マジで!? MAJI DE!?: accessories

Monday, September 30, 2013

Cha Kato's wife Ayana's online fashion shop "Pe" being accused of fraud, resells cheap products as her own brand

1：グロリア(東京都) 2013/09/24(火) 16:12:01.85 ID:dN8aWGp10

Cha Kato's wife Ayana Kato runs an accessory brand called "Pe" (from Kato's nickname "Katochanpe").
People have now started to accuse her of reselling accessories which can be bought cheaply overseas for a few thousand yen.

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According to an accessory business related official, it's not unusual for accessories without brand markings to be re-sold. Pe also didn't indicate that these accessories were made by them. Even when Cha Kato introduced the accessories his wife sells, he didn't clearly say that these were original products by Ayana.

The site explains that "Accessory craftsmen create each single part with utmost care". There was also a blog entry on September 21 stating, "We have also made earrings". When people started questioning this, they changed it to "We are selling earrings" without any further explanation.

The address indicated in the website is the same as Kato's "Office Cha". We tried reaching them for comments but no one answered their phone.