Pour Lasbar.

[lasbar]

I do think that the French fascination with exotic skins is coming from our colonial adventures....
From Indochine to Maghreb to Tahiti ,New Caledonia ,we have collected through our travels (euphemism for invasions) different customs and fascination for exotic skins and animals has penetrated our inner culture...

The same for the British for example or the Turks through the Ottoman empire...

 

[nmoraitis]

Originally Posted by lasbar

I do think that the French fascination with exotic skins is coming from our colonial adventures....
From Indochine to Maghreb to Tahiti ,New Caledonia ,we have collected through our travels (euphemism for invasions) different customs and fascination for exotic skins and animals has penetrated our inner culture...

The same for the British for example or the Turks through the Ottoman empire...

...and the phoque from Canada I imagine.

 

[nmoraitis]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

I've not seen that sort of cultural fascination with the Italians though most reputable places probably offer crocodile/alligator type skins.. You will, however, see it with the Japanese who also have a variety of artisans working in exotic materials such a tortoise-shell, crocodile, etc.

I guess I will have to do some scrounging around when I am there to see if I can find anything.

 

[lasbar]

Nmoraitis ,you're spot on....The French trappers were very prominent in the skin trade in northern America....

They developed very close working relationships with local tribes from the great American lakes to Canada...Iowa,Wisconsin ,Illinois,Idaho and in many others states ,you will find towns developed by French settlers...Des Moines for examples or Boise in Idaho and the list could be very long...

Milwaukee is another example of french settlement based on the skin trade...

 

[RJman]

Originally Posted by lasbar

Nmoraitis ,you're spot on....The French trappers were very prominent in the skin trade in northern America....

They developed very close working relationships with local tribes from the great American lakes to Canada...Iowa,Wisconsin ,Illinois,Idaho and in many others states ,you will find towns developed by French settlers...Des Moines for examples or Boise in Idaho and the list could be very long...

Milwaukee is another example of french settlement based on the skin trade...
ROTFLMAO!

I dunno, I don't think France has produced many Rocco Siffredis...

As your French king Simon Le Bon once sang:

"Can anyone explain... the reason for lasbar's strange behavior?? In PHOQUESTONE's name, he must be workin' for the skin trade..."

 

[nmoraitis]

Originally Posted by lasbar

Nmoraitis ,you're spot on....The French trappers were very prominent in the skin trade in northern America....

They developed very close working relationships with local tribes from the great American lakes to Canada...Iowa,Wisconsin ,Illinois,Idaho and in many others states ,you will find towns developed by French settlers...Des Moines for examples or Boise in Idaho and the list could be very long...

Milwaukee is another example of french settlement based on the skin trade...

Almost all of Canada was developed with the with the fur trade in mind, be it French (Lower Canada) or British (Upper Canada).

 

[lasbar]

The fur trade would have been more appropriate than the skin trade terminology....

We did our share of pornstars...Jack Lang ,Francois Mitterrand or Nicolas Sarko...
In France ,an affair is appreciated especially when your wife is ugly....That's always a sign of good taste and intelligence...

 

[Teacher]

Originally Posted by lasbar

Animal welfare is not exactly French people first preoccupation...Ask geese,snails,horses,rabbits and frogs...


I think the Spanish are much worse, but that's not for skins, but what they do to the poor beasts for festivals and entertainment. (Okay, I'm getting off-topic....)

Originally Posted by lasbar

Nmoraitis ,you're spot on....The French trappers were very prominent in the skin trade in northern America....

Milwaukee is another example of french settlement based on the skin trade...

As is my home town, Grand Forks (Les Grandes Fourches, named after the large fork where the Red Lake River leaves the Red River of the North).

 

[lasbar]

It is quite funny to arrive in the middle of nowhere in the USA and finding very French sounding town names...

The fur trade (and not skin trade) was a major factor in the developement of in both USA and Canada...
French and British trappers were following rivers and mountains and left an heritage of delicious town names...

Baton rouge is my favourite...

 

[LabelKing]

My particular favorite is the Grand Tetons.

 

[lasbar]

Must be a great city to visit...

 

[RJman]

They are mountains!!!!!!

 

[lasbar]

All the same to me.....I spoke to Anthony regarding my Perrier croc model at the end of the year.....Crocodile vegetal

 

[LabelKing]

Originally Posted by lasbar

All the same to me.....I spoke to Anthony regarding my Perrier croc model at the end of the year.....Crocodile vegetal

Are you copying the Lobb model?

 

[RJman]

Lascar, why don't you have an idea of your own for Delos instead of copying one of the four Lobb bespoke models on their site? C'est pas sorcier...