Another thing to keep in mind with fast fashion brands like Claire's is that most of their jewelry is usually dipped or copper plated and it's made out of a cheap metal called Cadmium which in children and children overly ingest it it can cause liver toxicity.
I've worked with Cadmium as a grad student. Very strict rules about NEVER touching it without leather gloves, and NEVER touching the surfaces of those gloves that made contact with the metal. It's that toxic!
It's beyond disheartening that people are so obsessed with such materialistic vanity items that vast quantities are needed to supply the appetite. It's as if we aren't facing other vastly more important issues that impact our very existence on this planet. Sure, I absolutely adore nice jewelry but I look at this junk and don't understand the utter tackiness. If I can't afford white gold, I'm fine with silver. Semi precious stones are so much more beautiful than cheap giant chunks. Jewelry should enhance not dominate. Still it's a sad statement about younger generations priorities that demand so many vanity items to feel they fit into a society that places such value on appearances. Truly a disposable era. Disposable clothing and accessories that all accumulate "elsewhere". Usually baled and shipped to third world countries where there burned in huge pouting heaps. Only a small amount recyclable.
I solder silver jewelry. I sometimes try to sell it. Yes, it does take a lot of time, plus the cost of legit sterling silver. It hurts when people price compare my quality jewelry to chinese-factory made jewelry at pop-up markets; I can't compete. I haven't tried going to a pop-up market since July (it's December now).
you probably get a lot of people trying to to buy the jewelry for scrap .. i resale jewelry my favorite is when people ask what would a pawn shop pay for that piece … 😒
Thank you for working with real silver! I try to find locally hand crafted real silver jewelry and am always disheartened to find out parts are not real silver. On the rare occasion I do find a real silver Smith, I pay the extra cost because it is the only way to guarantee that I won't have an allergic reaction. It makes more sense to have classic pieces of high quality. Fast fashion cheap jewelry stands out and looks bad
Hi! I used to work for an online seller of fashion jewelery located in Bulgaria and we get items from Ali Express. Sometimes there is no indication of the material of the jewelry, so the information is left blank. It will be the customer's decision if he will purchase the item that can be way up the market price based on the quality of the materials it is made of. Therefore, he can be ripped off over a cheap jewelry. Thanks for the documentary DW! It's an eye-opener about the fashion jewelry nowadays! Keep it up! 🎉
very grateful for this report; I am not a hip hop jewelry customer, but even cartier and entry level luxury brands are copied this is a great warning that I will keep in mind!
It is beyond heartbreaking for all the workers, and it goes beyond starvation wages. As for the toxic materials in the jewelry, we have been made aware of this quite some time ago. Terrifying! As for China, I remember when the tainted milk scandal broke out ( melamine in infant milk powder ). I don't trust China with anything, and am not sorry for saying so.
Don’t be sorry. A lot of us feel the same way. That is why I will NEVER buy anything from Temu or Shein. Also look at where your food stuff comes from. I avoid Chinese garlic like the plague.
I spent a good part of my 30s saving up for a nice, classic, jewelry set (~$5k). I plan on wearing these pieces to my grave. Rarely do I wear anything else.
Another thing to keep in mind is that big designer Brands like Dior and Chanel a lot of times with their jewelry they claim it as man-made material when in reality most of their jewelry pieces are made of Brass.
Exactly. Like Vivienne Westwood's jewelry. It costs but made of brass! I mean really. For the price of her jewelry, I can have real gold items from an unknown or local jewelry shop instead of doorknob material.😂
Very interesting. The hip hop part didnt needed to be added and could have been skipped. With Fashion jewellery you get what you pay for absolutely rubbisch product that doesnt even hold up for a day before it fades and tarnisches.
I largely agree with the main theme of this Doc but the point they cleverly missed is: who taught these fast-fashion consumerism in the first place by the name of capitalism? To counter capitalism, many printed lives (gave birth) massive population and they are now taken advantage of to produce cheap products in the worst working condition and cheap labor! and yeah, now things are going out of control.
I don’t get the reference to hip hop culture and this clearly capitalist retail issue. None of the products resemble or appeal to black men so why the reference in the intro and the music . Please stop this racial misrepresentation. I am highly offended by this narrative.
