Are there any American brands that are trying to hide where their products are manufactured? Coach purses clearly say Made in [not USA], they haven’t made their goods here for at least 20 years.

I remember in the 1980s reading that the manufacturing cost of an imported Liz Claiborne garment was 1/7th of the retail price.

I also watched the migration of Coach purses to straight out made in China status.

There's no news here. Except the extreme amount of dependency we have on China.

Obviously, I knew fakes were coming out of China. However, I only recently learned how blatant and extensive the intellectual property theft has become. It's not just fashion items, but everything from electronics to household items.
American designers send production plans to Chinese factories to construct the products and ship them to the USA. The factories then continue to use the same assembly line to create identical products that are sold under the "letter salad" names on Amazon and elsewhere. For example, when I go to Amazon to find a rechargeable flashlight (true story), I see a half dozen identical products with brand names made of random letter combinations (letter salad) and similar prices. It has gotten to the point where Amazon might not even be selling the original brand name item and they are only selling the Chinese knockoffs that are literally identical products coming from the same production line. Similar complaints are coming out of many other countries as well.

Generally factories make numerous brands at the same facility. You didn’t Michael Kors and Calvin Klein had their own workshops with elves did you?

Everyone knows this. This is called the third shift. And the legal requirents for made in X are so low, the joke is applying the "made in X" label in that country is enough to count

First, the brands cited by the article are not haute couture,

Second, the "Made in" label doesn't mean that everything is made in that country. It is true, however, that American laws are pretty clear on that subject: the majority of labor and material have to be on US soil, as well as final assembly.

Third: of course, if you're going to make high quality duplicates, you'd better know what you're doing and have experience making the real thing

This seems like a non-story.

Like yeah, obviously there is a huge markup on a Michael Kors bag between the factory in China and the shelf in Nordstrom Rack. It’s the cost of getting it here, building and marketing the brand, and all the retail costs. It’s clearly a lot cheaper if you order the same bag directly from a seller in China.

To be clear, I don’t want to pay for all that crap and I’m happy to buy the nameless brand online. When an online store or brand can reliably do that, I’m sold. But it’s not because I don’t understand or didn’t know what the markup on the branded bag was for.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh? The Chinese are revealing that bags are made in China? Did anyone think luxury bags were made in the U.S.?

Apparently yes. Lots of people also believe they are getting organic cotton because the label tells them so.

I think we can also assume most of the "Made in Italy" luxury brands are also being made in China.

Name the brands, and why you think so.

Anonymous wrote:Huh? The Chinese are revealing that bags are made in China? Did anyone think luxury bags were made in the U.S.?

Apparently yes. Lots of people also believe they are getting organic cotton because the label tells them so.

I think we can also assume most of the "Made in Italy" luxury brands are also being made in China.

The textile factories in Italy are run and staffed by Chinese immigrants anyway.

Huh? The Chinese are revealing that bags are made in China? Did anyone think luxury bags were made in the U.S.?

Anonymous wrote:I thought this was widely known.

All of the Hermès fans certainly were sworn on the expert craftsmanship

Isn’t lying about country of origin illegal?
Yes, it must be. Lawsuits coming?

I thought this was widely known.

I’m not sure why I am shocked. I do feel bad for those spending $$$$ who could have been buying the same bag for far, far less.

https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/luxury-lies-exposed-china-outs-us-brands-playing-the-made-in-america-game/ar-AA1CPeHY?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds