The original idea was to texture the dress with a normal painted texture, but after looking at the reference material and thinking about it I've decided to use fur on the necessary parts.
A mixture of Polar and other Fur textures, still in early stages of development
I believe its a good choice and will help bring Motown Mum to life.
Things are starting to take shape now. I realised the back of the head was rather large, but wasn't too fussed as the hair will of course be covering that.