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Old 04-12-2009, 11:17 AM   #34
sean_p47
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And to the person that said the shirts cost 10 bux to make, you couldnt be more wrong. Im actually in the process of trying to design my own line, which will be dom rebel inspired. So I know a thing or two. The cost of fabrication for the $200 swarosvki shirt that theyve released ranges anywhere from 70-150 dollars. That is the cost of fabrication for dom rebel. The shirts that they use are bought from American Apparell, all of them are white or black. They then use special dye techniques to color the shirts (no coloured dom rebel shirt is the same). Designs are hand drawn initially, and swarosvkis are all hand placed (alot of labor costs). This is also why they are limited in quantity, the time and intricacy it takes to make one obstructs the possibility of mass production. The price you pay is for uniqueness and care and inticacy in the fabrication method.

One more thing I should mention is, DO NOT HAND WASH. What happens when hand washing is the force used to scrub and drain water from the shirts break little fabrics within the shirt. It causes the shirt to stretch and then eventually it shrinks back to size when it dries, but the fabrics have already stretched or broke and you'll notice that they start to fit loose and akward. I strongly recommend dry clean only. If your gonna pay 700 dont cheap out, make sure you dry clean and dry clean only at a place that has been in business for a long time. I get all my shirts dry cleaned, which helps them last longer (they dont use abrasive chemicals or hard water). Hope this helps.

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