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Most of them are made in China and most
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of them are made in our factory. Yeah,
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I'm telling you. But why these luxury
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brands never tell you that? Because they
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are trying to pretend to be products of
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some sophisticated European countries
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like Italy or France. Going to be
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successful since a few weeks the shop
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was open. We sell the most expensive
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products.
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uh in a country where everybody was
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going by. You could say the game's over
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early. Chinese manufacturers just pushed
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Bernard all the way into early
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retirement. And that's wild because
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LVMH's own shareholders had signed off
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on letting him stay CEO till he hit 85.
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85. He had 10 more years to ride that
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luxury empire straight into the dirt if
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he wanted to. But boom, at just 76,
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rumors are flying fast that Bernard's
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finally folding up his designer jackets
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and stepping away from the throne. And
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nah, it's not just about age. These new
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tariffs hit hard, and the heat is only
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rising. Chinese Tik Tok is gearing up to
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drag luxury brands through the mud, and
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folks are dropping receipts left and
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right. They're exposing how these
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so-called French-made goods are actually
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churned out in Chinese factories, then
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sold back with markup so crazy, it's
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practically a
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scam. It all started with their maze.
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Now it's Louis Vuitton getting dragged
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to the front of the line. This ain't
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just any expose. This one's juicy,
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explosive, and straight up messy. So,
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buckle up, Bala baby, cuz we're about to
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peel back the shiny logos and see what
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kind of glitter covered chaos is hiding
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underneath. Let's kick it off from the
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top. The Italian government just
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snatched Dior and LVMH by their luxury
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collars and didn't hold back. They're
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filing lawsuits against Dior, LVMH, even
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Armani, calling them out for straight up
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lying about where their products are
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really made. And baby, it's not the
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romantic handstitched fantasy from some
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dreamy little Italian village. Not even
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close. These so-called made in Italy
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luxury goods. door less than 60 years to
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make a handbag that it sells for nearly
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€3,000. That's what Italian authorities
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found out when they raided factories
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making products for Dior and other
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fashion brands like Turns out a ton of
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them are mass- prodduced in China. Then
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the brands pull a slick move doing the
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bare minimum in Italy like stitching on
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a strap or tossing on a button just so
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they can legally slap that fancy made in
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Italy tag on it. Sneaky, right? But
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here's the real jaw-dropper. In June
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2024, the Italian courts came down hard.
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They put Dior's Italian production
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company, Dior SRL, under full court
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control. Why? Prosecutors discovered
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Dior had been secretly subcontracting
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work to tiny Chinese-owned factories
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like Elizabeth Yang SRL and New Mother
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Italy SRLs. And the stuff coming out
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about the conditions inside those spots,
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oo, it's bad. It's straight up
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disgusting. The chip came
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out. A little over one square foot of
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Veta leather came out. Two different
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finishes. The best Veta leathers in the
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market is $78. At their level, let's
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give them $10. And you need two square
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foot. So $20 for the leather. $5 for the
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materials, inner linings, fabrics,
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authentication, chip, and $10 for the
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label. Workers pulling wild hours, no
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pay for overtime, no health protections.
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Some even sleeping at their sewing
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machines just to keep up with the insane
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demand. And all while Dior's out here
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charging $6,000 for a single handbag,
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that's robbery in disguise. And let's
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not get it twisted. Dior ain't the only
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one playing this dirty game. This shady
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hustle is baked into the whole luxury
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world. They sell you this polished
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fantasy of European craftsmanship, but
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behind the scenes, it's all about
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cutting corners and chasing that cash
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stack. So, next time you're flexing that
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$3,000 bag feeling all fancy, just
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remember you might be holding a piece of
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a massive glitter wrapped lie. And hold
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up tight, cuz it gets even nastier once
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you find out how little these workers
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are actually getting paid. Like, no
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joke, it'll make you want to throw
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hands. Right when those lawsuits started
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blowing up, Reuters jumped in and
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dropped some jaw-dropping truth bombs.
