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I wonder if his children are shoeless.

i still prefer crocs

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No matter how skillful that is, I'm sure it costs them no more than $10 in labor and $30 in materials...those go for over $800 on their website. Insanity.

not made in a sweat shop! the one dude they show is a white guy

>> ^lucky760:

I wonder if his children are shoeless.


They all wear velcros.

>> ^spune:

No matter how skillful that is, I'm sure it costs them no more than $10 in labor and $30 in materials...those go for over $800 on their website. Insanity.Yes, but insanity costs about $380 per shoe.

>> ^deathcow:

I am venturing a guess that they only show the one persons face because he is the only white person involved and they are not looking for a stigma of "foreign labor".


Italy is like 92% white, I kind of doubt he's the only white guy working there. I wouldn't be surprised if this genuinely is a proper workshop with proper wages, and not a sweatshop. But I don't blame you for being skeptical. Apple has proven that just because a product carries a crazy luxury price, it doesn't mean it isn't made by wage slaves.

Are they worth $800? No, but there's a lot more than $10 in labor and $30 in materials involved there.

Man, those are nice looking shoes.

http://science.discovery.com/videos/how-its-made-fine-leather-shoes.html
Virtually exactly the same process. Same tools, same methods, same sequence.

>> ^entr0py:

>> ^deathcow:
I am venturing a guess that they only show the one persons face because he is the only white person involved and they are not looking for a stigma of "foreign labor".

Italy is like 92% white, I kind of doubt he's the only white guy working there. I wouldn't be surprised if this genuinely is a proper workshop with proper wages, and not a sweatshop. But I don't blame you for being skeptical. Apple has proven that just because a product carries a crazy luxury price, it doesn't mean it isn't made by wage slaves.
Louis Vuitton is a French brand/company. What does Italy have to do with this?

There's no replacement for hand crafted. That sort of ability comes from years of practice. Labour is expensive (deservedly so). $30? Sure, whatever.

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^entr0py:
>> ^deathcow:
I am venturing a guess that they only show the one persons face because he is the only white person involved and they are not looking for a stigma of "foreign labor".

Italy is like 92% white, I kind of doubt he's the only white guy working there. I wouldn't be surprised if this genuinely is a proper workshop with proper wages, and not a sweatshop. But I don't blame you for being skeptical. Apple has proven that just because a product carries a crazy luxury price, it doesn't mean it isn't made by wage slaves.
Louis Vuitton is a French brand/company. What does Italy have to do with this?


It's a French company but this was filmed at a workshop in Italy. So, deathcow is totally right, they use foreign labor.

http://www.martincmusicblog.com/home/2012/3/5/louis-vuittons-italian-bespoke-workshop-fiesso-dartico.html