From The Chicago Tribune, 22 July, 1956- No facet of fashion is more interesting than the return of a variety of furs.
'Deep piled Nutria reversible jacket, companion piece to a dress of oatmeal tweed by Ben Zuckerman.'
Nutria is made from the coypu, which is a semi-aquatic mammal native to South America. It first became internationally popular as a fur in the 1930s, when it was worn by Hollywood stars