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No cap, this stuff's wild. It might make
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you want to chuck your designer bag out
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the window, toss it in the trash, or at
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least bury it deep in the back of your
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closet for a while. Cuz
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LVMH, the giant behind Louis Vuitton,
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Dior, Fendi, and the whole crew, has
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been out here straight up exploiting
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Chinese workers. And not just
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overseas, but in hidden little sweat
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shop style spots right inside Italy,
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too. But hold up, the numbers are
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straight up insane. a
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$2,780 Dior bag. Turns out it was made
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for just $57. Yeah, you heard that
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right. 57 bucks. Meanwhile, folks are
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out here bending over backwards just to
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scrape up the cash for it. Wild, right?
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And it gets worse. According to
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insiders, these bags weren't just made
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in shady condition. They were made by
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workers who didn't even have legal
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documents to work in Italy. These folks
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were literally living inside the
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factories, curled up beside the machines
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they worked on. 15, 16, even 18 hour
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shifts non-stop. No real breaks, no
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homes, no rights, just non-stop grind.
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All so these luxury brands could keep
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selling their polished, overpriced
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fantasy to the rest of the world. But
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hold up, the numbers are straight up
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insane. A
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$2,780 Dior bag. Turns out it was made
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for just $57. Yeah, you heard that
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right. 57 bucks. Meanwhile, folks are
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out here bending over backwards just to
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scrape up the cash for it. Wild, right?
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And it gets worse. Feel um people
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started to get tired of purchasing
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products um and realized that we just
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just bought too much um and it didn't
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really make us. According to insiders,
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these bags weren't just made in shady
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conditions. They were made by workers
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who didn't even have legal documents to
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work in Italy. These folks were
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literally living inside the factories
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curled up beside the machines they
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worked on. 15, 16, even 18-hour shifts
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non-stop. No real breaks, no homes, no
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rights, just non-stop grind. All so
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these luxury brands could keep selling
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their polished, overpriced fantasy to
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the rest of the world. and the
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audacity. LVMH still out here stunting
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at fashion shows, sipping champagne like
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they're the ultimate icons of style and
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success, all while hiding the biggest
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scam in the game. Next time you see
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someone flexing that Dior saddle bag on
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the gram, just remember it might have
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cost them
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$2,780, but Dior barely dropped enough
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cash to cover a decent dinner date on
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that bag.
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And if you thought that $57 Dior scandal
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was
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bad, buckle up because it only gets
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messier. That $1,500 Louis Vuitton Never
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full bag. Yeah, the one flooding Tik Tok
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and Instagram. The one people are
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practically wrestling each other to
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snag. Well, guess how much it really
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costs them to make just $50. That's it.
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50
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bucks. And no, this ain't just some
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random gossip. Insiders and
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investigators have been shouting about
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these wild markups for years. They
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revealed that Louis Vuitton's markup
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hits over
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1,000%. That means they can make a bag
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for pocket change and sell it back like
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it's dipped in gold, handcrafted from
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unicorn tears or sprinkled with fairy
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dust. But wait, there's
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more. A former luxury manufacturing
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insider just dropped some spicy truth. A
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lot of these so-called premium
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materials, not even real luxury grade
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anymore. Some of these bags aren't even
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using top tier leather. Not all of them
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at least. China made everything, but 90%
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of the websites they are challenging you
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now is not even in English. Here are
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three better websites that actually work
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for you. For light industry and daily
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use, go to madechina.com. Founded in
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1998, leading B2B portal, many
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wellestablished factories have opened
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stores on this. As the tea keeps
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spilling, it's not looking
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good. And that dreamy image of some
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sweet Italian grandpa handstitching bags
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under the Tuscan sun. Toss it. That
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whole
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fantasy, it's trash. Because most of the
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time those bags are either made in China
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or pieced together by low paid Chinese
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workers hidden in dusty back alley
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workshops across Europe. Not the glam
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teams the ads sell you on. Let's be real
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for a
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second. That $1,500 Never full bag. It
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probably cost less than your monthly
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phone bill to make and it was likely
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stitched up by someone overworked,
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underpaid, and living in harsh
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conditions. Louis Vuitton hit it with
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that th000% markup. Why? cuz they know
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folks will drop the cash just for the
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clout. And just when you thought this
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mess couldn't get any wilder, Tik Tok
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lit the whole thing on fire. Chinese
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creators said, "Wait, we've had enough."