@@anom3897I just bought some lab diamond earrings and a ring from Blue Nile. They’re beautiful and honestly, prettier than many of my natural diamonds. 💎
I wonder if this story will ever make it to any of the American mainstream media investigative-type stories... AND just who will maintain integrity and uphold to the facts!
Personally I think fashion jewelery is a waste of money on garbage that holds no value and breaks and tarnishes. Gold which is all I ever buy holds value and can be traded in an emergency situation. No one wise would invest in cheap stuff like that but I suppose millions do! It is insanity if you ask me.
I sure hope you have alot of real jewellery that you bought at incredibly low prices. Typical emergency situation sale prices on real jewellery are about 25% of retail value. And people don't "invest" in cheap jewellery, they just buy it and wear it, end of investment ;)
WTF is this? Why the loud annoying music through out the whole documentary?? I understand jewelry is related to musicians but we got the point in the first 30 seconds. No need to destroy my ears for 28 minutes.
In a country like China that tolerates either because of lack of legislation or enforcement of existing regulation to protect the public safety they want us to believe that BYD makes cars that are safe and competitive with the best European/Japanese or American. Someone needs to analyze the materials they use to make pretty much anything made in China after this report.
The masses love cheap goods. Especially in this cost of living crisis. What are you going to do? Sorry poor people, you can't buy what you want in your price range, go into debt to buy the things the rich can afford, so you spend your life paying back the interest?
He said that he cannot produce jewellery for less than 2 euros but I have bought rings with multiple stones that look quite real from a distance, for 3 euros, so zero profit and free shipping ? I doubt it.
Save up for the real ones and go to a trusted local jeweller ti make you a style you want. I saving up for white gold and diamonds replica of Van Cleef cause the branded one is expensive
Why ?!!, honestly if you are a carer you really need to take care of yourself , driver the same , factory worker ect. Don’t want to come across as mean but I worked in care as a nurse , end up burning out.
Costume Jewelry has been around a long time. This documentary was really reaching, connecting dots that really weren't justified or authenticated.. Trying to connect everything to rappers and pop culture was a bad way to go.
Most of us already wear imitating copies of real brand even though we're trying to say and pretend otherwise . .. China has been developing this industry for quite a long time until we ignorant were consuming regardless of the warnings
Better to buy a few pieces of vintage jewelry or second hand in sterling or real gold than risk your health. Brands like Shein also steal many original designs becausethey knowthey will get away with it!
Thank you so much for this amazing video! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
I always allergy with these accessories, if I wear necklace that didn't make from silver, gold ,white gold, copper ,stainless steel or brass especially when I wear on my neck 😑 I can't wear fashion stylish accessories at all unfortunately
Hiphop is not the one producing cadmium-laden jewelery, so why are ya'll trying to drag it into this? Humans have been into jewelry even before hiphop existed.
different people for different markets, not everyone can afford real jewelry. No one in their sane mind will think a few dollar items are actual gold. Whats the point of this video?.
@@YingjunRuan-hd6em hmm...I'd say that, pretty much anyone that can afford real jewellery will buy it, no elite designer is loosing money. The Luxury goods markets are selling more now than they ever have in all of history. There's plenty of room for everyone's taste and budget.
How do the set the stones so cheap? For example a knock off watch or Fake Cuban link with 100s of fake diamonds, to set one stone cost 3-5 dollars each and a lot of costume jewelry is even enameled again very expensive in genuine jewelry how are they able to do this for so cheap I know they use glue often but there settings can be clusters honeycomb and all sorts of settings that the labour alone would be 1000s of dollars in genuine gold yet in costume jewelry the archive the same look and the item is very inexpensive how is this achieved?
Rappers have nothing to do with this, leave pop and hip hop music out of this. This is an unfair indictment of a people that has nothing to do with another. Just like Chinese copy other western products and manufacture cheap unsafe versions of them including automobiles.
