1950s Auburn Dark Borgazia FAUX Fur Coat by WI Fine Fashion Vintage Designer

Description: This coat is so soft & luxurious!! From high-quality and sought after vintage high-end designer, but made with HIGH-END FAUX fur - so no harm to animals! Good condition- missing 1 of original rhinestone buttons, one needs minor tailoring. *Color is dark, dark brown / auburn *Size is XL - XXL. MODEL IN PHOTOS IS 5’ 9” size 8/10. *measurements in photos. Fur condition is amazing!Boughton was a well known, international luxury fur designer in the late 1920s- 1960s. Scroll to bottom for detailed biography of designer ! Fur real: A life of artistic endeavor, well-lived John Boughton designed fur coats for the rich and famous Borg (Borg textiles group) is the name of the company that makes a synthetic plush pile fabric imitating fur. Very popular in the 50s and 60s.My assumption is that this coat is used with faux fur from Borg and the design style of Boughton. Bunker Ramo Corporation was founded by George M. Bunker and Simon Ramo in 1964.Sportowne Know for faux fur.. *general notice* all of our wool, leather, and fur coats are vintage and may need minor tailoring. We do our best to mention any flaws and describe the condition in the description and photos. Professional cleaning may be needed, especially for the fur coats that are 70+ years. Please message us with questions or for precise measurements. BIOGRAPHY OF DESIGNER : Fur real: A life of artistic endeavor, well-lived John Boughton designed fur coats for the rich and famous By Candace Ross Ferguson (posted from FB at Bottom Line News & Views)People often talk about living one’s “best life,” but John Boughton of Ashland has managed to live multiple best lives, beginning his career as a premier designer of innovative fur garments and reinventing himself along the way as a successful entrepreneur and high-fashion dress designer in New York City.Known to his friends as “Jack,” the 90-year-old Boughton still cuts a dashing figure in his colorful and carefully selected wardrobe. “More than anything else, my dad is a showman,” said daughter Leonarda “Narda” Boughton of Bayfield.Though he once made his home in a 25th-floor luxury condominium in midtown Manhattan, Boughton now resides comparatively modestly in an assisted-living facility where his rooms are peppered with items from his numerous collections and mementoes of the past.Retired radiologist Dr. Harry Skye of Ashland has gotten to know Boughton well after meeting him at a dinner party a couple of years ago. He describes Boughton as “a very successful, creative person. He showed a flair for fashion and design from day one. “He is an artistic style genius,” Skye observed. “To Jack, style has an allure, a mystery. Style has to surprise. For example, he has very definite ideas about what constitutes style for a coat.”An Ashland native, Elmer C. Boughton, Jack’s father, lived near Northland College. The son of Danish immigrants, Elmer Boughton worked on a farm where he learned the tannery business. He started out by making gloves from slunk skin or calfskin and from there went on to become a furrier by trade.He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he met his wife, Bertha, Jack’s mother, who lived on Doty Street. In 1928, the elder Boughton moved to Milwaukee where he opened Log Cabin Furs on Farwell Avenue. Jack was born in Milwaukee in April 1929. Automobiles were not heated at that time, making fur coats a necessity, and skilled furriers like Jack’s father successful. “A fur coat was a big investment,” Jack Boughton explained. “Rather than buy a new coat, people would just have them restyled after a few years. This meant the coats had to be disassembled.” Boughton said he was only 5 or 6 years old when he first started learning how to take fur coats apart for his dad. “I would painstakingly remove the lining and unravel the seams. That’s how I learned so much about patterns for sleeves and collars. I observed what patterns were necessary to put fullness in a coat, for example.”Growing up in Milwaukee, Boughton said his family lived on “the #10 streetcar line.” He still remembers addresses and phone numbers from back then, easily rattling them off. “Lakeside (LA) was the prefix for the phone numbers,” he said. “Our shop was at 1938 N. Farwell Avenue, one block west of the fancy living district. As Milwaukee grew to the north, the wealth went north. We moved to Downer Avenue then.”Because of his early success, Jack’s father opened E. C. Boughton Furs on Downer Avenue in 1944. Jack joined him in the firm 10 years later, after receiving a degree from the UW and doing a stint in the Army during the Korean War. Rumor has it that Boughton was an Arthur Murray dance instructor and that he taught all of the Army officers to cut a rug.In the late 1950s, E.C. hit upon the idea of moving out of the city and opening a unique new enterprise. “He wanted to acquire a country estate and turn it into upscale shops and his fur salon,” Boughton recalled. “That’s how we ended up with Willowbrook.”The 4.5-acre former Messenger estate on Green Bay Road in Thiensville, north of Milwaukee, proved ideal for his purposes. After extensive and meticulous remodeling and refurbishing of the white Colonial-style house and grounds, the newly christened “Willowbrook” celebrated its grand opening Oct. 15-18, 1958.Speculation and rumor had been rife for months beforehand, with curious locals constantly wondering about the flurry of activity as an army of painters, contractors, decorators, and landscape artists descended on the rural location. Imported chandeliers and wallpapers, gas fixtures from England, and parcels with shipping labels from France and Switzerland had been arriving almost daily. Willowbrook was known as “the Paris of the North,” according to an eight-page brochure. Press of the day spoke of the estate’s “dignity and quiet good taste.” Elegant models were photographed posing alongside enormous Afghan hounds.