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And started dragging luxury brands
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through the dirt for the whole world to
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watch. One name you need to remember,
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Wayne Sin. This guy wasn't just talking.
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He was exposing full-on factory
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walkthroughs, showing real workers, real
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footage, and what looked way too
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familiar. suspiciously like Louis
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Vuitton Dior and Gucci bags. And trust
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that resemblance, that wasn't some
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random coincidence. But get this, once
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Wayne Sin's videos started going crazy
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viral, Tik Tok moved in fast with the
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bands. I'm talking full wipeout. Poof,
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gone. A slowdown and a contraction in
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the global luxury market. About 50
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million people either opted out or were
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forced out of the luxury market uh over
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the past 2 years. Not once, not twice,
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but multiple times they scrubbed his
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accounts clean like he never existed.
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Meanwhile, while Tik Tok was out here
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trying to erase the truth, the Chinese
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girlies were already 10 steps ahead.
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Apps like Abau and DHGate started
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skyrocketing on the app store
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charts.
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Why? Cuz sellers were flooding Tik Tok
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feeds with luxury dupes. And not just
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knockoffs, but items made in the same
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exact factories. And they came with
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receipts, sideby-side comparisons, full
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breakdowns, quality checks, all of it.
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The drama was unmatched, and people were
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legit rethinking their entire wardrobes
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after seeing how identical these dupes
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look to the so-called real thing. Of
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course, some folks came in hot screaming
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Chinese propaganda and trying to shut
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the whole thing down. But the
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screenshots, the factory footage, the
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receipts, they're painting a way
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different picture. And honestly, it's
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looking real embarrassing for these
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luxury brands right now. But hold up
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before we go full dragon mode on these
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brands. Let's keep it 100. Not
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everyone's sipping the tea without
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asking tough questions. People in the
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fashion game are sideeying all these
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viral drops and saying, "Wait a sec.
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Would a real luxury factory really risk
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exposing this kind of stuff?" There's
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suspicion in the air and it's got folks
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watching real close. And honestly, they
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kind of got a point. So, with all of the
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hype about the Chinesemade bags versus
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in factory bags,
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um, so this is one on the- go Louis
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Vuitton that I bought from
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DHGate and then I also bought it
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um from the actual store. When you're
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dealing with luxury brands, the
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factories they work with got to sign
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serious contracts. We're talking
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airtight NDAs. Like, even thinking about
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leaking a photo could have your whole
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business shut down overnight. Some
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insiders even say if a real supplier
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ever got caught spilling tea like this,
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they get sued into the next lifetime. No
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cap. So, when you step back and look at
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it, it's a little sus that all these
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videos are just floating around online
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like it's nothing. That's why a lot of
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industry experts believe some of these
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viral clips are probably showing factory
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overruns or top tier dupes. Stuff that
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looks almost identical to the real thing
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but isn't technically official. They
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might be using the exact same materials,
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but here's the catch. Those bags were
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never officially stamped or blessed by
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the luxury brands. It's like following
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the same recipe but cooking it in
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somebody else's kitchen. You feel
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me? Now, here's the real plot twist, and
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you need to hear this loud and clear.
