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The secret supplier to the world’s top designers
頂級(jí)奢飾品的秘密生產(chǎn)基地
The town of Ubrique in southern Spain is beautiful but remote. It doesn’t have an airport or a train station and even buses are irregular.
西班牙南部的烏布里克鎮(zhèn)美麗而遙遠(yuǎn)。它沒有機(jī)場或火車站,甚至沒有常規(guī)的公共汽車。
Its position, nestled at the bottom of a valley surrounded by big hills, means the easiest way to get there is by car. But even then drivers have to navigate winding and often steep roads.
它的位置位于一個(gè)山谷的底部,四周環(huán)繞著巨大的小山,這意味著最方便的方法就是開車。但即便如此,司機(jī)也只能在蜿蜒曲折的道路上行駛。
The town is around 75 miles south of Seville, nowhere near the world’s fashion capitals of Milan, Paris, New York or London.
小鎮(zhèn)位于塞維利亞以南約75英里處,離世界時(shí)尚之都米蘭、巴黎、紐約或倫敦很遠(yuǎn)。
Yet this collection of white washed houses, known as a pueblo blanco (white town) in Spanish, is where many of the top fashion brands source their leather goods.
然而,在西班牙,這些被稱為普布蘭科布蘭科(白色小鎮(zhèn))的白墻房子,是許多頂級(jí)時(shí)尚品牌的皮革制品來源。
Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Hermes, Chanel, Chloe, Loewe and Carolina Herrera are all reported to use the artisans here to make things such as handbags, wallets and belts.
路易威登、古馳(Gucci)、愛馬仕(Hermes)、香奈兒(Chanel)、克洛伊(Chloe)、洛伊(Loewe)和卡羅萊納(Carolina Herrera)的很多手袋、錢包和皮帶等物品都是這里的工匠制作的。
Yet almost none of these designers are willing to talk about it.
然而,大多數(shù)設(shè)計(jì)師中幾乎沒有人愿意談?wù)撨@個(gè)問題。
Most of the secrecy comes from the fear of someone using the high end designs to produce cheap copycat products, a costly problem for luxury retailers.
保密主要是來自于怕有人仿造高端設(shè)計(jì)來生產(chǎn)廉價(jià)的山寨產(chǎn)品,這對(duì)奢侈品零售商來說是是一個(gè)巨大的威脅。
Juan Antonio Sanchez, manager at leather goods manufacturer Ranchel, says the big brands often have strict demands.
皮革制品生產(chǎn)商Ranchel的經(jīng)理胡安.安東尼奧.桑切斯表示,這些大品牌往往有嚴(yán)格的要求。
"We have to sign a contract of confidentiality, then the factory, the manager and every worker have to sign it.
“我們必須簽訂保密協(xié)議,工廠、經(jīng)理和每個(gè)工人都必須簽署。”