STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — After more than a half-century in the fur industry, Robert Cosumano is putting a lid on his storied local business and long-standing family legacy.
As owner of L’Fur’s in New Dorp, Cosumano’s furs have remained a symbol of luxury, with top-tier materials like Russian Sable, Chinchilla, and Lynx.
The fur retailer entered the fur business at the age of 15, working alongside his father, Lucian Cosumano, a couturier who created high end garments in Manhattan’s Fur District.
Cosumano said he couldn’t wait for Saturdays to accompany his dad and learn the art of manufacturing and styling furs and creating custom fur garments.
Throughout the years the savvy business entrepreneur, who’s outfitted generations, traveled the world in order to bring his clients the best in fur and fashion…