Albe Furs & Outerwear

Specialties

Albe Furs is an independent designer and retailer of luxury furs and fine outerwear. Albe designs and manufactures customized, hand sewn fur garments that meet the highest expectations of modern quality and style in the fur industry.

Albe offers a range of garments and impeccable services at a higher quality and lower price than any Manhattan department store. In addition to custom-​tailored one of a kind items, Albe is a design studio and retail boutique offering brand name furs as well as their Signature Collection. Albe remains a small, family-​owned business with a desire to cater to the individual needs of their clients. Albe Furs’ two exclusive locations in Westport and Greenwich, Connecticut offer a range of services including tailoring, repairs, cleaning, storage, and full remodels.

History

Established in 1984.

Albe Furs & Outerwear was founded in 1984 by Leon Skolnik and Ben Berman, two fourth-​generation furriers who learned their trade as young men in Russia. After working for top designers in New York City, Leon and Ben opened their own design studio and retail boutique in Westport, CT over 30 years ago. Great success led to opening a second location in Greenwich, CT, where the partners have drawn the expertise of fellow furriers Felix Skolnik and George Lotkin, and talented pattern-​maker and finisher, Venera Lane.