Re: Split debate-Spending thousands on a wedding dress
Bebo, Globalization and outsourcing is a totally different debate, since globalization may hurt many industries in a country at the same benefit different industries in the same country. But yeh I agree, for India globalization is a benefit. I also agree that call centers don't exploit people because those people in call centers in fact get paid much more than others in the same country with the same level of skills who arent in call centers and at the same time, their employers have a lower labor expense as they would have had hiring people in the US or any industrialized country.
The point we are trying to make however is that designers aren't making fools of anyone. They sell their products and services for a given price, just like the rest of the people in this world. It is upto you to take it or leave it. Some people can afford it, others can't that doesnt mean that designers are exploiting anyone. It also doesn't mean that they should lower their prices so other people can afford their dresses. People that go to these people are usually those that can afford it, and because that is their style. I bought my outfit from Karma because I liked the design of the outfit. At the same time, I went to a lot of boutiques who's designs I didnt like. I even went to people that design from home that said that they can make an exact replica of the Karma design (which I didn't trust). What I'm trying to say is that I paid what I did for that wedding dress to Karma, because I loved that outfit, because I didn't think anyone could make an exact replica of it, and because designers should get paid for their creativity otherwise what's the point of having designers if you will just copy their designs and not give them the credit for it.
At the same time I agree, if I didnt have the money, and I saw someone that could do the same exact thing at half the price, I would have gone to them (though I wouldnt feel good about it because I feel creativity needs to be acknowledged and not stolen). People go to designers for a variety of reasons, because they have talent, because they have exceptional quality, they have unique designs, and some definitely go because they wanna tell others that 'I'm wearing HSY." But designers arent making fools of anyone.