As Lin Chen-ying explains, sometimes a designer will produce a very popular style only to have it immediately copied in a mountain of imitation products. Because of the large quantities produced by factories, their cost base and selling price are much cheaper than those of the designer, so in fact, those which really make money are the factories.
林臣英說，有時設計師做出一個大受歡迎的款式，市面上馬上出現一堆跟風的產品，由於廠商大量製作，成本壓低，售價比設計師商品便宜不少，所以真正賺錢的都是這些廠商。