A fur coat is not a cheap pleasure, but there is hardly one girl who refuses a stylish and such elegant little thing. Nowadays, the range of models from fur is so wide that it is sometimes extremely difficult to choose one option.
What if the budget does not include the purchase of both a fur vest and a full-size fur coat, and I really want to get hold of them in the wardrobe?
From this seemingly deadlock situation, there is a simple and elegant way out - to purchase a transformer coat.
What is a transforming fur coat?
It is difficult to imagine a more practical, functional and universal model of a fur coat than a transformer. Being a work of design art, such a thing is a designer, with the help of which a happy customer gets two, or even three luxurious things for the price of one.
Here it will be appropriate to recall the classic quote from your favorite movie: “With a flick of the wrist, trousers turn into light elegant shorts.” But to avoid unpleasant “technical hitches”, you need to responsibly approach the choice of both the manufacturer of the transformer coat and its model.
The difference between the transformer and ordinary fur coats is obvious and inherent in the name itself: its various components are attached to the base of the product with zippers, allowing, if necessary, to radically change the style of clothes in a matter of seconds.
In various variations of transformer fur coats, both sleeves or hem, and a hood or collar can be unfastened.
Advantages and disadvantages
- The undoubted advantage of transforming fur coats over ordinary ones is the variability of styles, which allows you to present in different images using the same garment.This is not only a purely aesthetic variety, but also a very practical find - various modifications of a fur coat can be started to be worn in early autumn and finished by the end of spring.
However, light fur vests are sometimes appropriate on cool summer evenings, which makes a transforming fur coat, in fact, an all-weather item.
- An obvious weak point of such models will be the presence of movable fastener elements. Lightning in combination with fur during careless operation can be a problem for girls who are not immediately accustomed to ensuring that hairs and fabric from the wrong side do not fall between the components of the castle. Too sharp movement when unfastening threatens a visit to the fur coat in the studio.
- It is also important to understand that the technology of creating transformer coats is more complex than the “monolithic” analogues - in addition to joining the fur plates together in a single design, the craftsmen must take into account the places where removable fragments of the product will be attached in order to observe both vertical and horizontal symmetry . This, in turn, directly affects the cost of the designer coat, which will be slightly higher by default compared to conventional models. Therefore, if a transformer is purchased without a sight for use in different images, implying the installation and dismantling of its individual segments, you should think about the advisability of overpaying for irrelevant “options”.
However, the cost of a transformer coat can be much lower - because the features of the concept of such a designer allow the designers' fantasies the most daring and unusual experiments. Recently, so-called down-fur coats are gaining more and more popularity, in which the central part of the product is sewn from exquisite fur, and the detachable sleeves (and sometimes the hem) are made from Bologna or textile materials with down filling.
Styles
The variety of styles of fur transformers for obvious reasons is amazing. Considering that in some models not one element is detachable, but two or even three at once, it is rather difficult to talk about any strict classification.
To enumerate the options and combinations available on the basis of a fur coat alone, there may not be enough fingers on the hand:
- elongated floor model;
- shortened hem;
- auto ice;
- vest with a hood;
- sleeves at the elbow.
The following observation is also important: the noble mink, sable, arctic fox and silver fox fur fit into the concept of the transformer coat, but also the less “pathetic” and youthful options - rabbit, raccoon or eco-mink and other types of faux fur.
Also, decorative inserts made of leather, suede and other materials play a key role in some models of such fur coats, which add originality to the product.
Designers recognize the so-called cross-section as the most advantageous cut option for a fur coat-transformer.
Skins of fur with such a cut are laid out horizontally. In the case of a transformer, this allows you to make the joints and attachments of removable fur coat elements invisible to the eye, since they pass along the border of the fur plates.
In some fur coats, it is possible to shorten the elements not by one “division”, but by several at once - for example, sleeves by three quarters can turn into a cut to the elbow, and can be dismantled completely, transforming the fur coat into a fur vest.
Fur coats with a detachable hem are called a real find for women who are used to driving a car on their own. In fur coats “on the floor” or just an elongated style, it’s rather uncomfortable to sit behind the wheel - to the rescue comes the opportunity to shorten the hem, which after a long trip can be returned to its rightful place.
If the cut of the transformer coat does not provide for a hood, then you should pay attention to the stand-up collar.This classic solution will help protect the neck from piercing winds, while at the same time visually lengthening the silhouette. The last feature of the stand-up collar will surely appeal to miniature girls.
The popularity of such a variety of sheepskin as a muton has led to the fact that muton inserts are increasingly appearing on transformer coats. For example, the central part of a fur coat sewn from fur of a silver fox with detachable sleeves from a muton looks very stylish and contrasting - if necessary, they are dismantled, turning a warm fur coat on the coldest winters into a luxurious vest flowing through the body.
Among all the varieties of transforming fur coats, the options at the junction of two competing types of clothing — fur coats and a down jacket, stand apart. In the case of the designer-model, these two winter wardrobe items perfectly complement each other, combining the best qualities of both options: the warmth and comfort of a down jacket with the luxury and effect of a fur coat.
Reviews
Despite its unusual concept, transforming fur coats pretty quickly appealed to modern fashionistas around the world. Most owners of such models note their versatility and relevance in different seasons - for example, some ladies prefer not to part with fur vests even in the summer.
All owners of transforming fur coats agree that it is worthwhile to approach the choice of a suitable model even more responsibly than when buying an ordinary fur coat. In addition to the quality of the fur and cut, it is necessary to make sure that all zippers are in good working order, there should not be the slightest difficulty when fastening.
Some romantically inclined reviewers tend to draw parallels between the limitless possibilities of transforming such fur coats and the inconstancy and windiness of the nature of a real woman. However, if we put aside poetry, the bottom line is the extremely practical concept of outerwear, designed for any season.
Stylish looks
A bold fur coat-vest, combining the nobility of silver fox fur and the restrained luxury of genuine leather, of which not only removable sleeves are made, but also vertical inserts on the sides of the vest. A spacious hood does not create a feeling of bulkyness - it literally streams on the girl's head, making a favorable emphasis on a light shade of hair. Wearing along with black leggings, this transformer vest looks great both with leather sleeves and without them.
The fitted mink fur coat with a secret: the sleeves and hem of this model are easily shortened, making it possible to make an elongated fur coat, in which any cold is not terrible, into a light demi-season outfit. The elegant hood eliminates the need to choose a hat for the luxurious fur, so the only addition to the already spectacular look will be graceful black shoes, emphasizing the slimness of the legs and tall girl.
Youth model of a down jacket-transformer with a very unusual color scheme of the fur part of the fur coat. At the same time, it resembles camouflage colors in military style and spotty colors of exotic animals. Those parts that are not sewn from fur are easily dismantled, leaving a choice: whether to wear a down jacket with a hood or replace it with a spectacular hat.