Dior, Armani pricey handbags made by migrant workers who make $3 an hour, cost $84 to make: prosecutors
Armani, the Milan-based designer, paid $270 to a supplier to make handbags that were then sold on the retail market for just under $2,000, according to the Journal. The workers often sleep in the workshops and are made to work from dusk until dawn, including on holidays and weekends, it was alleged. In response to the raids, the fashion house denied wrongdoing by GA Operations, which produces apparel, accessories and home decor for the Giorgio Armani Group brands.
According to police, GA Operations hired a subcontractor, which in turn hired unauthorized Chinese subcontractors that employed workers under the table, some of whom were in Italy illegally.