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10.07.10
There’s fashion – and then there’s haute couture. It’s a sacred craft, worshipped by many and worn by a lucky few; and every season the fashion pack gather in Paris to pay tribute to its masters. This week was no different, as...
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07.07.10
Wondering what’s on the way for A/W luxury fur fashion?
The Saga Fur® e-Lookbook has just arrived to give you a close-up view of fresh creations in fur from the top names in Haute Couture and RTW fashion.
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28.06.10
His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark carefully studied the fur exhibits when he visited the Saga Furs stand at the Nordic Lighthouse exhibition in Shanghai on June 28. The prince and Danish Minister for Economic...
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25.06.10
Carmen Marc Valvo's design director Il Park seeks the light when creating lush fur covers to underscore evening wear. A recent visit to Saga Furs Design Centre helped spark his creative energies.
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15.06.10
Monika Rab spotted a gap in the luxury accessories segment and filled it with innovative products. Following two visits to Saga Furs Design Centre, she has successfully expanded her collection by using fur.
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08.06.10
Saga Furs-sponsored Presentation seminars in Beijing and Shanghai provided clothing and other fashion textile companies with a host of ideas for integrating fur into their lines. The spring sessions were part of Saga Furs'...
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03.06.10
Furrier Santiago Del Palacio and designer Alvaro Castejon share the ambition of taking Spanish fashion into the world spotlight. The two have teamed their talents to create something new in Spain and beyond her borders.
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28.05.10
Alain Robert Maréchal and his new designer Laure Marion Baron visited Saga Furs Design Centre for a three-day seminar to learn various techniques and how to integrate them into I & M's production processes. The visit was...
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25.05.10
The fur centre of Greece, Kastoria attracted visitors from around the world. The exhibit of Saga Furs products and technique samples drew a large number of visitors from different segments of the fur-fashion industry.
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14.05.10
The gala opening of the Nordic Lighthouse project in Shanghai drew VIPs and kicked off a six-month-long Saga Furs exhibition. The Saga Furs Bunny raised money for earthquake victims.
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12.05.10
Nine award-winning students of design gathered at Saga Furs Design Centre for a student seminar to help pave the way for their careers. The seminar not only helps them refine their skills with fur, but also gives the students a...
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03.05.10
Saga Furs will present its world of luxury furs at the Nordic Lighthouse project in Shanghai during the World EXPO 2010. A major highlight of the event will be a gala Saga Furs fashion show featuring the top names of haute...
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23.04.10
With summer soon on its way, the three weeks of Russian fashion shows presented hot furs for the winter from a fresh crop of young designers. The runways of domestic designers featured bold directions for Russian styling and...
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12.04.10
Saga Furs creative director Dorte Lenau Klint just returned from a trip that took her to sessions with several design schools in Europe. She helps the institutions integrate fur into curricula from both a design and...
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06.04.10
Record auction sales and record numbers of designers showing creations made of Saga Furs® have made fox the fashion rage of the new decade. Traditional types such as Blue Fox and Silver Fox are hot, while more rare breeds like...
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30.03.10
Julien Fournié calls it "couture with a conscience" in the way he takes a specific emotion as a theme for his collections. His themes reflect a kind of universal concern that raises emotion. On a recent visit to Saga Furs Design...
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22.03.10
Saga Furs debuted on the illustrious stage of the Bolshoi Theatre as the Russian cultural icon presented Die Fledermaus. Costumes made of Saga Furs® held the spotlight and marked the results of a partnership with Bolshoi.
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17.03.10
Saga Furs has entered into a partnership with the one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world, The Bolshoi Theatre.
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15.03.10
Mifur, the International Fur & Leather Exhibition held annually in Milan, was again the hub of new thinking and a kind of positive business turning point for fur manufacturers. Lightness is the appealing characteristic as fur...
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11.03.10
This week saw the final shows of what has truly been a fur-packed fashion month. From New York to Paris, the message from the world’s top designers is unanimous: come autumn this year, fur will be fashion’s single most dramatic...
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09.03.10
Some 60 students and tutors from Esmod in Oslo visited Saga Furs Design Centre where they were introduced to fur. The day-long programme provided the design students with an all-round look at the world of fur, and gave tutors...
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04.03.10
If New York and London hadn’t already underscored fur’s triumphant turn for autumn/winter, then the Milan shows definitely had every fashion editor making mental notes of putting fur at the very top of their trend reports. In...
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04.03.10
The Hong Kong International Fur & Fashion Fair 2010 saw brisk purchasing activity and some new directions in fashion. Most statistics show favourable increases compared with last year’s fair.
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27.02.10
Setting the tone for a new wave of sculptural furs, London’s top designers put longhaired styles from Saga Furs at the front of their collections. While the New York shows also took a fancy to feral Saga Furs® silver and blue fox...
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22.02.10
Last week saw one of New York fashion week’s most furry seasons in a long time. From the runways of the established luxury designers to the young names that have put New York back on the map as an ultra-cool fashion capital, fur...
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18.02.10
Last week saw some beautiful, strong fur pieces from Saga Furs on the key runways at Copenhagen fashion week, with emphasis on light, luminous colours, such as fawn light fox and platinum fox.
