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 Ok, so the book doesn’t really have anything to do with fashion per se, but I did find out about the blog that coincides with the book, so I paid a visit and came upon this post about counterfeit zippers. Apparently U.S. Customs got a hold of thousands of Chinese-made denim jeans that had counterfeit “YKK” zippers on them.  Now, how the heck do you determine whether or not a zipper is counterfeit? Fashion designers thought they had issues with counterfeit fashion... |
Freakanomics was big a few years ago when people like Pat Robertson & Bill Bennett were quoting from it as an excuse justify to aborting black babies. Of course they didn't put it as bluntly as I just did. Caused much controversy as I remember.
When I started checking the zippers on my clothes, it seemed slightly more then half had the YKK imprint. Then I looked closer, some have a brand name on the tab, but YKK is printed on the body of every zipper I've looked at! It's actually, I'm discovering, quite common for a company to have a virtual monopoly on particular products. I did some freelance work with a small family business who are the sole producer of a clip used in large construction projects. Often, if the quality and price are right, monopolies like these exist without anyone really noticing. Interesting post.
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I heard of Freakonomics. There was a 20/20 special on it; really neat and interesting as I recall. I'll check out the blog!
(Coach uses YKK zippers.)
Posted by: Designer Ella | November 17, 2006 9:50 PM | Permalink to Comment