I think it’s ignorant to say it had NOTHING to do with it. There’s a clear link between the hip hop scene and jewelry trends. My father is white and was in his 40s in California wearing gold chains and big jeweled rings. He liked hip hop music. I was more into European dance music. I had no interest in that jewelry. There IS a link, however subtle.
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So…2 lesson learned: 1. Don’t buy precious metal and stone jewelry from China due to lack of transparency due to “strategic” reasons for our own health. 2. To be very grateful for US and most of EU labor laws. Wow!
I have intentionally chosen to NOT 🚫 purchase products that are made in China, and would encourage my fellow consumers to do that also. If you cannot afford the real thing, why purchase an imitation? You're looking so cheap trying to look expensive. That's just an ick 😖
😅Mr.T wrote heavy chains before it became cool in hip-hop/rap. If industries are selling cheap shiny jewelry, could it be that people want to buy more shiny jewellery because its really cheap now, and not because they're trying to emulate some hip-hop/rap artist?? This video is clearly scapegoating an entire music genre with no real evidence, they didn't talk to customers and ask why they're buying those pieces? or if customers bought anything because of a hip-hop/rap artist? nope just speculating and blaming brown ppl without any actual evidence, again. Not even a chart to show sales of jewellery increasing with certain music sales, NONE OF THAT! Nope! it's there brown people music doing this. Add to all that, they can't even point to a specific brand that they're talking about that any hip-hop/rap artist owns or has a stake in, but the hip-hop/rap artists are the ones fueling this? Im not even a fan of hip-hop/rap, dare i say, most if the time i don't like their music but the association and putting the blame on that industry is very ridiculous especially when you see that they offered no evidence as to how they came to that conclusion, they speculated so hard, i got offended for a genre that i don't like.
It's the opposite of culture....it's not even music. It's something even those with tin ears and no rhythm can do. There's a reason it's been ridiculed and lampooned to death.
@ The music may not be to everybody’s taste level but you cannot deny its impact on popular culture. Its influence on fashion, film & television has permeated throughout the West and beyond. It may not be ‘high art’ but it certainly meets the definition of culture.
selling silver&gold jewelry on ebay is near impossible . competing with chinese sellers & the pawn shop located down south & out west selling gold for same price refineries pay
Gold coated plastic is not That toxic as Europeans are getting a finished product, the toxic part is when this Things are Being made, If Europeans Having problems recycling they can always sell these to countries like Vietnam or Brazil for way cheaper recycling. If EU doesn't Want people buying cheaper jewllery then make the Good jewlleries cheaper and more affordable. Young generations Love these cheap jewllery as they can be fashionable without the hefty price tag.
So no one's talking about uber drivers doing 14 hours a day in many countries? We have to work more than the damm chineses 😗. And I am not lying, have gone as far as 17 hours days
Another thing to keep in mind with fast fashion brands like Claire's is that most of their jewelry is usually dipped or copper plated and it's made out of a cheap metal called Cadmium which in children and children overly ingest it it can cause liver toxicity.
They covered that at the end of the video.
I usually eat these for breakfast 😮 I didn't know this, thanks for telling me
I've worked with Cadmium as a grad student. Very strict rules about NEVER touching it without leather gloves, and NEVER touching the surfaces of those gloves that made contact with the metal.
It's that toxic!
Bijou Brigitte should face legal action. Zero tolerance for toxic metals in consumer products.
Exactly!
Am I the only person who feels like hip hop fashion is hideous lol.
possibly...lols!!
No, you're not. The whole scene is gross.
Not only is the fashion hideous, but the entire "hip-hop" personality is awful, along with the music.
It's beyond disheartening that people are so obsessed with such materialistic vanity items that vast quantities are needed to supply the appetite. It's as if we aren't facing other vastly more important issues that impact our very existence on this planet.
Sure, I absolutely adore nice jewelry but I look at this junk and don't understand the utter tackiness. If I can't afford white gold, I'm fine with silver. Semi precious stones are so much more beautiful than cheap giant chunks. Jewelry should enhance not dominate. Still it's a sad statement about younger generations priorities that demand so many vanity items to feel they fit into a society that places such value on appearances. Truly a disposable era. Disposable clothing and accessories that all accumulate "elsewhere". Usually baled and shipped to third world countries where there burned in huge pouting heaps. Only a small amount recyclable.
