"Persian lamb used to be something your mother wore," Mr. Schulman said.
And curly Persian lamb - real or fake - is being used as trimming on ankle-high boots.
This one was coal-black, and curly as a Persian lamb.
Gone are the lace decorations and the feather borders on furs like Persian lamb.
Persian lamb and short-haired mink were the furs of choice.
Persian lamb was thinned out so it became almost transparent.
When we first started looking into this, it was called karakul or Persian lamb.
Persian lamb dyed gray instead of the more usual black continues the low-key look.
He also created his own fabric, which resembles Persian lamb, by stitching satin on a stretch base.
Persian lamb, a longtime favorite that was once considered a "mature" fur, has been thoroughly updated.