How fur coats are sewn in Russia: from an idea to a hanger

Outside the window is the very end of December. Dark. Everyone is running somewhere. Bustle. On days like these, we are all puzzled by shopping for gifts for our beloved women. But Russia is such a country that, whatever one may say, the best gifts than a fur coat or diamonds have not yet been invented here. This is, as they say, a win-win option :).

We will definitely tell you about diamonds in more detail, but about fur coats, we will do it right now. We entered the production of perhaps the largest fur factory in Moscow, and maybe the whole of Russia, the Kalyaev fur factory and saw the whole process, from the designer's office, where models are developed, to, of course, the buyer. Interesting? Well, then we dive under the cat ...

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1. The assortment of the Kalyaev fur factory includes almost 6 thousand products. Do I need to explain that work in the office of a fashion designer does not stop for a minute. We don't even know when they sleep.

2. Based on the sketch from the designer, a pattern is made.

3. And the painstaking selection of skins begins

4. They are selected by color, shade, length and density of the pile

5. Then a specially trained person cuts them ...

6. ... moisturizes so that the skin becomes even ...

7. ...stretches and stuffs onto a horizontal surface.

8. Where drying takes place.

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11. Next, the pile is straightened with steam ...

12. ... and in accordance with the pattern, cut off all unnecessary.

13. From several skins they make up one large canvas, it is assembled like a puzzle.

14. Minders grind this canvas

15. A strict QCD checks the quality of the resulting canvas. It is important that there are no bald patches, seams that have moved out, or any irregularities. A little something - immediately sent to marriage.

16. The next stage: dry cleaning - so that the wrong side of the fur becomes the same color. Everyone is pleased to walk in fur coats made of uniform fur.

17. Then, several skins ground into the details of the future fur coat should “lie down”, for this they are fixed on the boards ...

18. ... and dry again.

19. And these are just the same patterns for several thousand models of fur coats.

20. Cut fur coats from the resulting fur fabric

21. Be sure to grind the details.

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23. Information about the place of origin of the fur is sewn onto the lining.

24. By the way, hooks, loops and lining are sewn on by hand. A very painstaking task.

25. These are finished products with a model passport, which has all the information about it, including who exactly worked at each of the almost 40 stages.

26. The finished product is ironed ...

27. ... and steamed

28. All processes are automated, in the sense that you can see at what stage each product is, how much each employee has worked, etc.

29. After steaming, the products are sent to another no less strict Quality Control Department. The marriage won't work!

30. The final OTK, after it, fur coats are already sent directly to the trading floor.

31. And here is the trading floor on Kantemirovskaya, house 58.

32. The choice is really huge. Well, there are no more places in Moscow where so many models and styles of fur coats, sheepskin coats and leather jackets are presented at the same time.

33. And most importantly - an assortment for almost any wallet. From the most budgetary, to the most fashionable and fancy :).

34. 2 year warranty! Do you know many places where conditions are similar?

35. The work of the online store is also in full swing. Hundreds of fur coats fly daily to the regions, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan.

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38. It's nice when EVERYTHING is for the client :).

39. Customization of products for the buyer. Here you can also shorten the sleeves or the length of the fur coat on the spot, sew in the waist or rearrange the buttons.

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41. Final fitting

42. Well, this is a familiar scene, probably for any visited store :).

43. Like this, he is this business. After all that has been seen, it doesn’t seem at all that the price is 50-100 thousand rubles for a beautiful and fashionable fur coat, some kind of cosmic one. So let's please our beloved women and "earn pluses", they will still be useful to us :).