Really? Wow. Chanel said all their bags are made in France. Doesn't mean they don't use Chinese labor through.
But yeah, they are charging 10 times what legit leather craftsman are charging. For what?
not true, Chanel bags are not all made in France.
And what I said about Milan is true. I live in Europe and know a really rich friend (her family owns actual castles) who flies to Milan twice a year for the seasonal sales. She would never be caught dead in Chanel or Prada or Celine or whatever. Her rich circle of friends never buy these crap. They call them the "made in china bags". Actually if you live in Paris, the only people who shop LV are Asian people, or maybe Americans. There's a reason why luxury labels are expanding into Asia so much, because a lot (not all) Asian people have this misconception that European luxury goods are better and they go into debt flocking to them like sheeps... but like the materials are sourced from I don't know, Brazil (huge leather export), made in China (now shifting to even poorer countries like India, Cambodia... etc), in sweat shops. There was a huge scandal in Prato about undocumented Chinese immigrants working in factories a few years ago too. It's sad.