Vetements and the gnomes of Zurich
This post is about the disturbing link between fashion and tax havens. Vetements has just moved to Switzerland to benefit from the gnomes of Zurich. A phrase coined back in the `60’s by a British socialist politician, George Brown (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8534936.stm), the gnomes are the bankers of Switzerland who ably and secretly shield family wealth…