I solder silver jewelry. I sometimes try to sell it. Yes, it does take a lot of time, plus the cost of legit sterling silver. It hurts when people price compare my quality jewelry to chinese-factory made jewelry at pop-up markets; I can't compete. I haven't tried going to a pop-up market since July (it's December now).
you probably get a lot of people trying to to buy the jewelry for scrap .. i resale jewelry my favorite is when people ask what would a pawn shop pay for that piece … 😒
Thank you for working with real silver! I try to find locally hand crafted real silver jewelry and am always disheartened to find out parts are not real silver. On the rare occasion I do find a real silver Smith, I pay the extra cost because it is the only way to guarantee that I won't have an allergic reaction. It makes more sense to have classic pieces of high quality. Fast fashion cheap jewelry stands out and looks bad
Hi! I used to work for an online seller of fashion jewelery located in Bulgaria and we get items from Ali Express. Sometimes there is no indication of the material of the jewelry, so the information is left blank. It will be the customer's decision if he will purchase the item that can be way up the market price based on the quality of the materials it is made of. Therefore, he can be ripped off over a cheap jewelry. Thanks for the documentary DW! It's an eye-opener about the fashion jewelry nowadays! Keep it up! 🎉
very grateful for this report; I am not a hip hop jewelry customer, but even cartier and entry level luxury brands are copied
this is a great warning that I will keep in mind!
Fake has become acceptable, sadly
It is beyond heartbreaking for all the workers, and it goes beyond starvation wages. As for the toxic materials in the jewelry, we have been made aware of this quite some time ago. Terrifying! As for China, I remember when the tainted milk scandal broke out ( melamine in infant milk powder ). I don't trust China with anything, and am not sorry for saying so.
Most of our (Walmart type) goods come from slave labor
Don’t be sorry. A lot of us feel the same way. That is why I will NEVER buy anything from Temu or Shein. Also look at where your food stuff comes from. I avoid Chinese garlic like the plague.
I remember a few decades ago many in the west saying the same about Japanese goods. In the future, I'm sure they will say the same about Indian goods.
China does not trust you either.
No one has bling like the Queen of England.
❤ of course she started the market
❤ of course she started the market
Thank you. Was looking for this comment. Rappers or anyone else are a joke compared to the conspicuously conspicuous Royal family 😄
Beautifully made documentary. Appreciate the efforts.
People that imitate other people are typically horrible people to be around because they aren't genuine and sincere
and people that judge other people are typically horrible too, just ay'n
I spent a good part of my 30s saving up for a nice, classic, jewelry set (~$5k). I plan on wearing these pieces to my grave. Rarely do I wear anything else.
Another thing to keep in mind is that big designer Brands like Dior and Chanel a lot of times with their jewelry they claim it as man-made material when in reality most of their jewelry pieces are made of Brass.
Exactly. Like Vivienne Westwood's jewelry. It costs but made of brass! I mean really. For the price of her jewelry, I can have real gold items from an unknown or local jewelry shop instead of doorknob material.😂
Shot outs to the video editor of this video, the graphics and direction look hype. I can see they enjoyed working on this topic. 🔥
Good report but they didn't told us more about the Health hazards, the discussion must go on...
Very interesting. The hip hop part didnt needed to be added and could have been skipped. With Fashion jewellery you get what you pay for absolutely rubbisch product that doesnt even hold up for a day before it fades and tarnisches.
70% cadmium??? I wouldn’t put anything made in CCPland on my skin or stomach.
I largely agree with the main theme of this Doc but the point they cleverly missed is: who taught these fast-fashion consumerism in the first place by the name of capitalism? To counter capitalism, many printed lives (gave birth) massive population and they are now taken advantage of to produce cheap products in the worst working condition and cheap labor! and yeah, now things are going out of control.
Dw should have Beers criminality in the diamond crimes in Africa. They can’t because they are scared of their sponsors.
It looks trashy...turns out it is
Another great documentary! Thank you.
I personally prefer semi precious stones and metals over fake ones. It is totally waste of money!
