Random Rants
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finn- yeah i agree! 2012 isn't a good year for me. lost my paternal grandmother in february then along the way, have a couple of close family/relatives falling sick like strokes and heart attack. then now my ex-schoolmate just go all of a sudden at a tender age of 20. sigh..
G- thank you so much G. appreciate it.
Bagley- thanks buddy. i feel your pain too. losing someone isn't a easy thing to get through. but i know they (my friend and your uncle) are in a better place now.
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just got my package from G and those bandanas are fantastic! took the green one out to use and less than a day, my mate's dog went to chew it when i left it on the table with my wallets. thank God there's no holes or tear.
now i just need to have em' washed. :-\
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I do not want to open a shit storm here. But I had a discussion about this when I was in NYC. "Made in USA" can be great but equally it can mean "made by underpaid Mexicans (substitute a few other nationalities here if you so wish) in USA". I promise you, if I send denim to a sweat shop in LA, I can get jeans made for USD12 per pair. That is simply not right - I know how much time and how many processes gord into making even a shit pair of jeans…
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See "American Apparel" as an example
In all honesty, the whole "made in….." thing is a purchasing placebo. What you should be looking for is quality materials and quality construction, regardless of what nationality put the item together. Some of the denim brands from China at the moment look very good (Red Cloud and Co etc..), equally I have had a pair Japanese made Fullcount jeans that were simply awful.
In this kind of niche wear, we pay for quality plain and simple, and after a while you get to know and appreciate that quality, and something of a lower standard simply does not cut it.
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@volcano:
just got my package from G and those bandanas are fantastic! took the green one out to use and less than a day, my mate's dog went to chew it when i left it on the table with my wallets. thank God there's no holes or tear.
now i just need to have em' washed. :-\
where's the rant mate?…looks like everything is good
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Everything comes down to quality control. I've seen a lot of product that has come out of China that is absolute garbage. I've seen product that have been made on the same machines in China that is awesome. If you don't have a manufacturing line with high tolerances and a work ethic that says "this doesn't meet my standard, toss it", you're going to have junk
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FYI - Japan had gone through the painful process modernization/manufacturing decades (and I mean decades) ago. When it first started, many of the goods were of dubious quality. Over the years, it became very good in making things. China is going through the process and catching up (albeit very slowly). If and when quality is there, it is a nation to be reckoned with.
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Would like to add that to be made in USA only 70% has to be made here. Also don't forget the US has territories that are technically part of the country but have more relaxed laws regarding labor. As with any kind of product the best shit comes from small outfits, not huge companies with more interest in stocks and shareholders than making a quality product. Doesn't matter which country it comes from. To me, people are people. And quality is quality.