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17.02.10
Russian designer Konstantin Gayday has applied the vivid images from his imagination to create breathtaking pieces of fashion. The Autumn-Winter collection he is working on will still reflect his flair for the dramatic, but with...
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08.02.10
With the fashion week season just beginning, those in the know are expecting to see a lot of luxury fur on the runways. Longhaired varieties like fox and finnraccoon remain popular choices that fit today’s trends and the look for...
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08.02.10
Oleg Ovsiev uses eclectic sources of inspiration when working on the A-W collection Viva Vox will present at the upcoming Russian Fashion Week. The Amsterdam-based Russian designer spent a week at Saga Furs Design Centre to...
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02.02.10
Claes Iversen won the Fur Innovation Award sponsored by the Dutch breeders association and IFTF. A special Saga Furs award was given to two young Dutch designers, Michael Bongaerts and Denise Esser.
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29.01.10
Saga Furs has a long tradition of hosting Young Designer seminars for students and fledgling designers who will be the next generation of fashion creators. Along with giving the students invaluable experience and knowledge in...
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26.01.10
Christopher De Vos and his partner Peter Pilotto are the imaginative team behind the growing label named after the latter. The duo feels right at home in London, from where they are expanding the brand.
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22.01.10
The autumn/winter 2010 menswear collections are well under way, and Saga Furs are represented on the top Milan runways, where hoods and collars trimmed with Saga Furs® Finnraccoon and blue fox are already shaping up to become a...
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18.01.10
The Saga Furs stand--featuring pieces made by international students for the Saga Furs-Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology autumn event--drew many visitors at the China Fur & Leather Products Fair held January 12-15. The...
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18.01.10
Yau Yim Fan, winner in the Full Fur Category of the Hong Kong Fur Federation’s Fur Design Competition, won a seminar at Saga Furs Design Centre for her black-and-white sheared Saga Furs® Mink poncho with Swarovski crystal...
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14.01.10
The furriers and fur technicians at the Workshop of Saga Furs Design Centre have had more than their hands full lately. They have been busy preparing pieces for international designers who will show the items at various fashion...
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12.01.10
Fox Unlimited’s chief designer Natasha Tarnovskaya visited Saga Furs Design Centre to gather ideas for the brand she launched under the company umbrella. The Tasha Tarno brand has been growing from a New York base out to...
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07.01.10
Chief designer Andreas Melbostad visited Saga Furs Design Centre to find notions for integrating fur into the Phi philosophy. His work for the New York-based house offers luxury fashion for the woman who prefers an individuality...
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04.01.10
New York-based designer Carmen Marc Valvo and Saga Furs teamed up to help the Tulsa Project Woman organization which provides support for the treatment of breast cancer. The designer put on a remarkable retrospective and Saga...
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21.12.09
Nothing symbolizes the holiday season more than a lavishly decorated Christmas table laden with seasonal delicacies. And nothing accentuates the sumptuous luxury of chilly winter better than fur.
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21.12.09
Graeme Armour has become a hot name in fashion circles with his whimsical mix of inspirational sources applied to fresh hip fashion. The London-based Scot captures the spirit of the street and deftly blends it with a 21st century...
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16.12.09
Saga Furs staged Fur Technique Preview events in Beijing and Hong Kong to reveal some new ideas to companies serving international customers as well as a growing domestic market. The gatherings provided valuable knowledge sharing...
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09.12.09
Dmitry Loginov went on the fashion offensive with his Arsenicum label for men when he marched his latest fur creations out on the Andreev Bridge in mid-Moscow. Masculine, mighty and military, the Arsenicum S-S show was part of...
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07.12.09
Designers and furriers who got a sneak preview of the two new shades of Finnraccoon were excited about all the potential they offer. Saga Furs® Arctic Finnraccoon and Saga Furs® Hazel Finnraccoon will be available at Finnish Fur...
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02.12.09
Sergey Teplov achieves a minimal urban look by gracing clean lines with subtle detailing. His brand Sergueiteplov brings elements of the ‘90s to the world of tomorrow.
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02.12.09
Alexander Arngold rethinks fashion and the way it is presented. Working from his St. Petersburg studio, he has earned a well-deserved reputation as the Russian couturier to watch.
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26.11.09
Ole Yde visited Saga Furs Design Centre to help develop ideas he has for his upcoming collection. Known for a harmonious blend of nostalgia and new thinking, the young Danish couture designer discovered a wealth of potential in...
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25.11.09
Saga Furs was one of the sponsors who helped luxury carmaker Spyker launch its hot new C8 Aileron at the Classic Car Club in New York. Models wearing designs by Dennis Basso crowned the allure of an atmosphere that was purely...
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23.11.09
Todd Lynn grabbed heaps of attention at the S-S ’10 London Fashion Week with his light fur pieces designed with an alluring cool that’s just right for warmer weather. At Saga Furs Design Centre Lynn hunted ideas for his next...
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19.11.09
Louise Goldin has been called the woman who will bring knitwear into the future. Those who pick knits will be seeing more combinations with fur coming from the young English designer’s studio.
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