Thanks for watching!
I don’t get the reference to hip hop culture and this clearly capitalist retail issue. None of the products resemble or appeal to black men so why the reference in the intro and the music . Please stop this racial misrepresentation. I am highly offended by this narrative.
For several years, there has been a growth in fake heavy style chain buying.
I think that's why they referenced hip hop culture.
I think the entire beginning narrative came out of someone's desire to use the Hip Hop "Bling, Bling" song (B.G.).
Now do one on conflict diamonds and other horrors present in the "luxury fashion jewelry" business...the Kimberley Process is total bs.
They are scared of the elite evil diamond business
buy lab diamonds!
Boutiques are way different than department and wholesale
@@anom3897I just bought some lab diamond earrings and a ring from Blue Nile. They’re beautiful and honestly, prettier than many of my natural diamonds. 💎
The era of lab diamonds is here.. it will take over the industry faster than we can imagine.
I wonder if this story will ever make it to any of the American mainstream media investigative-type stories... AND just who will maintain integrity and uphold to the facts!
Informative video, definitely overdid it with the constant music filled transitions though!
I think they did good with the music, who knew I’d one day hear German rap
Personally I think fashion jewelery is a waste of money on garbage that holds no value and breaks and tarnishes. Gold which is all I ever buy holds value and can be traded in an emergency situation. No one wise would invest in cheap stuff like that but I suppose millions do! It is insanity if you ask me.
50 yrs ago I would buy (delicate, but inexpensive) jewelry just because it was pretty
Agree , but silver is nice too , ethnic, southwest , etc It is also still very affordable so more variety is possible.
I sure hope you have alot of real jewellery that you bought at incredibly low prices. Typical emergency situation sale prices on real jewellery are about 25% of retail value. And people don't "invest" in cheap jewellery, they just buy it and wear it, end of investment ;)
WTF is this? Why the loud annoying music through out the whole documentary?? I understand jewelry is related to musicians but we got the point in the first 30 seconds. No need to destroy my ears for 28 minutes.
Is there any way for consumers to test their already bought jewelry for heavy metals?
Buying different testing kits.
In a country like China that tolerates either because of lack of legislation or enforcement of existing regulation to protect the public safety they want us to believe that BYD makes cars that are safe and competitive with the best European/Japanese or American. Someone needs to analyze the materials they use to make pretty much anything made in China after this report.
The Watch isn't gaudy and loud..usually. it's about class and taste not money.
Is this really a huge issue in the world ?
The masses love cheap goods. Especially in this cost of living crisis. What are you going to do? Sorry poor people, you can't buy what you want in your price range, go into debt to buy the things the rich can afford, so you spend your life paying back the interest?
And the metals end up in our water..
He said that he cannot produce jewellery for less than 2 euros but I have bought rings with multiple stones that look quite real from a distance, for 3 euros, so zero profit and free shipping ? I doubt it.
I would question if that stuff you bought is harmful
I don 't buy the claim that Chinese goods are toxic. This is slander and propaganda.
Save up for the real ones and go to a trusted local jeweller ti make you a style you want. I saving up for white gold and diamonds replica of Van Cleef cause the branded one is expensive
Great story. Thaks for the investigation.
I suggest the rich to keep wearing, that way easier to know who is HEALTHcare CEO rich level
HIp-Hop does NOT define modern fashion..LMAO
blaming fashion jewelry on rappers is actually insane
I live in the UK and have just finished 22 days straight of 12hr shifts!
Used to do those in Belgium, got beter job now. Even got myself nice new Lexus suv .. 😊 change is not always worse! 👊🎄✨️
Why ?!!, honestly if you are a carer you really need to take care of yourself , driver the same , factory worker ect. Don’t want to come across as mean but I worked in care as a nurse , end up burning out.
The fact that jewellery can cause cancer. I definitely won't be going to these cheap accessory brands again.
Bigger and bolder does not equal to being BETTER. It can be so tacky and trashy.
The Bling Bling business is 'Cheapo' and Exploitive 🙃 Idk why the Rappers behave like Snobs, their Jewellery looks Fake anyway 🙄
Keenan already warned us with his movie I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!
