Neiman Marcus Coat - Age and Material?

[Arrynes]

I picked up this vintage Neiman Marcus coat at a thrift store and would love to know more about the age and material. Its made of two types of fur/faux fur (?) with a slight fit and flare shape. The collar can be left open or hooked and folded over with the hook and eye on the underside. The whole coat closes with three hook and eye closures. Unfortunately I have no idea what its made of and really no idea where to start in figuring it out.

I picked it up with a Lilli Ann coat of a similar size (too excited not to share!) in the middle of nowhere Idaho so whoever this woman was she would have had to make a trek for these!

Thanks for reading! All help is greatly appreciated!!

 

[Pinkcoke]

Can you show the label and lining please?

 

[retro ruth]

Lovely coat, just my style. It looks like faux fur to me, but I can't be sure from pictures. The main fur appears to be imitating broad tail lamb or similar. If our fur expert comes by, she will probably be able to tell you with more certainty.

To tell faux from real fur, if you can't tell by the feel, see if there is any where you can see the reverse. eg if there's a break in the lining. If it's faux, it will have a fabric appearance, if it's real, it will look like suede. Alternatively, if you can snip a little of the fur off somewhere where it won't show, you could do a burn test.

 

[furwise]

Hi, The fur is faux, probably an acrylic or modacrylic blend. The body is intended to look like Mink fur and the trim is most likely intended broadtail lamb as Ruth was saying.
The style is a 60s style. Whether it's really from the 60s or a remake to look like a coat from that time may be determined by what's on the interior, the lining and any labels as Melanie was saying.
Nice coat by the way.

 

[Catbooks1940s]

i agree with caryn, it looks 60s, inspired by dr. zhivago. russian-inspired fashions were all the rage after that came out, in 1965.

 

[Arrynes]

Thank you all for your feedback! From the feel I would have guessed faux but wasn't sure how prominent it would have been at the time the coat was made. I've added more pictures (I meant to upload one of the label, I somehow missed it in the first round). The back of the outer material is fabric and there aren't any other labels that I can find. Its great to know what types of fur they would have been imitating. And I apologize for the quality of the first batch of pictures, I realized after the fact just how grainy and blurry some of them are.

And thanks! I nearly missed it - I walked away from the coat rack once I found the Lilli Ann but remembered before leaving that vintage coats seem to come to this thrift store in pairs. I went back and there is was! Its a little big for me but I love the style (and the idea it could be inspired by mid-60s Russian fashion).

 

[Catbooks1940s]

definitely 60s. it's a great find! i love the style too.

 

[Pinkcoke]

Yes it looks good for 1960's, I think it may have been shortened, as that is quite a chunky seam underneath the lining there and the contrast borders are usually sewn on top of the main fabric, not into a seam, so that could be the cut off portion of the base fabric sewn to the upper length.

 

[furwise]

I agree with 60s and taking more time to look back I think the trim is intended to look like sheepskin or shearling. The coat looks like it's original length to me. I think that someone either removed the lining for cleaning or to see what was under the lining, possibly to see if the fur was real, did not have the skill to resew the lining hem, and did what they could by hand.