| Mother's Day is fast approaching and instead of | | | | towards a needy child's education in her name but |
| scrambling around for boring, conventional Mother's | | | | whatever you do, do it with love. Select a gift you |
| Day gift ideas, why not really splurge out and select | | | | know she will be enchanted with but is unlikely to |
| a gift worthy of the Number One woman in your | | | | buy for herself. An elegant, soft Mohair Shawl, in the |
| life? Mother's Day, in all its various cultural guises, has | | | | warmest of chocolate browns or a trendy animal |
| always been celebrated. Historians and | | | | print Pashmina will make your Mum feel like royalty. |
| anthropologists have recorded naive and moving | | | | Python-skin, crocodile and ostrich leather handbags, |
| tributes to the abundance of the Earth Mother from | | | | wallets and other exotic skin goods and accessories |
| the earliest times of man. | | | | will elevate her into the realm of goddess, whilst |
| The ancient Romans dedicated the Hilaria Festival to | | | | exotic leather luggage with buffalo trim or simply |
| the mother goddess, Cybele, while the Greeks didn't | | | | nappa and springbok will ensure she's part of the |
| confine their appreciation of the mother figure to | | | | jet-set. |
| only one goddess but rather a pantheon of fair gods | | | | Conservation-Friendly Exotic Leather |
| including Artemis, Juno and the 'Great Goddess', Gaia. | | | | Although many of us may recoil at the acquisition of |
| Mother's Day Around the World | | | | exotic skin accessories and home furnishings, it's |
| In Bolivia they celebrate Mother's Day on the same | | | | largely unnecessary to feel the guilt. Animals are bred |
| day an important battle, fought with the help of | | | | for their skins in the same way as animals are bred |
| females warriors, was won. Whereas in Islamic | | | | for their meat, so if you enjoy a rare chateaubriand, |
| countries Mother's Day coincides with the birthday of | | | | a spicy chicken kebab or roast venison, why not |
| the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad! It took an | | | | invest in the elegance of the apparel too? |
| American, Anna Jarvis to formalise the idea of | | | | Make Sure It's Genuine |
| Mother's Day being held and celebrated on the same | | | | However, ensure your alternative and exotic leather |
| day in many western countries. Traditionally, flowers | | | | Mother's Day gift idea is the genuine article. Faux is |
| and simple hand-made gifts were the mainstay of | | | | simply not acceptable, so if it doesn't smell like |
| Mother's Day gift ideas but in the modern world, | | | | leather, feel like leather or has a too-perfect pore |
| alternative Mother's Day gifts have become popular. | | | | pattern, then the odds are you've just bought Mum a |
| Mother's Day Gift Ideas | | | | bit of a dud! |
| Donate to her favourite charity or contribute | | | | |