How did he go to the bathroom with all this stuff on?
@AO-uc7zq you can either take the window🪟 or the stairs.
It’s so sad that our vanity and greed has brought us here
Costume Jewelry has been around a long time. This documentary was really reaching, connecting dots that really weren't justified or authenticated.. Trying to connect everything to rappers and pop culture was a bad way to go.
Suddenly toxic? But jewlery from elsewhere is OK?
Can someone share the name of the song at 1:10 ?
Bling Bling Twenty4tim
@@danndeelion thank you.
Thank you, very informative.
It’s ugly it’s cheap and quite frankly all the same same same
Most of us already wear imitating copies of real brand even though we're trying to say and pretend otherwise . .. China has been developing this industry for quite a long time until we ignorant were consuming regardless of the warnings
Bigger the bling, the shallower the wearer.
That's why local Chinese don't buy their own stuff. They looking for something outside. Not only jewelry, everything also😂
Luckily I don't like that stuff at all
Better to buy a few pieces of vintage jewelry or second hand in sterling or real gold than risk your health. Brands like Shein also steal many original designs becausethey knowthey will get away with it!
Horrible consumer culture
😮Imagine being so privileged enough to go to college to learn how to make jewelry.
Thank you so much for this amazing video! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?
I always allergy with these accessories, if I wear necklace that didn't make from silver, gold ,white gold, copper ,stainless steel or brass especially when I wear on my neck 😑 I can't wear fashion stylish accessories at all unfortunately
Hiphop is not the one producing cadmium-laden jewelery, so why are ya'll trying to drag it into this?
Humans have been into jewelry even before hiphop existed.
Europe Never did That in África and América....😂 right?
Here we go with propaganda.
“As the rappers say” 😂😂
This is normal.
All cheap products by unknown or new companies stay away.
Greatest danger is anything electrical or lithium ion battery related. 🔥
different people for different markets, not everyone can afford real jewelry. No one in their sane mind will think a few dollar items are actual gold. Whats the point of this video?.
I feel like the video was sponsored by elite designer jewellery brands who are losing their sales to costume jewellery.
@@YingjunRuan-hd6em hmm...I'd say that, pretty much anyone that can afford real jewellery will buy it, no elite designer is loosing money. The Luxury goods markets are selling more now than they ever have in all of history. There's plenty of room for everyone's taste and budget.
How do the set the stones so cheap? For example a knock off watch or
Fake Cuban link with 100s of fake diamonds, to set one stone cost 3-5 dollars each and a lot of costume jewelry is even enameled again very expensive in genuine jewelry how are they able to do this for so cheap I know they use glue often but there settings can be clusters honeycomb and all sorts of settings that the labour alone would be 1000s of dollars in genuine gold yet in costume jewelry the archive the same look and the item is very inexpensive how is this achieved?
Crass displays of garish wealth by people with no taste & no class.
Who voted you to be the judge of taste and class?
When you buy you want a cheapest price with a high quality 😂😂😂
if vheap jewelery is bad. then reduce the pric eof silver and gold
That's not even an option, and i don't think you understand how precious metals work
thank u for the tests abt cadmium.
Rappers have nothing to do with this, leave pop and hip hop music out of this. This is an unfair indictment of a people that has nothing to do with another. Just like Chinese copy other western products and manufacture cheap unsafe versions of them including automobiles.
I think it’s ignorant to say it had NOTHING to do with it. There’s a clear link between the hip hop scene and jewelry trends. My father is white and was in his 40s in California wearing gold chains and big jeweled rings. He liked hip hop music.
I was more into European dance music. I had no interest in that jewelry. There IS a link, however subtle.
@ you’re absolutely WRONG 😑
En lo personal yo prefiero hacer mi propia joyería de cristales y cuentas , me han durado años además de que son atemporales.
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they played Hot Boys - Bling, Bling …… ahhhhhhh i have not heard that in 20 years
Yup they're trying hard to link hip-hop/rap music to the mass production of cheap jewelry
Pearls , pearls I love pearls.
Costume jewellery was big in tbe '80s too.
