The quality of imported clothing is not necessarily better than that of domestically produced consumers.

Although the recent weather is still cold, the new spring clothing has been fully launched. When consumers buy clothes, they find that many of the places of origin are foreign clothing, whether it is work or fabric, not as good as expected. Even some apparel imports alone is a high price, from the ball, fade, shrink, open line "problems" a lot. Imported garments are not necessarily better than domestic ones.

Rich in variety

"This outdoor jacket is windproof US imports, compared with the more high-end domestic." An outdoor brand sales staff says, introducing apparel imports to the reporter, "fabric, quality materials are more secure, but also the style characteristics. The reporter then visited the market and learned that there are more and more imported garments in the market, from suits and casual wear to jeans and sportswear, to outdoor jackets, warm suits, sun protection suits, shirts, underwear, etc., want to buy It is really easy to go to a place where the clothing is foreign. In an interview with reporters who like to chase fashion, they said that when they open the closet and look at the labels of clothes, about one-third of them are imported, and they are basically purchased in local shopping malls or regular online channels. Not overseas purchasing.

High price

The reporter learned in the interview that the price of imported clothing is still higher than that of ordinary domestic clothing. Ms. Zheng, a consumer of this city, told the reporter that she planned to buy a set suitable for going to work some time ago, and she took a fancy to a new set of famous brands, because it is imported garments, the price is as high as 3,000 yuan, and the same brand The domestic series is only a thousand yuan. Sales staff explained that the import of expensive foreign well-known designers in the cost, the cost of imported high-quality fabrics and import duties. There are also some brand waterproof and windproof jackets, the domestic price is usually more than one thousand yuan, and the import is less than two thousand three thousand yuan, or even four or five thousand yuan. Some fashion brands of jeans, imported two or three thousand dollars, while domestically produced as long as seven or eight hundred yuan. According to the merchants, the difference is mainly due to the high labor costs of some producing countries and the purchase price of fabric accessories. In addition, there are some so-called limited edition and commemorative clothing, which are only produced in the original country where the brand was founded. It is much higher than the ordinary one.

Many problems

So the quality of imported garments at a high price must be better than domestic ones? But in fact, it's not. Reporters who visited more than a dozen times to buy imported clothing consumers have indicated that imports of fabric pilling, fading, shrinking clothing, open line, jump wire, etc. have also occurred, and some even suspected of imported clothing and component identification Actually does not match. Mr. Li told the reporter that he had spent an amount of more than 1,000 yuan to buy an imported casual shirt some time ago. He did not wear it for a long time and there was a serious pilling phenomenon. The merchant thought that it was caused by improper wearing of the customer and friction with the backpack. Industry insiders said in an interview that in fact, the origin of many garments can not "endanger" the quality of clothing, clothing brand manufacturers produce garments in factories in different countries, most of them are only for purchasing and labor costs, so consumers are When you buy clothes, you don't have to be superstitious.