Hello everyone, I have a few questions about a coat. 50s? It has a union label - ILGUW AFL-CIO, National Recovery Board, Coat & Suit Industry. The fur collar is real, but I have no idea what kind of critter. How to describe the coat - it looks like mini-shag all over it. How to take a pic where the coat detail & the fur show up at the same time? I either get the coat detail but the fur is blurred, or I get the fur but the coat is a black blob. Thanks in advance, Karen
I want to say white mink... but fur is not my forte... but I may be right. SOmeone will come along who will know.
Different fabric! It's a tough one to describe. That pic helps a lot! Maybe call it "long pile" or something like that. Mini-fringe ??? No help at all on the fur...sorry!
Wild (no pun intended!) guess here - could it be oppossum? There's just something about it that seems un-mink-like... Obviously, I'm no expert but I thought I'd take a stab at it Carolyn
My first thought on the fur was ermine. I think the term given to the fabric treatment is 'eyelash'. Eyelash what though? Faille? wool? Very unique. I have seen a late 50s jacket with this fabric but never a full coat, and I imagine it was fairly pricey in it's time. Sue
Ermine? Ya don't see many of them around here. :D Actually, I don't even know what it is...I'll go check out the fur section on the home page. Eyelash - I like that. Thanks Sue. Karen
Well, I couldn't help but think of Da Vinci's painting Lady with an Ermine. It's a rather strong likeness . . . http://www.artchive.com/artchive/L/leonardo/ermine.jpg.html
Wow, Leigh - you're so right! Leo's title of his painting conjures such a different image; I looked at it and thought Lady Cuddling Weasel (!!) Your Philistine Friend, Carolyn
<a href="http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/furs/ermine.html">VFG Fur Resource Ermine</a> Summer ermine is brown, in winter their coat is white. I really do think this is ermine. Sue
