Bad to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months agoHaute fashion economyimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1173arrow-down114file-text
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minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoI can only speak for my buddy’s family’s factory in Italy but those workers seemed well paid and happy. High quality luxury goods and “luxury goods” aren’t the same thing.
minus-squareBadOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m not sure “I know one factory personally” is the gotcha you think it is. European luxury brands are the worst when it comes to dealing with forced labor, and that includes a recent notorious case of a sweatshop in Italy. Congrats to your buddy though. But the issue is systemic.
I can only speak for my buddy’s family’s factory in Italy but those workers seemed well paid and happy. High quality luxury goods and “luxury goods” aren’t the same thing.
I’m not sure “I know one factory personally” is the gotcha you think it is.
European luxury brands are the worst when it comes to dealing with forced labor, and that includes a recent notorious case of a sweatshop in Italy.
Congrats to your buddy though. But the issue is systemic.