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The
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manufacturers, they're not just sitting
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around waiting for these brands to make
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things right. Nope. They're flipping the
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script
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entirely. Some of these Chinese
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manufacturers, they're wide awake now
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and they're moving different. Real
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different. They're looking around like,
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"Why are we out here doing all the work
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for scraps while these brands rake in
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billions?" So, guess what? They're
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starting to sell the bags themselves.
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And
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honestly, where's the lie? These
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manufacturers are now selling straight
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to the people. No big brand names, no
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shady middlemen, and definitely no
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thousand% markups. Just the same
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high-end bags, same materials coming
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straight from the source for a fraction
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of what you'd drop at a Louis Vuitton or
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Dior boutique. Now, picture this. That
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same buttery leather, that flawless
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stitching, that luxury level
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craftsmanship, but for $300 instead of
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3,000. It's straight up disrespectful
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how much they've been taxing us just for
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a logo. This might be the start of the
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biggest luxury shakeup we've ever
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seen. Right now, LVMH's whole image,
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their legacy, their so-called
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unbreakable trust with the public is
00:14:02
under serious fire.
00:14:04
And this isn't just some mini scandal
00:14:06
that fades in a week. Nah, this one runs
00:14:09
deep. People are heated. You recognize
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this style, this bag? Of course you do.
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For the past more than 30 years, we have
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been OEM factory for most of the luxury
00:14:18
brands around the world. Gucci, Prada,
00:14:20
Coach, Louis Vuitton, you name it. But
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for this, I am not proud because we were
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only making our wages. The profit margin
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for the people who are actually making
00:14:29
the bags are very low. They feel
00:14:31
straight up deceived, lied to for years,
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hoodwinkedked, bamboozled, blowing their
00:14:37
savings, thinking they were buying elite
00:14:39
quality, only to find out their luxury
00:14:42
bag was stitched together in some random
00:14:45
factory right next to somebody else's
00:14:47
flipflops. Like, come on, be for real.
00:14:50
And here's the wild part. The
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behindthe-scenes whispers in the
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streets. Word is Bernard's not just
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watching this go down. He might be next
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to fall. The CEO who turned LVMH into
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the luxury empire it is today. Word is
00:15:06
he might be getting ready to pack it up.
00:15:08
Early retirement rumors are heating up
00:15:09
fast. And honestly, it's giving I'm too
00:15:13
old for this mess energy. Like, picture
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it. Being the undisputed king of luxury
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and watching the throne crumble. Imagine
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being the richest man on earth at one
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point only to have your entire empire
00:15:24
start crumbling thanks to Tik Tok
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whistleblowers and viral factory tours
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blowing the lid off
00:15:29
everything. The whole illusion was the
00:15:32
brand. And once that cracks, baby, the
00:15:35
whole house of cards starts wobbling and
00:15:37
the table, oh, it's shaking like never
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before. Now they're saying Bernard might
00:15:43
try to spin it like he's gracefully
00:15:45
stepping down, blaming it on age or
00:15:47
wanting to chill with the fam. But let's
00:15:49
be real, we see right through that.
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Nobody's walking away smiling when their
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billiondollar brand is getting dragged
00:15:56
online every single day. And if you
00:15:58
think this luxury drama is already
00:16:00
boiling
00:16:01
over, buckle up, baby, cuz this might
00:16:04
just be the start of the biggest shakeup
00:16:06
the fashion world's ever seen. And it's
00:16:08
coming fast with no breaks in sight. But
00:16:11
now I need to hear your take. Have you
00:16:14
been played by these luxury brands? Do
00:16:17
you think Louis Vuitton can survive this
00:16:19
era of receipts and exposure? Or are we
00:16:22
watching the slow, messy downfall of the
00:16:24
biggest luxury empire ever
00:16:27
built? And what about Bernard? Is he
00:16:30
really retiring gracefully, or is he
00:16:33
just running from a ship that's already
00:16:35
sinking? Drop your thoughts in the
00:16:37
comments, cuz this convo is far from
00:16:40
over. And don't forget to like, comment,
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00:16:45
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