Slop.

Suit yourself if you want to spend $30k on a logo my dude.

Wild to imply that the Chinese factory can't hand stitch when there are literally people in the background of the video hand stitching.

I usually love reading about someones special interests but just feels like this guy is overcompensating and feigning an admiration for some bygone era of crafts work that obviously still exists but can't compare to buying a handbag for a price you can afford, all so they can dunk on the asians making their clothes

But there’s another way to appreciate fashion—through craft. It’s not about how well something performs or what it communicates. Instead, it’s about valuing the skill, time, and intention embedded in the object itself, even if no one else cares or recognizes those qualities

who motherfucker, who is appreciating fashion through craft that aren't already hobbyist tailors

Ah, the menswear guy

This is like when I saw a redditor claim the Chinese "didn't know how make a ballpoint pen until 2014"

Ridiculous racist nonsense

this fucking idiot includes illustrative stock photos in his tweets

His entire post is about craftsmanship. And I agree with most of what he says! Good craftsmanship can really separate one brand from another.

But the video he's responding to addresses this. It estimates the cost of labor put into a Hermes bag at $400, appropriate for a highly skilled craftsperson working for a few hours, but even with that taken into account the final price of the Hermes bag ended up being over 95% branding and the logo.

Context: It turns out the dude is, I shit you not, some Vietnamese gusano lmao: https://nitter.net/wrenevans217208/status/1912200465686626521

Bro really had a pfp of some white dude because he's a self-hating Asian dude. I thought he was just some generic mediocre (white) Sinophobe, but him being a Vietnamese gusano adds much more context. Sorry dude, but wearing expensive clothes "made" from Europe won't stop people from calling you a g-word like GIs did to your people.

He directly credits a number of East Asian manufacturers for their quality and addresses the video author's misinformation about the actual price of the bag he's holding. Menswear Man here, if you follow him, never shuts up about expensive clothing because he's a strong proponent of honoring the cultural roots of clothing, which to him means hand-made by the culture that invented it.

For instance he talked about how America can never produce a cowichan sweater because all real cowichans are made with a specific process and specific material by a specific indigenous group in Canada. They also cost a fuck ton and owning a cowichan sweater is a strong cultural indicator of your beliefs and means.

I can see his worldview extending to a steadfast belief that the expensive French bag, while overpriced, is only authentic if made by French artisans in France. He's not saying that Chinese people can't make an exact copy of a Birkin, he's doubting that this viral Chinese dude is actually making Birkins and not just taking advantage of the current economic situation, since he doesn't compare his bags to "authentic" Hermes at any point or show his artisans producing the components.