She saved for it in silence. Not because it was a secret, but because it was hers. Small amounts set aside patiently, each coin carrying intention, until the day came when she finally slipped the jacket over her shoulders. In that instant, something settled inside her a calm, unmistakable confidence born not from being seen, but from knowing. Knowing she had wanted this, waited for it, and chosen herself. The fur warmed her skin, but it was the feeling that stayed: the quiet pride of a woman who trusted her own desire. In 1950s Blackburn, that kind of confidence was rare and deeply personal. Wearing the jacket wasn’t about display; it was about inhabiting the life she had imagined for herself, and carrying that certainty with her.
• Squirrel
• T.B Dowson Blackburn
• c.1950s 
• Pit to pit : 23"
• Shoulder to shoulder : 16"
-Sleeve Length : 22"
• Waist : 21"
Centre back 22"