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It is maybe with all this brands like Rapha, Cafe Du Cycliste, PAS, DeMarchi, etc. the same, that they just buy stuff in various factories at different times with various quality issues. I have to search for the names, some months ago I found 2-3 factories from Italy who probably produce for lots of brands. Still i prefer the Italy tag, even if the China tag could be better quality.
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The majority of Italian (fashion clothing anyway) factories employ cheap immigrant Chinese workers so that they can slap a 'Made in Italy' logo on the product, subsequently Italy has a huge Chinese slum problem.
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While there are only a few factories in Italy that, as you say, manufacture for multiple brands, each of the brands will have specced their own design/cut and fabrics/components. So while differences may be subtle in some cases, products from one factory are completely different for each retailer. Very different from just badging up a generic Chinese frame for instance.
monkdagola
villa-ru
Totally agree. I was wearing my 2012 Winter Jacket last weekend and thinking what a quality piece of kit it is and how well it holds up year after year.
It is probably less that the quality is bad it is more that the garments are just less durable than historically.