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Maybe to get the really good Chinese-made Prada stuff, you have to order it in Chinese.
Food for thought.
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Food for thought.
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Does "Made in Italy" mean anything anymore?
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A bit of a straw man: the vast majority of Prada products are not sold on quality or even design. You are mostly buying a label, i.e. the words "PRADA" and "Made in Italy". If the label is there you have nothing to complain about.
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Are you kidding? Those vowel-happy peninsula dwellers are a few thousand years behind us in noodle tech.Originally Posted by mafoofan
I thought current past was derived from an Arabian food (dry, can be preserved indefinitely in high heat, can be put on camelback -- hence the spaghetti format). But then again, the Arabs were the middlemen between the (medieval) far West and far East.
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According to the book "Cheap", a wide variety of luxury goods are begun in China and finished in Italy. The country's name is coveted but the core of the product is not.
Or you could buy Coach products which are emblazoned with "China" and get okay quality.
Or you could buy Coach products which are emblazoned with "China" and get okay quality.
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The point is, made in Italy doesn't necessarily connote quality anymore--it's highly dependent on the specific factory in Italy it's made in, and the quality standards that the brand has when commissioning work to be done at that factory.
A bit of a straw man: the vast majority of Prada products are not sold on quality or even design. You are mostly buying a label, i.e. the words "PRADA" and "Made in Italy". If the label is there you have nothing to complain about.Originally Posted by radicaldog
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I thought current past was derived from an Arabian food (dry, can be preserved indefinitely in high heat, can be put on camelback -- hence the spaghetti format). But then again, the Arabs were the middlemen between the (medieval) far West and far East.Originally Posted by radicaldog
The Chinese invented the Arabs, too.
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Maybe to get the really good Chinese-made Prada stuff, you have to order it in Chinese.Originally Posted by voxsartoria
General Tso for thought.
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FFY.
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Things are competitive if we are talking noodles.Originally Posted by voxsartoria
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Na my mothers egg pasta hand cut and hand rolled is better then any of that dried machine made crap.
BTW isn't Prada one of those French owned companies?
Good to hear Greek fire was invented by the Arabs. The Greeks will be relieved.
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......... At the end of the day, it all comes down to quality control at the factory. If you have good quality control, you will have sturdy garments that will last for a long time. If you have poor quality control, regardless of whether it's made in England or Italy, it will fall apart...... not meant to last.Originally Posted by Bellison
Well said - there still is expertise around the world that is not easily duplicated elsewhere. especially when you are talking about the fabrics that go into clothes, and the yarn that goes into the fabrics. China is a country with a large population and a great heritage with fabrics. In the future we will see more and more high end yarn and fabric and clothes.
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Also on some products that have a made in Italy label there is only a little of the work that has actually been done in Italy. Some companies perfrom most of the tasks in a cheaper country and only perform the finishing touches in Italy so they can slap on a made in Italy tag on the garment. That's why some companies include a certificate from http://www.madeinitaly.org with their product to certify it has been 100% produced in Italy. Came with the shoes I purchased from Moma.
There was a similar discussion regarding Frette linen being made in India. My submission there was that the factory in India or Indians in general cannot be blamed for the poor product. The factory must have submitted samples and only if the sample would have been approved by Frette would the production would have taken place. And in case the finished product was not to be the agreed upon quality and the samples Frette could easily have rejected the product.
Frette went about getting an inferior quality product made and they selected a factory in India which was willing to make the product to Frette's inferior standards in the price that Frette was willing to pay.
If anyone has to be blamed it is Frette for getting a poor product made rather than the factory or its workers irrespective of the location of the factory.
Frette went about getting an inferior quality product made and they selected a factory in India which was willing to make the product to Frette's inferior standards in the price that Frette was willing to pay.
If anyone has to be blamed it is Frette for getting a poor product made rather than the factory or its workers irrespective of the location of the factory.
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^ sensible conclusion AJ
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