high fashion or sacrilege? fox or sable?

[Guest]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/331577591289122570/

 

I found this on the internet. The fur appears to be dyed navy blue. Is this fur sable or fox? If sable, would dying it this color be considered sacrilege? I know blue fox fur, farmed mink, and sheared wild beaver are often dyed, but sable, and in a shade of blue?!

[Worker 11811]

I wouldn't necessarily call it sacrilege but certainly a waste of money.

One of the beautiful things about sable is its natural color. Isn't it? Changing its color is changing its natural beauty.

Besides, the way I understand, dying fur affects its longevity. Doesn't it?

 

Why pay all that money for something that's not as good? It's a waste of money IMO.

[AKcoyote]

My opinion is the image might be mis-labeled. Fox, especially lower quality blue fox, is frequently dyed to make black fox or crystal fox. But I have not heard of sable being dyed. If the garment is dyed sable, then the pelts were probably low quality and not suitable for manufacturing without dying.

 

Having said what I did above, the garment does not look like fox so it could possibly be dyed Canadian sable. I strongly doubt Russian sable would be dyed.