I see it as a sign that many people who want to be or appear rich have been duped for a long time about their products. That Gucci bag was made in the same factory as the Walmart brand one. Same with those Reeboks and Nikes. It's been a fake rich scam for decades and now all those feaux rich are being made fun of as China crumbles.
Basically, the guys that go 'I got this from (insert luxury brand) main store!' as the idiot trend chasers while the real ones that are getting luxury are the ones that went to local businesses and got a custom order made or hired a local craftsman to do something.
Lots of upper middle class folks buy to be seen. They want people to know they have a $600 purse or something. It has no meaning to the rich class, but middle class always think they need to appear to be rich.
They want people to know they have a $600 purse or something. It has no meaning to the rich class, but middle class always think they need to appear to be rich.
This is very true.
My dad's family members were all factory workers (well, the successful ones were factory workers. The others remained hillbilly trailer park denizens). My dad was the only one from the family to go to college. He talked about how both of his parents were very image conscious. They saved up so the kids would have nice clothings, they always had a decent car, etc. Nothing extravagant, just more money going into visual stuff than they probably should have.
Once my dad got to be successful in his own career, he never cared about any of those things, and he saved a ton of money as a result.
I think cars are the only thing I could ever actually recognize as "luxury brand" since their shape is so obvious and uncommon. Purses? Coats? Shoes? I don't even know what fancy expensive versions of those things look like, they're all just competing with, and showing off to, people who already know what they're looking at. What an alien existence.
Yeah, I do leatherwork as a hobby and the stuff you get from stores or Amazon is very cheap. They will put a small thin piece of leather over fabric or filler, if they use real leather at all. To get something actually quality you need to go to small handmade shops, or buy on somewhere like Etsy with a custom order.
They're acting like counterfeits are a new thing. The counterfeit market for everything (not just clothes accessories) has been rampant for years and it all comes from China. It's so bad that they countfeit things like Tylenol and send it to the US, pretty much any of those little 2 pack Tylenol you buy is fake and from China.
Just north of Florence. The factories flew workers from the textile capital of China - WUHAN - in and out every six months and the workers slept on the factory floors. This is why Italy was hit so hard so early.
LOL. Why would Europe have any problem getting Connolly leather from Britain? The biggest luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Dior, Givenchy and Chanel are made in Ubrique, the Spanish capital of leather. Those are the actual world-renowned leather craftsmen.
China has nothing to offer the world except forgeries and famine, LOL!
I spent enough time working around spoiled rich girls (well, rich in debt) to overhear them complaining about the quality of so-called luxury brands all the time.
Things like some fancy shoe that won't get worn more than once because on the second outing it will break, or a bag with a zipper that's just for show.
Real luxury isn't gaudy, flashy brand names and logos. And that stuff doesn't get made in sweatshops by kids and political prisoners.
AI translation voiceovers are improving I see. While the message may be true, I don't trust anything in that video as an authentic representation of reality.
This really does feel like HEAVY projection.
The US logistics are weak due to outsourcing and refusal to allow resource extraction domestically. Those can be solved within 3-5 years.
China's problem is that they not only extracted a lot but that there's so much internal corruption their fucking buildings are made of tofu.
I see it as a sign that many people who want to be or appear rich have been duped for a long time about their products. That Gucci bag was made in the same factory as the Walmart brand one. Same with those Reeboks and Nikes. It's been a fake rich scam for decades and now all those feaux rich are being made fun of as China crumbles.
Basically, the guys that go 'I got this from (insert luxury brand) main store!' as the idiot trend chasers while the real ones that are getting luxury are the ones that went to local businesses and got a custom order made or hired a local craftsman to do something.
Lots of upper middle class folks buy to be seen. They want people to know they have a $600 purse or something. It has no meaning to the rich class, but middle class always think they need to appear to be rich.
This is very true.
My dad's family members were all factory workers (well, the successful ones were factory workers. The others remained hillbilly trailer park denizens). My dad was the only one from the family to go to college. He talked about how both of his parents were very image conscious. They saved up so the kids would have nice clothings, they always had a decent car, etc. Nothing extravagant, just more money going into visual stuff than they probably should have.
Once my dad got to be successful in his own career, he never cared about any of those things, and he saved a ton of money as a result.
I think cars are the only thing I could ever actually recognize as "luxury brand" since their shape is so obvious and uncommon. Purses? Coats? Shoes? I don't even know what fancy expensive versions of those things look like, they're all just competing with, and showing off to, people who already know what they're looking at. What an alien existence.
From what I've seen, it's a very well made version of something you would find common.
Yeah, I do leatherwork as a hobby and the stuff you get from stores or Amazon is very cheap. They will put a small thin piece of leather over fabric or filler, if they use real leather at all. To get something actually quality you need to go to small handmade shops, or buy on somewhere like Etsy with a custom order.
They're acting like counterfeits are a new thing. The counterfeit market for everything (not just clothes accessories) has been rampant for years and it all comes from China. It's so bad that they countfeit things like Tylenol and send it to the US, pretty much any of those little 2 pack Tylenol you buy is fake and from China.
What happened is a lot of major companies realized they can't fight the counterfeiters so they joined them.
They realised that brand recognition and marketing is more important than any other factor.
Even China calls Europe, USA's Lil bro
LOL
From Mum and Uncles to Little Brother. Quite the fall.
they view all of us as "White Pigs"
It's probably negging.
Wasn't there a scandal where some Italian luxury brand's factory in Italy turned out to be staffed entirely by Chinamen during the coof?
Yes, in fact it was a whole region where fashion items are produced.
Just north of Florence. The factories flew workers from the textile capital of China - WUHAN - in and out every six months and the workers slept on the factory floors. This is why Italy was hit so hard so early.
Chinese quality control.. lol. Lmao even.
LOL. Why would Europe have any problem getting Connolly leather from Britain? The biggest luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton, Loewe, Dior, Givenchy and Chanel are made in Ubrique, the Spanish capital of leather. Those are the actual world-renowned leather craftsmen.
China has nothing to offer the world except forgeries and famine, LOL!
But what about that Chinese craftsmanship? Nobody else knows how to use a sewing machine apparently lol
Yeah, he forgot to mention that China invented the sewing machine 5,000 years ago. 🙄
yeah right...
China can produce great products - as long as there's a white man to hold them accountable.
Nut what's the link tho imma get me some chinee purses and sell em on the street
"Chinese craftsman are always intelligent and diligent"
Made me think of Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
"Some people say that I do things that are not....correct to do. I do not believe such things. I am nice man with happy feelings ALL of the time!"
So intelligent and diligent that they'll be riddled with tumors by 40 working in a factory with no PPE
I spent enough time working around spoiled rich girls (well, rich in debt) to overhear them complaining about the quality of so-called luxury brands all the time.
Things like some fancy shoe that won't get worn more than once because on the second outing it will break, or a bag with a zipper that's just for show.
Real luxury isn't gaudy, flashy brand names and logos. And that stuff doesn't get made in sweatshops by kids and political prisoners.
AI translation voiceovers are improving I see. While the message may be true, I don't trust anything in that video as an authentic representation of reality.
Translation: You've been paying through your nose for hyped up cheap Chinese shit you don't need. You can pay less for the same shit directly from us!