Marc Kaufman Furs is a fifth-generation furrier in New York City’s Garment District, making and selling fine fur since 1870. Marc Kaufman is available to journalists as an on-the-record source on fur craftsmanship, the vintage and restyling market, celebrity fur culture, and the history of New York’s fur trade. Everything a writer, producer or researcher needs is on this page — and if you need something that isn’t here, just ask.
Media contact
For interviews, quotes, fact-checking, photography, or garments for editorial shoots and productions:
- Marc Kaufman, Owner & Master Furrier
- Email: marckaufmanfurs@gmail.com
- Phone: +1 (212) 563-3877
- Showroom: 212 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001
We respond to press inquiries quickly, including on deadline. Visits to the workroom can usually be arranged the same week.
What Marc Kaufman can speak to
Topics Marc is regularly interviewed on, and can discuss on the record with specifics, history and hands-on demonstration:
- Fur craftsmanship — how a fur coat is actually made, including the let-out technique in which each pelt is cut into diagonal strips and resewn by hand; why it takes weeks and what separates fine work from ordinary work.
- The vintage & restyling boom — what’s arriving in the workroom now, how inherited coats are recut into modern pieces, and why reusing existing fur has become the sustainability argument inside the trade.
- Celebrity fur culture — five decades of dressing performers and athletes: what gets ordered, what a piece costs, and how a red-carpet fur moment actually comes together.
- New York’s fur district — a first-hand account of the trade’s decline from hundreds of houses to a handful, told by a family that has worked the same blocks since 1870.
- The economics of fine fur — pelt grading, pricing, the auction market, and why prices have moved the way they have.
- Fur care, appraisal and insurance — storage, cleaning, restoration, and what heirloom pieces are worth.
Fast facts
- Founded: 1870, New York City
- Generations: Five, family-owned and operated
- Owner: Marc Kaufman, Master Furrier
- Location: 212 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001 — in the historic Garment & Fur District
- Legal entity: MKSF Inc., doing business as Marc Kaufman Furs
- Specialties: Mink, sable, chinchilla, fox, lynx; custom and made-to-order; fur restyling and remodeling; cleaning, glazing and cold storage; rentals for editorial and production
- In-house workroom: Yes — garments are made, altered and restored on site, not outsourced
- Website: kaufmanfurs.com
Boilerplate — for publication
Copy and paste as-is:
Marc Kaufman Furs has been making fine fur in New York City since 1870. Now in its fifth generation, the family-run house works out of its own atelier in Manhattan’s historic fur district, where it designs, hand-crafts, restyles and restores coats in mink, sable, chinchilla, fox and lynx. Long known as a furrier to musicians, athletes and performers, Marc Kaufman Furs remains one of the last traditional furriers operating in New York.
Notable clients & screen credits
Marc Kaufman Furs has dressed public figures for decades. Pieces from the house have appeared on the red carpet, on stage, at the Super Bowl and on screen — including the lynx coats worn in the film Hustlers.
- Joe Namath — the coyote coat worn at the Super Bowl
- Jennifer Lopez & Constance Wu — lynx, Hustlers
- Snoop Dogg — patchwork mink
- Tyson Fury — full-length chinchilla
- 50 Cent — mink bomber
- Post Malone — patchwork mink
- Rick Ross — mink, the Grammys
- Jason Derulo — silver fox
- Cardi B — designer rex rabbit
Also worn by Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Naomi Campbell, Cher, Diana Ross, Erykah Badu, Busta Rhymes and many more. See the full celebrity archive →
Images & assets
High-resolution photography is available to press on request, including garment images on white, workroom and craftsmanship photography, showroom interiors, portraits of Marc Kaufman, and archive images of celebrity pieces. Email marckaufmanfurs@gmail.com and tell us what the story needs — we can usually turn images around same-day.
Garments are also available on loan for editorial shoots, film and television productions, and styling. See fur rentals for press & production →
A sample of current work from our West 30th Street atelier. High-resolution versions of these and our archive are available to press on request.
Background reading
Explainers written by our workroom, useful for background or citation:
- How a let-out mink coat is made — the technique, step by step
- What to do with an old or inherited fur coat — the vintage & restyle story
- How to choose a fur coat — fur types, grading and price
- The most expensive furs in the world
- How to store a fur coat — care and preservation
Visit the workroom
Journalists, producers and photographers are welcome at the showroom and workroom at 212 West 30th Street, where coats are cut and sewn on site. It’s a working atelier — one of the last in the district — and it films well. Contact us to arrange a visit.