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03.02.12

Stine Riis, who attended a Young Designer seminar at Saga Furs Design Centre, has won the first H & M Design Award 2012. Her creations are set to feature in H & M shops this coming autumn.

27.01.12

Have a look at this video clip to see how Yiqing Yin achieved an anatomical metamorphosis to express her “totems” theme at her haute couture show. With organic cuts and exquisite draping, the...

25.01.12

Have a look at this video clip from Alexandre Vauthier’s haute couture show. Summer furs were just one highlight the French designer used to wow the crowd.

25.01.12

During a scouting expedition in the gentrified, trendy D-Park area of Beijing, Saga Furs head of design and innovation Dorte Lenau Klint happened to visit the studio of Wu Xuewei.

18.01.12

Saga Furs welcomed a large number of visitors to its stand at the 10-13 January China Fur & Leather Products Fair in Beijing. The overall atmosphere of the fair was encouraging with general signs of...

11.01.12

An enthusiastic crowd of well over 200 guests attended a gala celebration hosted by Saga Furs at the China Fur & Leather Products Fair. The festive event marked the introduction of the new Saga Furs...

06.01.12

The Saga Furs intern programme brings young talent from various countries to Saga Furs Design Centre. The mutually beneficial results are often a trade-off: know-how for new ideas.

29.12.11

Saga Furs Design Centre becomes a beehive of activity from now until the fashion week season begins. A steady flow of creative minds visit the Centre to get the latest updates on fur innovation, and...

21.12.11

Designers and fur technicians attending the Hong Kong Fur Preview on 25-26 November got a view of Saga Furs techniques they can easily put into their production operations.

08.12.11

Saga Furs Design Centre is the place to go for designers who need to get a headstart on a fur collection. Two students of design from Omsk Fashion School attended a seminar to help finish a mini...

02.12.11

Saga Furs has been conducting seminars for upscale retailers for the past 10 years. Primarily a sales tool, the sessions give a comprehensive look at the Saga Furs chain of production to the benefit...

25.11.11

A Saga Furs seminar held Lane Crawford helps the Hong Kong-based retail chain keep abreast of the latest developments in fur fashion and craftsmanship. Increased consumer demand for luxury fur makes...

16.11.11

A delicious white Saga Furs® Shadow Fox jacket created by Alexandre Vaultier is part of a major Rihanna exhibit at the British Music Experience museum. Rihanna Rated R traces the visual evolution of...

11.11.11

Paris-based Yiqing Yin is preparing her second haute couture show and getting ready to launch her eponymous line next year. Her HC debut last summer drew rave reviews and also marked the designer’s...

10.11.11

Two designers from Loewe arrived at Saga Furs Design Centre to explore ways of expanding the brand’s offerings of luxury fur. Their seminar gave them a wealth of discoveries.

07.11.11

“Where do the furs come from?” is a question virtually all designers and fashion companies ask. The Finnish Fur Breeders’ Association found the perfect answer when it placed an ad in several...

04.11.11

A recent New York photo shoot for Saks Fur Salon was captured on video by the fashion magazine Elle. Take a peek to see the tempting fur fashions Saks Fifth Avenue is offering right now.

02.11.11

Fur Vision Paris, like the two events that came before it, has a distinct personality. In true Parisian fashion, creativity was at the core in a balance with sound business in a global market that...

27.10.11

Saga Furs and the eminent Chinese manufacturer Dai-Ichi Madam Fur collaborated to present four fabulous Ahimsa fur fashion shows in Shenyang. Dai-ichi’s high-end brand Ahimsa fashions were created by...

26.10.11

Regular seminars at Spain’s largest department store chain El Corte Ingles give the sales staff important knowledge about fur that is passed on to the consumer. This year’s seminars were once again a...

18.10.11

The top Italian global brands attended Fur Vision in Milan, bringing with them a keen eye for the latest innovations in fur. The main objective was to find the newest of the new to put creative ideas...

14.10.11

The opening event of the New York to Milan to Paris Fur Vision tour drew a flow of designers who looked for a vision of tomorrow’s fur.

13.10.11

“Vanitas or Luxury” was a multimedia display featuring the winning projects of a Saga Furs Design Competition with the theme, Fur in the Year 2020. The competition stemmed from workshops conducted by...

12.10.11

Saga Furs seminars in a fur manufacturing region of China brought a wealth of new ideas to companies eager to learn about the latest developments in fur.

11.10.11

Three award-winning design students from St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry visited Saga Furs Design Centre in October to further their knowledge in working with fur and to prepare some...

05.10.11

Stepping from the front-and-centre seat at many a fashion runway, Kanye West made his debut in women’s wear at Paris Fashion Week. Supported by Saga Furs Design Centre, the hip-hopper cum designer...

28.09.11

With the acquisition of the Saga Furs® brand and Saga Furs Design Centre by the former Finnish Fur Sales (Saga Furs Oyj, from 1 Oct), the company gains a unique position in the fur and fashion...

27.09.11

Transparency is a cornerstone of the Saga Furs philosophy. Seven young designers attending an Award Winner Seminar visited a fur farm as part of the schedule for their week-long stay at Saga Furs...

26.09.11

With its bright, optimistic and youthful radiance, the Saga Furs stand at Le Cuir a Paris was the magnet for people looking for inspiration in fur fashion. Ideas for Winter 2012-13 will sprout from...

17.09.11

As part of Saga Furs ongoing programme to assist students of design, seven young designers from Esmod Oslo visited Saga Furs Design Centre to learn more about fur techniques and to get a head start...

05.09.11

Winners of Saga Furs design competitions obviously bring talent with them when they attend an Award Winner Seminar—after all, they won the award for their flair with fur. The important factor in the...

