Marabou (fashion) Marabou (fashion) Marabou (historically spelled marabout) describes a certain type of down feather trimming. Although it takes its name from the marabou stork whose undertail down once provided the feathers, white turkey feathers have been used as a substitute. The advantage of marabou is that it takes dye well, making it a very versatile trimming for dress, and makes an effective substitute for fur. While marabou has been widely used as a fashion trimming since the late 19th century, it is also often used in fly tying for making up the lures ('flies') used for fly fishing. "Marabout" was a
A Kind of Loving to love. The novel has had some influence on the literary community, leaving the label "lad-lit" behind, although the term itself was not coined until the 1990s. In 1962 the novel was turned into a film "A Kind of Loving" directed by John Schlesinger and starring Alan Bates and June Ritchie. In 1982 ITV company Granada Television made a ten-part television series "A Kind of Loving" starring Clive Wood as Vic Brown and Joanne Whalley as Ingrid Brown. A Kind of Loving A Kind of Loving is a novel by the English novelist Stan Barstow. It has also been translated