Patti Smith

I come from a real working class background, and I didn't know anyone sophisticated - except I saw Edie Sedgewick once at the Art Museum in Philly. She had these black leotards and little black pumps and this big ermine cape and all these white dogs and black sunglasses and black eyes. She was classy!

American Musician

Karl Lagerfeld

There was a moment when designers draped in ermine would be reading Proust, or pretending to.

German Designer

John Betjeman

Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

English Poet

Emphasizes ermine's winter appearance, which differs from summer when it's brown.

Seasonal Fur

White fur provides ermines with camouflage against snow for hunting.

Camouflage

Ermine fur signifies wealth and status due to its rarity and history.

Luxury Symbol

Ermine fur has been historically used in royal and judicial garments.

Historical Fashion

In heraldry, ermine represents purity, dignity, and nobility.

Heraldry Usage

The ermine heraldic pattern refers to the fur's black-tipped tail spots.

Pattern Awareness

 working on a bronze door for the nativity facade he visited here in 1978 and never left simple ermine I just came to Europe to carve stone I was looking for stone and stone introduced me to La Sagrada

Unorthodox Sculpting PIPE...

 so my penchant for hugging other people's ermine they nicknamed dr. love I'm happy to share a little more love in the world it's great but here's your