Haiti Earthquake Victims To Get $10 Million Worth Of Designer Knockoffs

Haiti is about to get some style. Around 125,000 tons of style.

About $10 million worth of knockoff designer goods is set to be donated to needy Haiti earthquake victims.

The fake duds "from" companies such as True Religion, Rocawear, Ralph Lauren, Diesel, and Ed Hardy will be shipped to Haiti after having their labels removed, per legal requirement.

Counterfeit goods are normally destroyed but an exception was made in this case.

The clothes and other items were netted in raids over the past two years.

Comments

[ABCD]

04:50 PM on 04/21/2010

Good idea!

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04:15 PM on 04/21/2010

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[zest]

10:21 AM on 04/21/2010

Just what the Haitains need, a handbag to carry around the money they don't have; classic.

[sski74]

10:02 AM on 04/21/2010

I don't understand why this is a problem. Instead of destroying the merchandise, it is going to people who are in desperate need of clothing. Why should they be denied?

[Jacques Sanon]

11:54 PM on 04/20/2010

Haiti is poor but these people and NGO's have to realize that the country has an economy that need to be repaired too. These people think they are helping but instead, they are destroying the economy of the whole country

We really need to start countroling who and what's coming in and out this country.
It sems like anybody can go in this country and do whatever they want


Please STOP FLOODING THE COUNTRY WITH FREE JUNK !!!!

[ImSturat]

11:19 PM on 04/20/2010

The irony is obvious. Instead of this crap, we should be supporting the people of Haiti by listening to their requests and the means to help them build their recovery, themselves.

[MrColdheart]

10:30 PM on 04/20/2010

If after one year none of the millions of dollars donated to Haiti has been used to build an up to date current infrastructure then I will never donate money again to any cause.

[tora]

10:18 PM on 04/20/2010

How about 10 mil worth of education and infrastructure.

[Lozange]

10:14 PM on 04/20/2010

Well.. maybe it'll go towards temporarily raising morale,? Fashion is always a bit awkward when it steps off the page or catwalk. I can't imagine Anna Wintour doing relief work.

[Robert2664]

10:07 PM on 04/20/2010

Maybe its just me.But wouldnt food clean water shelter be better than knockoff designer goods be more useful. I have a g.e.d. some college but even my cats could figure that out. It just goes to show that some people just dont get it.

[pdxist]

10:14 PM on 04/20/2010

If you clicked the last link, you would have seen shoes, jeans, shirts and baby clothes. They need clothes. This solves that need.

[danusgram]

09:54 PM on 04/20/2010

well not sure what to think of this but whatever

[Erica Berman]

08:36 PM on 04/20/2010

how about some knock-off food, (worthwhile) clothing, and shelter?

[Tugar]

08:49 PM on 04/20/2010

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY !.......... Especially, tents for shelter !

[IGNSTHMD]

08:51 PM on 04/20/2010

I think we are just confused by the idea of necessity in our capitalistic corner of the world.

[bipolarcat452]

08:28 PM on 04/20/2010

Probably all of these bags were made in China by sweatshop factory employees. The oppressed of one side of the world giving useless gifts to the utterly poor on the other. Truly sick if it weren't a cruel joke.

[emmanuel goldstein]

09:45 PM on 04/20/2010

OK so these things were made in some sweatshop. You would rather they destroy this stuff than give it to a people who need anything they can get? Twisted.

[planetjeffy]

08:28 PM on 04/20/2010

sounds like a great idea, but I guarantee you a lot of this will end up on ebay or elsewhere.

I did this for a company I used to work for and also gave slightly damaged products to our warehouse workers. A week later, I saw it all on ebay and at flea markets. Very sad when you try to do good and it backfires

[cef911f1]

08:39 PM on 04/20/2010

I wouldn't say that it backfired. Those folks could probably have used the cash from eBay/flea markets more than the product itself.

[ScorpioRN]

08:27 PM on 04/20/2010

Nothing say you have arrived more than a Gucci knock off