― Publisher Christian Van Gastel's dressing style is extremely simple, brand women T-shirt. When intercepted by a magazine on the street, he was wearing a pair of Saint Laurent shoes and a Hermes jacket, a very simple outfit that he himself barely noticed. In times of recession, this attitude towards dressing is still worth learning from.
Cao explained: "Some animals like dogs and rabbits have fur that isn't valuable; in fact, it's cheaper compared to some artificial leather materials." Regarding this incident, many netizens loudly called for merchants to treat animals kindly and encouraged everyone to stay away from fur or use only artificial materials, which is also a choice suitable for the current economic situation.
"These findings are surprising because first, we didn’t expect this organization to spend so much time on this accident (isn’t PETA - an animal protection organization more responsible?). Secondly, we don’t want to debate scientific research issues, but the price of real leather is far higher than artificial leather. Why would those manufacturers do such uneconomical things?"
"Today, anyone can enter the fashion world, but everyone is taking the same path. Fashion is my profession, not a form of entertainment. I don’t care much about celebrity fashion. Common people are too influenced by 'Sex and the City,' but I think this kind of dressing is excessive. Nowadays, people spend too much time and money on dressing up, but they all end up looking similar, which puzzles me."
Buying Agency December 6th News ― "Luxury fatigue" and continuously increasing debt fears will lead consumers to reduce shopping for a long period of time. Especially brands that 'drive people crazy with desire' will be hit first. The 'handbag bubble' will burst. 'It bag' (referring to bags that are especially collectible) will become obsolete - we can only lamentfully sigh that you will no longer possess your own unique fashion concept."
Cao explained: "In foreign countries, the brands listed here already count as quite good ones. However, the key lies in the attitude, rather than overemphasis on brands."
"I have no style at all; I just buy what I want. As for the glasses I'm wearing now, I don’t even know what brand they are because they were a gift from a friend. I guess they might be GUCCI or something else."
― Facing the current economic situation, the always-prosperous luxury goods industry has also been impacted. Industry consultant Claire Kent (former luxury market analyst at Morgan Stanley), recently announced in London that the luxury goods industry has prospered for 15 years, but every good thing must come to an end.
― Designer Jussara Lee spoke about the changes in the fashion world over the past 20 years.
― On the blog of the New York Magazine, a piece of news caught the attention of many people. Humane Society (an American social welfare organization that promotes public awareness of animal protection) recently criticized several retailers because clothes labeled as "artificial leather" actually contained real leather materials. The organization claimed that over the past three years, they purchased these misleading garments and found 12 items marked as "artificial leather," but in reality, they contained real leather. An independent tester stated that a coat purchased from Neiman Marcus in 2007 contained real rabbit fur. The author questioned this event.
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