Article: So Fur So Good Custom designers from Chicago find niche in Northport

Anne Cassatt of Northport doesn't consider herself a fur person.

So when she inherited a trio of coats from her mom, Cassatt wasn't quite sure what to do with them. She knew she never would wear them, but she didn't want to throw them away, either.

Enter Greg Tinder of Tsarevich Furs in Northport. Tinder, a master furrier, had a few ideas. One of the furs wasn't worth saving. Tinder cut off the long coat, sheared the bottom half and recycled it into a pair of vests. He turned the blond mink into a jointed teddy bear for Cassatt's sister-in-law. Some of what's left may be used to upholster a pillow or a footstool. The rest will become cuffs and a collar, which Cassatt may sew onto a sweater ...

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