Summer Camp for Furs: Alexandros By this time, your furs should have gone to summer camp -- if they haven't, now is definitely the time. Don't think that keeping them sequestered in the back of a closet in an air-conditioned apartment is okay. To maximize the life of a delicate and costly fur coat during summer, its hides need to be maintained in a moisture-controlled, 50-degree environment.  "Do not store them in plastic, do not mothproof them...these can shorten the life of your coat," cautions Murray Cox, the director of sales at Alexandros, a family-owned, fourth-generation furrier in the city's famed fur district. Prices here for cleaning and storing are very reasonable. And of course, they're inspected for loose seams, dangling hooks, frayed hems, and so on; repair costs are additional. Storage alone, for all garments: $45; cleaning and glazing (a sort of finishing and "fluffing" of the fur) classic fur coats, $45, and for fur-lined raincoats, suede, shearlings, and leather coats, $75 and up. Pick up or delivery is free; the return trip is $25. 345 Seventh Ave. btw. 29th & 30th sts., 4th flr., 212-868-1043 (This article originally appeared in the 6/06 issue of Manhattan Living.) Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 @ 10:00 AM | 2476 replies View/Post Feedback Browse: Furs | Fur Maintenance & Repair | Fix It | Services