“Mink is the specialty of the firm,” according to a gushing October 1958 review published in the Ozaukee Press, “but navy blue and green broadtail coats, tiger and leopard jackets, and Persian lamb coats will be shown during the informal modeling on opening day.”Boughton wrote a lot of the marketing copy himself, penning slogans like, “The precious fur for the precious few” for his Empress Chinchilla line. He traveled the world in search of fashion inspiration and beautiful furs he could use in his creations. His work was admired at fashion shows in Paris and Italy.In its heyday, Willowbrook had 100 coats on display, with underground refrigerated storage vaults capable of holding 5,000 garments. Mink was the most popular fur, but they also used everything from Russian chipmunk to Chinese rabbit. Boughton crafted a leopard skin ski mask or face mask to be worn in the Olympics. He has a press clipping in his extensive scrapbook showing an outfit of sheared lamb, mink, and chain mail. All of Boughton’s ideas were very cutting-edge, fueling demand for his work. He designed fur coats for professional sports legends Joe Namath and Willie Mays. MGM musical star Jane Powell modeled his furs in 1962, according to an article and photo in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Actress and longtime “What’s My Line?” game show panelist Arlene Francis featured the Willowbrook complex on her TV show. Boughton was in his prime and so was Willowbrook, which he took over running after his dad retired to Florida. “Don’t think I wasn’t working hard and enjoying every minute of it because I was,” he noted.Boughton built a five-car garage and began collecting luxury autos, including two Excalibur sports cars manufactured in Wisconsin. These were used in photo shoots and fashion shows with models draped in furs. He created matching fur luggage and interior accents for the vehicles and included them in press materials as well.As the popularity of and demand for real fur began to wane in the late 1960s, in 1970 Boughton ended up selling the fur company to Borg Textile, who kept him on for a time as vice president and creative director. Willowbrook later became home to a computer complex for Colonial Bank Corporation, later known as M&I Bank. In 2002, the 66-unit Willowbrook Place, a senior housing and retirement community, opened there. Boughton soon moved on to his next big adventure – Costa Rica. He was invited to travel to the rugged Central American country by a group of friends who were frequent visitors there. “I went down there with friends and was absolutely bowled over,” Boughton said. “They had the most gorgeous beaches I had ever seen.”Home sites were available and Boughton ended up purchasing a lot there and building a home of his own design into which he moved his wife, Patricia, and four children. Among his many business ventures at this time, Boughton said he dreamed of building a luxury resort-style destination called Club Xanadu after the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan, A stately pleasure-dome decree,” runs the poem in question, titled, “Kubla Khan or a Vision in a Dream,” the latter a phrase that could also describe Boughton’s plans, which sadly never came to fruition. Its design was based on that of the iconic Guggenheim Museum in New York City, Boughton said.Things ended up going south for Boughton in Costa Rica in more ways than one. Now divorced, he once again embarked on a fresh chapter in his life and a whole new career. In 1977, he married haute couture dress designer Princess Sumair and became her business partner as well.The pair moved into what a 1980 People Magazine article referred to as “a sleek two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan’s Olympic Tower.” They lived on the 25th floor of the then-brand new building located at 5th Avenue and East 52nd Street. Boughton said it was next to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and built by millionaire Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.Boughton continued his creative endeavors for many more years, designing dresses for the world of high fashion. He eventually returned to Wisconsin following the death of his second wife, living for a time in Milwaukee before moving north to reside in his father’s hometown.IMPORTANT INFORMATION BELOW **Please refer to photos for measurements and size comparisons and condition. **Also, please keep in mind that all items are vintage and antique, so signs of wear or age might be present. We do our best to photograph and list any noticeable defects or blemishes so please look closely at photos and do not hesitate to ask questions. ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS. **IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFO** PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING. Although we often use recycled boxes, we always wrap ALL items under the precaution ‘Better safe than sorry’ to be sure it is well protected during the shipping process. We RARELY have items damaged, but occasionally, packages may be mishandled and damage might occur. We help protect our customers by providing shipping insurance on your item.. 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Price: 30.02 USD

Location: Marinette, Wisconsin

End Time: 2024-12-17T07:00:00.000Z

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