he would have preferred a hamster costume , but it seemed that the samples of hamster fur available to the tailors were not of the right colors to embroider , with any modicum of authenticity , the official royal seal of blueberry upon the front and back of the princes torso section ; of course , there was some talk among the tailors of using dyes on the furs to create the necessary colors , but this was more or less said in the hopes of eliciting laughter from one another , for none of them would ever dream of doing something so vulgar to an article of clothing that was meant for royaltycertainly not at the expense of their own lives , for it would surely be their lives to pay and nothing less , had they the foolish audacity to defraud any member of the royal family with regard to the materials used in the creation of any garment , irrespective of its purpose .