What is in a name? Most people get quite excited when finding a shop that sells knock- off Ed Hardy shirts that look identical to the pricey genuine ones. Often we find opportunities where we can purchase cheap phony designer clothes of the latest and most popular labels. These knock-offs are usually manufactured in eastern countries. When once in Thailand, everywhere I looked was DNKY, Diesel, Gucci and the list goes on. Even though they were fake, who would know the difference. Later, I found out that it was making a difference in someone else’s life...
Police raided two sweatshops in Thailand last year; both in the process of making fake Louise Vuitton bags. I was completely horrified when I heard that children, around the ages of eight and above, had been chained to tables to make bags; their legs had been broken so that they could not leave the spot they sat in day after day and they had skin diseases from not getting enough sunlight. My heart sank, I felt sick to my stomach. Most of all the fake designer clothes and accessories we buy have been made in sweatshops. Those children were freed, but what about the other hundreds of sweatshops? What about all the other suffering children? I urge everyone to never buy another fake designer label again. If there is no market for it then it will stop getting manufactured. Next time you are thinking of buying a fake, think about the real name behind that label.
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