1918: She Wore Skunk Fur for her Wedding !

I found this great write-up on the 1918 marriage of Colin M Ingersoll and Marie Louise Harrison in the New York Times:

The marriage was solemnized at noon yesterday in the Church of the Resurrection on East 74^th Street …. The bride wore a brown cloth costume embroidered in gold and trimmed with skunk fur, a brown velvet hat embroidered in gold and trimmed with an ostrich plume, and carried a skunk muff and violets.

Sounds strange, but was likely very lovely.Check out this fashion forum with some photos.

Given the increase in skunks in my neighborhood over the last two years, I almost wish it would come back into fashion.

Colin M Ingersoll, Jr (1858-1848) was the son of Julia Pratt and Colin Ingersoll, grandson of Zadock Pratt and Abigail Watson. His first wife, Theresa, died in 1910.