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This is an extraordinary claim, can you back this up in some way? I'm not from Italy or France so it isn't common knowledge to me.

laurentdc 10y ago
Gucci, Prada, Moncler at least. This kind of stuff was covered by the national TV for a while but no one seems to care anymore. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/20/world/fg-madeinitaly20 http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/20/world/fg-madeinitaly... http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2014/12/11032-gucci-and-the-chinese-workers http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2014/12/11032-gucci-and-... http://www.inventati.org/cortocircuito/2014/12/22/gucci-prada-moncler-il-tempo-dello-sfruttamento-e-la-sostanza-del-valore/ http://www.inventati.org/cortocircuito/2014/12/22/gucci-prad... (couldn't find an english version of this one, sorry) "Sold to Gucci for €24 euros each (around $28.09) despite a retail rate of $1000, Aroldo Guidotti of the subcontractor, leather goods specialist Mondo Libero, was filmed discussing the cost saving strategy of replacing Italian workers with Chinese nationals, who are hired as part-time employees, and yet work more hours than those on a full-time contract."
- linkregister 10y ago
  Thanks for delivering! I'm surprised this hasn't diminished the allure of Gucci et. al.
- tsunamifury 10y ago
  Gucci, Prada, and Moncler are at best "middle tier luxury" brands. Almost everyone knows they are completely/partially made in China.
  - ehsanu1 10y ago
    Sorry, but we're the 99.999%.
jdietrich 10y ago
A lot of dirty tricks are played by exploiting the rules of origin. You can mark something as "Made in Italy" if the last substantial transformation of the goods occurred there. Last substantial transformation is very poorly defined, so is open to creative interpretation. You can make 95% of a handbag in China or Bangladesh, do some final stitching in Italy and perfectly legally label it as "made in Italy". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_origin The inverse manipulation is used by Pakistani manufacturers of surgical instruments. They buy stamped steel blanks from Germany, perform the labour-intensive grinding and sharpening in Pakistan, then label the instruments as "Made in Germany" by claiming that they did not undergo substantial transformation in Pakistan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTWtz1AzPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTWtz1AzPE

laurentdc 10y ago

Gucci, Prada, Moncler at least. This kind of stuff was covered by the national TV for a while but no one seems to care anymore. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/20/world/fg-madeinitaly20 http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/20/world/fg-madeinitaly... http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2014/12/11032-gucci-and-the-chinese-workers http://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2014/12/11032-gucci-and-... http://www.inventati.org/cortocircuito/2014/12/22/gucci-prada-moncler-il-tempo-dello-sfruttamento-e-la-sostanza-del-valore/ http://www.inventati.org/cortocircuito/2014/12/22/gucci-prad... (couldn't find an english version of this one, sorry) "Sold to Gucci for €24 euros each (around $28.09) despite a retail rate of $1000, Aroldo Guidotti of the subcontractor, leather goods specialist Mondo Libero, was filmed discussing the cost saving strategy of replacing Italian workers with Chinese nationals, who are hired as part-time employees, and yet work more hours than those on a full-time contract."

linkregister 10y ago
Thanks for delivering! I'm surprised this hasn't diminished the allure of Gucci et. al.
tsunamifury 10y ago
Gucci, Prada, and Moncler are at best "middle tier luxury" brands. Almost everyone knows they are completely/partially made in China.
- ehsanu1 10y ago
  Sorry, but we're the 99.999%.

jdietrich 10y ago

A lot of dirty tricks are played by exploiting the rules of origin. You can mark something as "Made in Italy" if the last substantial transformation of the goods occurred there. Last substantial transformation is very poorly defined, so is open to creative interpretation. You can make 95% of a handbag in China or Bangladesh, do some final stitching in Italy and perfectly legally label it as "made in Italy". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_origin The inverse manipulation is used by Pakistani manufacturers of surgical instruments. They buy stamped steel blanks from Germany, perform the labour-intensive grinding and sharpening in Pakistan, then label the instruments as "Made in Germany" by claiming that they did not undergo substantial transformation in Pakistan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTWtz1AzPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaTWtz1AzPE