"Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster" by Dana Thomas

[SpooPoker]

God damn that bag is noice!

 

[mr monty]

Originally Posted by thinman

Thank you.
I haven't heard of either, but after googling them, their work is very interesting. Although it's the artistry in making fine clothing and accessories that most fascinates me, I'm currently looking for a card case/money clip in alligator (though I may not be able to afford their prices, even for such a small piece).

Here are some well made alligator card cases that you may be able to afford?

http://stores.ebay.com/KELARAN-USA/C...=p4634.c0.m322

 

[JensenH]

Originally Posted by mr monty

Anyone else reading this book or read it? Somebody here recommended this book a few weeks ago. I got mine and didn't want to put it down. This should be required reading for SF and Ask Andy members.

Absolutely. Especially for the brand whores who worship labels.

Read it when it first came out. What haunts me to this day is how child workers in China pelted the policemen with garbage when they arrested their boss. The child workers were exploited and worked under abhorrent conditions. Yet with their boss arrested, their jobs are lost, along with their meager income which their families desperately needed to help put food on the table.