Late 40s or early 50s for this mink jacket and the term for the cuffs?

[laurenm]

I get so stuck when on the cusp.....thinking early 1950s ?
Also can't remember the term for this cuff type?
Thanks in advance
Lauren

 

[BonniesVintageClothesLine]

Might not be mink, but wait til Caryn weighs in on this one....she will know for sure! Photos of the inside are always helpful for me. I wonder if this is a bit earlier than the 50s?

 

[Pinkcoke]

turn back cuff? flared cuff?

Does it have shoulder pads?

 

[laurenm]

@ Bonnie.....will get some inside ones for you.

@ Melanie.....yes, thinnish ones but they are in there.

 

[furwise]

Hello, pretty jacket. Based on what I see so far I would date this to the 40s, the fur is not mink, it's kolinsky, and depending on how the cuffs are turned back would be what you call them. For example if completely sewn for clarity I would say sewn back cuffs, if just held by a few threads I would say tacked back cuffs, and if just folded back I would say folded back cuffs that either are lined on the inside or have fur on both sides.

 

[PersonalPursuits]

Caryn, you are always so amazing on your fur knowledge!

 

[furwise]

Thank you Maxine .

 

[laurenm]

yikes Caryn....is this also Kolinsky?

 

[furwise]

Yes Lauren. That's Kolinsky too.

 

[laurenm]

Thank you for that clarification, I have amended the misleading listings!

 

[furwise]

Wonderful. I can understand why you thought these furs were mink. They are in the same family and Kolinsky feels similar but it is smaller in size. I do love the reddish brown color. I would like to have hair that color.

 

[laurenm]

Funny how "mink" and "weasel" bring up radically different images, yet both are very similar phylogenically (if that's even a word!)
So there really is no 'red' mink?
I actually know someone who could probably do that color, you'll have to come to Peterborough, Ontario...

 

[furwise]

Well, that's not so easy to answer. In the wild mink varies in color from brown to almost black with little bits of lighter fur underneath. Ranched or farmed mink is bred and cross bred though to create many colors from almost black to white and all sorts of colors in between that are not found in the wild so technically if a mink farmer wanted to create a red mink by breeding or cross breeding naturally occurring mutations they might be able to.