I bought a new fur coat last year - not a good quality, it was rabbit- and used it to trim a sweater that my 10 yr old GD had. Her sweater had a fake fur collar that had been washed and looked horrible, so I replaced it. She really felt dressed up with real fur. It took one sleeve for her collar, will use another sleeve for another collar some time and when she is large enough will make a vest out of the rest of the coat. There's a lot of use for those coats besides teddy bears.