love. Not just with the coat--though, with its leather insets and wide-ish '70s-style collar, I feel as if I'm channeling Jane Birkin. I am in love with Gilles ...

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