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Not sure what they are charging, but based on the photos, their clothes don't look like good imitations of the real thing.
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Read the reviews, you will see page after page of satisfied, happy customers. If the customers are thrilled with that they receive, thats the important thing right. They are the ones paying for it and if they love it, then everything works out in the end. And everyone always says, the pictures never do justice to the outfit
But the home designers are not doing ANY of the karigari, and neither are they actually doing any of the stitching. Nearly all that work is being done by some underpaid servant or karigar. Who do not see the bulk of the profit made off that dress. I can't live with that. I prefer to pay the karigars directly for their work - at least I know the profit is going in the right hands.
They may not be doing the karigari or the stitching, but they are still doing a heck of alot. Designing the outfit, buying the fabrics, dying the fabrics, communicating with the karigar and darzi, running around from here to there, overseeing every little detail to make sure nothing gets messed up..etc. Its not an easy job and not everyone could manage that. Yes some people take advantage of their karigar and darzi and work them like a dog and then charge big bucks and pocket all the profit, but not everyone is like that. Homedesigners like Prototype have built quite a good reputation for themselves, off their own honesty and hard work, by consistently delivering high quality products, at decent prices