von Rothbart
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To reward myself with my 1000th post at SF, I am going to treat myself a trip to Germany to buy some Deutsche bags. I need your help to pick a firm. So which firm produces the baddest and biggest Deutsche bags? I have narrowed down the choices to four firms (in alphabetical order): KonÃ
mahre, Josef Pedersen, Soffi and Jo Vann.
KonÃ
mahre is the youngest of the four firms. It has made some major mishaps and got some bad press recently. Despite its wealthy, privileged and politically-connected financial backer, it still found itself raising money from the public. It's still young and has lot of potential if it can find a no-nonsense artistic director to steer it into the right direction and build some brand characters.
Artistically speaking, Josef Pedersen looks like a chicken running around without a head; it needs to find the right sartorial vision. It has been reported in trade publications that, to the amusement of industry insiders, it keeps asking its outside consultants some puzzling bizarre questions. It vegetable-tans its leathers with some exotic plants with Chinese origin from an Asian tropical country and I don't know how those leathers will fare in sub-zero Northeast.
Soffi has some sophisticated designs and a well put together product line-up. However, I have some concerns about the durability of its chemically enhanced leathers. I find its banner, "Continuously helping you Advancing your Sar"¢to"¢ri"¢us PanachÃ
", a little odd. Something must be lost in translation.
I find Jo Vann's designs funky especially the mushroom-themed line. Its salesmen don't seem to know much but are very eager to offer their advices and opinions whether you want it or not which I could do without. It sounds trivial but I think the bathrooms in its Günzburg flagship store need some major updating.
Which firm produces the baddest and biggest Deutsche bags? Although I am leaning toward one firm, but if the Forum votes are overwhelming I'll follow SF's advice. All votes are anonymous, but feel free to state your opinions, pros and cons of each firm.
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Artistically speaking, Josef Pedersen looks like a chicken running around without a head; it needs to find the right sartorial vision. It has been reported in trade publications that, to the amusement of industry insiders, it keeps asking its outside consultants some puzzling bizarre questions. It vegetable-tans its leathers with some exotic plants with Chinese origin from an Asian tropical country and I don't know how those leathers will fare in sub-zero Northeast.
Soffi has some sophisticated designs and a well put together product line-up. However, I have some concerns about the durability of its chemically enhanced leathers. I find its banner, "Continuously helping you Advancing your Sar"¢to"¢ri"¢us PanachÃ
I find Jo Vann's designs funky especially the mushroom-themed line. Its salesmen don't seem to know much but are very eager to offer their advices and opinions whether you want it or not which I could do without. It sounds trivial but I think the bathrooms in its Günzburg flagship store need some major updating.
Which firm produces the baddest and biggest Deutsche bags? Although I am leaning toward one firm, but if the Forum votes are overwhelming I'll follow SF's advice. All votes are anonymous, but feel free to state your opinions, pros and cons of each firm.
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