How to check the quality of a mink coat (with video)
How to determine the quality of a mink coat on your own and not miscalculate the true price?
To do this, you have to look at the wrong side of the fur. There are several ways of sewing natural fur coats, the lamellar one is considered the most expensive and rare. The skin, and natural mink, by the way, is very miniature, straightened up and down. For the manufacture of fur coats, only the back is used, no paws and foreheads! Shades of fur and even its hairiness are carefully selected, and the simplest options are sewn from pieces, or rather the remains of expensive fur coats.
How to check the quality of mink fur on a fur coat on its wrong side?
Quite simply, you need to evaluate its wrong side. High-quality fur coats are sewn with a detachable inside – not sewn "tightly". This, by the way, is the first sign that they are trying to sell you a cheap product at the price of an expensive one. The silk or viscose lining is easily folded over and cut exactly to the style of the fur coat itself. Pay attention to the seams, the precious mink fur, even grown in artificial conditions, is never sewn on a typewriter, only by hand. The “zigzag" seam, which is available in the options of any not only industrial, but also household sewing machine, is the first sign that you have a cheap fake in front of you.
Danger number 2 – carefully straightened seams at the joints of the skins. Just for the sake of it, it is worth turning the fur coat inside out even in the most expensive and friendly store. The skins are sewn by hand with a flat seam, and the machine seams are stretched. How to check the quality of a mink coat fur – handmade is distinguished by jewelry technique – small and very neat stitches.
First, turn the fur coat inside out, make sure that the lining is not sewn "tightly" to cover the pieces, this is how any manufacturer is ready to give cheap fur for expensive. Are you sure the skins are intact?
How to determine the quality of a mink coat when buying (with video)
Mink is one of the most expensive furs, it is distinguished by seasons and degree of coloring. The natural color, no matter how you want issen-black, is red, with a slight tint to red. Everything that passes for a blue mink (which, by the way, does not exist in nature) is a fake, and at best it is dyed fur.
Elderly Italian women are the best in the world to wear mink coats and know the quality of fur. Against all the rules, they wear them in the summer, when it gets colder, with elegant shoes or sandals. The climate allows such combinations to be worn, but they know the price of real fur better than anyone – a lamellar, slightly flared, but knee-length collection of precious skins.
Run your palm across the growth of the fur. After that, high-quality and solid fur will lie down by itself, and the hand will feel warm. There is simply no other way to check the quality of mink fur on a fur coat. In any, even the most expensive boutique, they can sell you crafts, and in the cheapest Turkish shop – a real work of art.
What should you know before making a purchase? Mink is grown in artificial conditions almost everywhere. The skins are best made in Greece and Turkey, but it is there that the simplest styles are sewn. Absolutely black mink does not exist in nature, if you want to buy a dark fur coat, evenly colored fur should alert you.
This fur, despite all the conventions, is extremely wear-resistant. In decent condition, it can last up to a hundred years – natural fur coats can be inherited by a granddaughter, well, of course, you can show off yourself.
How to determine the quality of mink fur – look at the video: