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Had no idea that dead weasels were used as fashion items. That is a very interesting website, some freaky stuff on there.
by miguelmota 7y ago
Had no idea that dead weasels were used as fashion items.
That is a very interesting website, some freaky stuff on there.
- masklinn 7y ago> A zibellino, flea-fur or fur tippet is a women's fashion accessory popular in the later 15th and 16th centuries. A zibellino, from the Italian word for "sable", is the pelt of a sable or marten worn draped at the neck or hanging at the waist, or carried in the hand. The plural is zibellini. Some zibellini were fitted with faces and paws of goldsmith's work with jeweled eyes and pearl earrings, while unadorned furs were also fashionable. TIL today's fashion really is no dumber than it was 5 centuries ago.
- mcguire 7y agoTake note of the name: flea-fur. IIRC, the idea was that fleas, lice, and other parasites would jump onto the fur rather than you. I doubt it worked, but people weren't any smarter back then, either.
- Sharlin 7y agoWell, dead mustelids (and vulpines) are still used as fashion items.
- pvaldes 7y agoThe dead animals are martens and the live animals domestic ferrets. The true weasels are tiny.