Many outlets are spread almost throughout Indonesia, usually seen many well-known brands Especially for young people who are many favorites of store products because of their quality and exclusion, don't be surprised if the price has not been reached in all segments
Basically, the concept here is to sell the best products in unlimited quantities. So demand soars inversely proportional to its skyrocketing price so the law of supply and demand here Therefore, what causes there are fake store t-shirts aka KW, which are usually scattered in various small shops, on the side of the tourist center street
This t-shirt is usually sold at a price far below the original store t-shirt. Not only t-shirts, many other supporting accessories such as hats, bags, shoes are also plagiarized at low prices
No need to worry, for those of you who like local original products and in order to realize the sustainability of MSMEs in Indonesia, here are Easy Tips to Distinguish Original store T-shirts or KW
Store
assorted-color clothes hanging on metal racksPhoto by charlesdeluvio on UnsplashFor the layman, you must be confused to distinguish it, for that you buy it at an official store that sells original store. You can also check on the official website of the brand, by listing the authorized store that can be visited here you are guaranteed to definitely get an original product that is indeed produced by yourself. When viewed from its own place, usually these KW clothing t-shirts are mostly this store has a low reputation. So you need to avoid those whose credibility is not yet clear. In order to be safe when buying because it is not the original one, most of them are also in the traditional market of imitation goods
Material Gramation
white textile lotPhoto by Ethan Bodnar on UnsplashFor those who want to know the original product or not judging from the gramation of the ingredients used, it must be very difficult, especially the konveksi bandung experience that makes it almost similar to the original.
But the similarity of KW products is definitely not better than the original ones, if you think about it if they can produce t-shirts of the same material, why make imitations?
You can look carefully, the most distinguishing is usually the KW that is looser faster when pulled, the color fades faster and dulls. For the original, it has a custom size made by yourself so that it cannot be imitated and the material will not be easy to find in ordinary places
Well-known store t-shirt brands are usually the materials used for the production of t-shirts from self-spun materials, with grams that are difficult to get out there such as combed 40s, 32s, 28s and 24s. Not only combed, there are also those who use cotton bamboo
Size & Theme in T-shirt design
gray and red crew neck shirtPhoto by Geoffroy Danest on UnsplashEach of these (clothing lines) has its own friends, each of which has design characteristics that make this brand stronger If you want to distinguish between the two, you can see from the design theme created, especially since the theme is very far from this main identical, you need to be aware of
Another distinctive feature of the KW store t-shirt is the unbalanced proportion of size and screen printing companions. Examples of the shape of the text size (font) do not fit, the size of the image is too large, the size of the pocket does not match and others
T-shirt Size
green polo shirt on white tablePhoto by Lena Kudryavtseva on UnsplashFamous store's definitely use a size that complies with international standards, this is what you can see or maybe the size is deliberately made like that to circumvent production costs. What is certain is that the size of the clothing t-shirt that you usually know is different from the standard size of other apparels, it must be considered
Stitches
stitched stitches. Photo by Sara Zivic on UnsplashIf this KW apparels t-shirt usually has less neat stitching and a lot of loose threads. This can affect the overall shape of the shirt so when used it is uncomfortable. The quality of the store is very good and quality, the stitching is very neat and exclusive. Because usually this well-known clothing has its own team in the field of quality control and finishing
Price
person holding white plastic clothes hangerPhoto by Artem Beliaikin on UnsplashYou must be easy to guess, original products generally cost hundreds of thousands and are still affordable. For KW products, the price is usually very far from the original price, therefore the price is cheaper and surely it is a imitation product aka KW
