I'm sure this is very politically incorrect these days, but I do love this coat with a mink collar. I inherited it from an Aunt, and I'm not sure when she got it. It's camel color with 3/4 sleeves and warm as toast. The buttons are enormous. I love the whole boxy shape of it.
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I think the coat in environmentally very correct: after the minks stopped wearing their fur it ended up in aunt's collar, and now you are wearing it. Durable and warm and very pretty too.
My mom had a coat like this! It was off white with the white collar, I hated that thing as a kid, I thought it was weird looking....now, I wish I only knew what happened to it. It looks like yours is in great shape.
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Looks so toasty! I'm not quite sure why my work thinks its still August but they seem to think having the A/C on full blast is a good idea... and I'm freezing! I wish I was wearing that coat. LOL!
OH my goodness! I think my mom, my grandma and my great-grandma all had one of these! Thanks for the memory! And who cares about being politically correct!
My mom and aunt had coats like that! Love the look of them!
I love your coat!
I think this coat is from the early 60s. My mom has the same one!
I remember having a red wool coat like this with a
rabbit fur collar... same buttons,shape but in a
kids size. It was usual to have real fur collars
and fur back then!
I totally am digging that coat, I've been after one like it here :-)
oooo.. I love it. Is is wool?
Looks like something Lucy Ricardo would have sported with style...am betting you are doing right by it! ;)
I love that coat! And, thanks for the update on VTT. I saw Suzanne had volunteered to host it but didn't know when she would start. Oh and on my little house, it's my sewing, and not the stuffing. Trust me on that. I think I need to learn how to use a machine because my hand sewing is terrible.
How did YOU end up with my Aunt Kate's coat?
Your coat looks lovely, very classic. My mother has a vintage coat with monkey fur of all things. I know it's not PC but it does look fabulous.
That reminds me of my mum's coat :)
Look at those great buttons - I'm rather fond of buttons!
If the coat was made before political correctness came into vogue, I think it should be exempt.
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