11.08.11

The guests at Yiqing Yin’s premiere haute couture show were wowed by the Parisian designer’s exquisite fur pieces. Not only was it her first couture outing, it was also her debut in luxury fur after...

09.08.11

Fur in the Year 2020? Winning projects of a Saga Furs Design Competition for German design schools answer that question in an exhibit at Le Cuir a Paris, September 20-22, 2011.

10.07.11

Emilio de la Morena will now try his hand at fur after the collections he has shown at London Fashion Week have grabbed loads of attention. The London-based Spanish designer attended a seminar at...

24.06.11

Harper’s Bazaar China captured the cool Nordic appeal of Saga Furs at a photo shoot in Helsinki. With its cosmopolitan atmosphere, striking architecture and trams buzzing past, the Finnish capital...

20.06.11

Fur on the runway is breathtaking, but a group of Chinese journalists from Harper’s Bazaar and Beijing TV visited Saga Furs Design Centre to get a behind the scenes view of where and how fur...

15.06.11

What better way is there to tee off a fur auction than to hold a golf tournament? Keen competition on a difficult course—along with a lot of fun—marked the Saga Furs Golf Tournament.

07.06.11

Saga Furs-Finnish Fur Sales workshops in Beijing and Shanghai gave clothing manufacturers a golden opportunity to gather tips for integrating fur into their lines. The sessions held in mid-May are...

25.05.11

Yiqing Yin has discovered the wonder of fur. Expect to see upcoming collections from the Parisian designer with the added dimension of fur following her visit to Saga Furs Design Centre.

21.05.11

A group of young designers with little or no experience in working with fur learned the basics and discovered fur techniques are really not intimidating. The key elements during three intesnse days...

10.05.11

Quentin Veron has a mantra: "A look shouldn't be without fur." The Parisian designer is preparing his haute couture show and passed by Saga Furs Design Centre to load up on inspiration.

09.05.11

One of Canada's largest retailers, Sears, has chosen exclusively to use Saga Furs® Blue Fox and Finnraccoon for one main reason: the values of transparency contained in Saga Furs CSR policy.

02.05.11

Design students attending a seminar at Saga Furs Design Centre were asked to consider—from the perspectives of before the seminar and after it-- the personal limits when working with fur. Here’s what...

26.04.11

Sparkling new talent emerged from the British Fur Trade Association’s annual design competition. Saga Furs contributed to the annual efforts to help young designers who want to work with fur.

26.04.11

Norman Ambrose's A/W New York show was a big hit. In preparing his collection, he found help and inspiration at Saga Furs Design Centre. Check the link below to see some backstage footage just before...

11.04.11

Coen Carstens and Patrick Bosman are getting ready to open an edgy fur shop, Aurora Fur, in Amsterdam. The duo, and their team of designers and furriers, visited Saga Furs Design Centre to pick up...

01.04.11

Designers using Saga Furs and techniques developed at Saga Furs Design Centre took first and second prizes at the International Fur Trade Federation’s design competition, Remix, in Milan.

31.03.11

Russia is a virtual greenhouse of sprouting designers in a dynamic market. Saga Furs and Finnish Fur Sales provided students and staff of two Russian schools with demonstrations in the potential of...

30.03.11

Nobody has 20-20 vision when it comes to looking into the future, but six design students from institutions across Germany looked into their creative crystal balls to express an idea of what fur will...

24.03.11

From New York to London to Milan to Paris--and points in between--fur was on the runways. And fox was the fur of choice for many designers who flaunted a wealth of fashions done with techniques from...

24.03.11

London is a hotbed of creativity and three design students returned to the English capital from Saga Furs Design Centre with a host of new ideas -- and a valuable head-start on their final...

23.03.11

Carolina Herrera designer Joanne Cordera Reyes experimented with new ideas for future collections at a Top Designer Seminar. With a strong background in fur, the weeklong seminar at Saga Furs Design...

21.03.11

Manish Arora dazzled the world of Paris fashion when he presented fur pieces with an aesthetic appeal that balanced at-the-edge contemporary styling with traditional Indian craftsmanship. Saga Furs...

20.03.11

Without exposure, fashion would remain in the shadows and this is especially true of young designers. That's why Saga Furs and the Hong Kong Fur Federation work with Parsons-The New School to help...

18.03.11

As Paris Fashion Week sent its last model down the runway, the city put a fitting end to what has been a fur-fuelled fashion month across the capitals. From New York to Paris, furs from Saga Furs®...

17.03.11

The Milan International Fur and Leather Exhibition (MIFUR) was brimming with ideas to indicate which way fur is headed. Saga Furs techniques again proved to be the compass for designers who look for...

16.03.11

With her dazzling powder-orange dress in Saga Furs® Mink, Annika Heikinheimo won the International Fur Trade Federation’s Remix Silver prize and the Origin Assured Special Award on 7 March in Milan....

05.03.11

Milan Fashion Week has been a fur fan’s dream scenario. Across all the major runways, next season’s top trend is colourful Saga Furs® Fox and Mink, often done in surprising 3D techniques or with...

04.03.11

If the Hong Kong International Fur & Fashion Fair is used as a compass, the future of fur looks brighter than ever. The organizers reported brisk business and throughout the four-day event, the...

26.02.11

During the fashion industry’s biannual trips around the fashion capitals, one city stands out as a place of unrivalled energy and excitement, and that city is London. The past week’s autumn/winter...

19.02.11

The New York shows have wrapped, and the message from the city’s top designers is clear: fur from Saga Furs plays a major role in the autumn/winter 2011 trendscape. The untamed yet luxuriously glossy...

10.02.11

Bllack Noir showed luscious fur pieces at Berlin Fashion Week in a show called "Natura Obscura." The socially responsible luxury brand shares Saga Furs values in the area of CSR.

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