Bata is Czech no?

I saw a 7-storey Bata store in Prague. hahah

Wahlauehh....really have much much longer history if not, legacy compared to so many brands out there.

Yupe .. they are some soft of JV thingy! No doubt, they producing quality items !!!

Voir, Soda also Malaysia brand
and Lewré ..

This post has been edited by tjwn: Mar 22 2011, 06:21 PM

For girls, KITSCHEN from Malaysia. Affordable price and average designs!

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Added on March 22, 2011, 6:30 pm HAha! Ya! Thought it is Buatan Malaysia.

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Added on March 22, 2011, 6:32 pmLewré also from Malaysia?
thought UK brand.

This post has been edited by Albigo.blogspot: Mar 22 2011, 06:32 PM

Wait, Raoul is from Singapore? Jaspal is from Thailand? Crap! Didn't know that! But their stuff is awesome.

SUB is malaysia, philosophy is malaysia, yishion is china (cheaper version of esprit)
many people think some of the Malaysian brands are international brands
People of Asia - singapore
anyone ever heard of POA/People of Asia? how is the clothing quality.from the pictures that i had seen online seems to be formal wear

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Added on April 13, 2011, 10:53 pmand bonia also do contract manufacturing for some of the world famous brand like Valentino, etc

This post has been edited by ryan18: Apr 13 2011, 10:53 PM

Her surname is Liew, not Yeoh..and Yes British India is a local brand with HQ/ warehouse at Kota Damansara, and note their name is actually spelled "BritishIndia", not separated. The company's established in 1994 to rival East India Co., a Metrojaya brand and both of their shirts are manufactured in India, with some in China.

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Added on November 1, 2011, 4:01 pm

I've been working in the mid/ high end fashion industry for many years and it seems to me that a lot of people in the country are easily conned by spending good money buying some cheap local products/ brands.

I mean, a lot of the local brands try to sell their stuffs nearly as much as imported brands, with only a fraction of their quality, and that seems ridiculous to me. All the company needs to do is hire a few merchandiser and get their supplier from any factory in Guangzhou and then hire a few agencies/ in house designer to design the branding and a few visual merchandiser to design the store's outlook and with some nice marketing and PR strategies, they can easily give you the impression that this is a very serious brand from overseas and thus selling their stuffs at 10 times the price they deserve.

Of course there're local brands that still care about quality, but not much, really.

In a lot of cases, the local distributor gains the right to sell certain overseas brand in the local market and as time goes on they gain more and more control over the brand and whatever they do (design, quality, strategies, etc) is entirely up to them and the oversea HQ normally don't even care. A few such example is B.U.M Equipment and the female lingerie brand Wacoal. Sometimes you spend a lot of money thinking you're buying a high end branded imported shirt, but truth is, a lot of those brands are now 100% M'sian control, M'sian development and M'sian quality.

There are also a few local brands trying to imitate an already successful overs brand and register the brands locally with similar name, logo and image. One perfect example is Diesel shirts M'sia has nothing to do with the successful Diesel brand in Europe (originally founded in Italy).

And of course, these local brands don't even need a single fashion designer under their belt (they don't even design their own products, duh!). Their so called "design and development" process only involve a few merchandiser (usually of fashion design background) flying to china and select a few items and comment on minor changes (i want this design in purple and black, i want the sleeves to be a little bit shorter, etc) and ask the OEM factories to produce a certain amount of the items and put on their brands. And of course, coming from a family doing one of such businesses, I was already well aware of this since 10 yrs old, and i assume most of you guys already know this is how it works.

I totally don't mean to spread any hates here but the whole point of sharing this is so that the next time when you spend your hard earned money on any products, it's good for you to know the brand stories, and whether they deserve your money. This is important as most of the local business don't even seem to care about improving their qualities.

This post has been edited by darkprince1781: Nov 1 2011, 04:30 PM

anyone heard of Pony before?

brands outlet is also under padini...

I've heard that Padini and Seed are under Bata company. And Bata is actually a UK brand. So, what makes Padini and Seed the? malaysian or Uk's?n

Mind to share which company are there?

Agree. I think we can compile a list of apparels brand that offers good quality at affordable price

One really needs to go around the shops and dept stores to know what is happening. But in the end everyone is out to make money. I used to like snails, Bum and such. But u know why i don't but them anymore? Because they cut corners. I mean really cut corners! Have u seen any of their shirts lately? Its like they think human have grown 20cm shorter!!! All the t-shirt can reveal belly button when you raise your arms. WTF?!?!?!? And one still have to pay RM30 for those crap! I might as well pay RM7 for a tshirt which still looks like a t-shirt than a tank top in Carrefour than them! I have worked in Metrojaya before so i do know a thing or 2 about how things are run. U are definitely right about most things. Unless you are still in the clothing line, u will know that everyone is being hit hard and almost all stuff comes from china. Everyone is out to make money. Its not like the old Globe silk Store, Mun Loong days.

Padini Holdings (Padini, SEED, Vincci, Brands Outlet, MIKI, PDI, P&Co.) is a Malaysian brand with HQ at Glenmarie, Shah Alam.

Bata is from Czech.

bonia perhaps

Tried out a Braun Buffel wallet 5-6 years ago...the wallet lasted for 12 month before the outer layer disintegrated..so that was the only time i buy wallet from them....now wallet I only use Head Porter from Japan, very nice and spacious wallets, as I do a lot of travelling, i normally have long wallets and a bit bigger to fit in currency notes like Yen and HKD, Euro which is a bit larger than the size of our money.

its fine when you get what you pay for..but a lot of cheap shit and local brands are selling at exorbitant prices and you still get shit in the end. case in point Polo Haus, Crocodile etc.

Lacoste vs Crocodile? srsly.. no fight, Lacoste uses MOP buttons, the fabric is light and breathable.. colours are awesome.

And Polo Haus.. whats with the curved mallet? How the hell you play polo with a curved mallet.. and people pay a hefty sum for what they get believing its PRL.

thanks for the heads up on Jaspal.

How about Hush Puppies? I believe they bought the rights to the brand here and they seem pretty successful.

Obermain.. I never seen this brand at all while I was in Frankfurt.. German my @ss.

Agreed..braun buffel is overrated..quality wise so so but malaysian loves it..

wow, i've been fooled by my friends for so many years, thinking bata was a malaysian brand!