So…2 lesson learned: 1. Don’t buy precious metal and stone jewelry from China due to lack of transparency due to “strategic” reasons for our own health.
2. To be very grateful for US and most of EU labor laws.
Wow!
Never wore jewellery never will the statement that makes is stronger
I have intentionally chosen to NOT 🚫 purchase products that are made in China, and would encourage my fellow consumers to do that also. If you cannot afford the real thing, why purchase an imitation? You're looking so cheap trying to look expensive. That's just an ick 😖
Im no negga to folow what rappers do, never wore any jewelery and never will, gold to me is my solar panels, inverter and batteries 🎉
İt doesn't matter if it comes from china or USA , but like always DW want to use chinaaaa
Junk jewelry culture 🤣 Trying to impress others who are just as broke as the next person. The dumb and dumber effect.
what degree do you have to do to be a jewelry professor?
😅Mr.T wrote heavy chains before it became cool in hip-hop/rap. If industries are selling cheap shiny jewelry, could it be that people want to buy more shiny jewellery because its really cheap now, and not because they're trying to emulate some hip-hop/rap artist??
This video is clearly scapegoating an entire music genre with no real evidence, they didn't talk to customers and ask why they're buying those pieces? or if customers bought anything because of a hip-hop/rap artist? nope just speculating and blaming brown ppl without any actual evidence, again. Not even a chart to show sales of jewellery increasing with certain music sales, NONE OF THAT! Nope! it's there brown people music doing this. Add to all that, they can't even point to a specific brand that they're talking about that any hip-hop/rap artist owns or has a stake in, but the hip-hop/rap artists are the ones fueling this?
Im not even a fan of hip-hop/rap, dare i say, most if the time i don't like their music but the association and putting the blame on that industry is very ridiculous especially when you see that they offered no evidence as to how they came to that conclusion, they speculated so hard, i got offended for a genre that i don't like.
Why does the richest country in the world cant even wear wear iriginal gold and diamonds ... india poor country wear 24 k gold😂😂😂
Don't know anyone into this style of music and jewellery style, at start of video. It's mainly Arabic and Black people.
Hip Hip is a culture that has been replicated around the globe and now the industries are cashing in on it.
It's the opposite of culture....it's not even music. It's something even those with tin ears and no rhythm can do. There's a reason it's been ridiculed and lampooned to death.
@ The music may not be to everybody’s taste level but you cannot deny its impact on popular culture. Its influence on fashion, film & television has permeated throughout the West and beyond. It may not be ‘high art’ but it certainly meets the definition of culture.
as always DW, another sour grape from China.😂
You buy cheap cr4p, from cra4ppy shops. What would you expect.
all that bling cuh!!
selling silver&gold jewelry on ebay is near impossible . competing with chinese sellers & the pawn shop located down south & out west selling gold for same price refineries pay
Gold coated plastic is not That toxic as Europeans are getting a finished product, the toxic part is when this Things are Being made, If Europeans Having problems recycling they can always sell these to countries like Vietnam or Brazil for way cheaper recycling. If EU doesn't Want people buying cheaper jewllery then make the Good jewlleries cheaper and more affordable. Young generations Love these cheap jewllery as they can be fashionable without the hefty price tag.
Another Absolute Banger
lol to a British doc about bling featuring a guy from Germany. I think I might have more street cred. It is entertaining tho.
British? DW stands for Deutsche Welle. It's Germany's publicly owned news station. This is just their english language channel.
@ it’s a British narrator.
90% of this video is off topic.👎🏻
Ana FEIN
I remember way back when girls wore jewelry, not dudes 😢
Historically men always wore jewelery. And not just royality either.
@@Marinaxp1👍
So no one's talking about uber drivers doing 14 hours a day in many countries? We have to work more than the damm chineses 😗. And I am not lying, have gone as far as 17 hours days
You are "self employed" so it doesn't count. Easy loophole.
Rock bottom price😂😂😂😂 too dear for a fake china sell them for for 50 cents... west fashion shops sell them 49.99 dollars😂😂😂
Just put on a hat and wear it well....ok?
Hip hop is disgraceful
Okay grandpa
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