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The company tries to keep defects off the streets, therefore, if you bring a bag back to the store after purchasing it and realizes there’s serious problems, the bags are actually CUT up. I’ve received many complaints from customers about Coach being made in China. I try to assure them that I’ve never had any problems with my bags and the leather lasts and ages really well!

Also, the leather that Coach uses is the same as Gucci, LV, etc.. so if you want the same leathers for a fraction of the price. Go with Coach and now it’s not too hard to find leather bags in the store that don’t have Coach all over it.

Personally, if I like a bag, I’ll get it. If companies didn’t have to display where their products are made then customers would still buy their products regardless of where they’re made because they like it.

Enjoy Coach for the new product it brings every month and it’s a great place to get gifts! I’ll still shop there even if the stuff is made in China

Yep, Chanel has its factory in Northern China way in the styx.

Just because a bag company has relocated its factory in China, doesn’t mean that the bag is going to lose its quality. Quality control, Reasearch and development, design, sampling are still done in the US, only the labor is outsourced

I’ve done this so many times before, I would go to a Macy’s or a Nordstrom or whatever kind of department store and I would touch and feel and examine the qualities of the bags there (because they are all conveniently located in one area)… Bags that are sort of in the same price point are Kate SPade, COach and Dooney and Burke… you will see the difference in craftsmanship and leather quality between so easily if you do this… and Coach excedes Dooney and Kate Spade in a way that doesn’t even make them comparable to Coach. See for yourself

If you think your high end gucci, LV, and other Made in Italy ? France bags are not composed of materials manufactured by underpaid folks in all several different countries… you are also clueless

The best way to stick it to the man is to only buy the products of theirs that you believe in. If everyone did this (which of course, wouldn’t happen, but in a perfect world, let’s say), Coach would take the hint and realize their supply far outweighs our demand.

That said, i think it is xenophobic to think that quality products MUST be made in europe or that being made in europe is in it of itself a promise of quality.

the real promise of quality is how much the company stands behind its products. just like LV coach promises prefect with each item, and thats no small thing.

I have american pride. Coach purses should be made in America. Vote NO to outsourcing. I will not be buying anymore Coach purses.

While she never lists by name what companies are fooling the consumer due to privacy agreements signed before visiting the Chinese factories, she does add that the consumer would be totally SHOCKED. I took that, followed by the rest of her vicious attack on LV, to be pretty much a, “Reader, deduce the obvious yourself.” In fact, the only luxury goods company that she gives a nod to is Hermes, whose bags are truly made by “artisans”–more or less–justifying the price tag.

I’ve also heard from a friend’s dad who is a lawyer for a number of luxury goods firms that I’d be totally surprised to find what actually was made in China (save a last buckle or two attached in Italy). Incidentally, he’s worked with LVMH.

Frankly, I’ve never considered Coach “luxury”, but kudos to them for being outright while others are shameful liars. But that aside, the quality of the stuff coming from China isn’t bad. I have made in China clothes (Phillip Lim’s collection is, far as I’m aware, all made there and they’re lovely pieces), shoes, purses, electronics. It’s pretty much unavoidable these days to not buy something where some part is made in China. I can’t think of a single electronics manufacturer that doesn’t have something or some component of something made-in-China so I’m kind of dubious of your assertion, Dem, that you NEVER buy things made in China.

As China continues to advance, with its workers continually paid better and the skilled labour class developing, its products will only continue looking & functioning better. Then things move production to Vietnam, Thailand,.. Africa can’t be far behind. It’s just the way things work. I’d rather be told the honest truth–not that I’d ever buy a canvas bag for the prices LV and Gucci charge even if they were “Made in France/Italy”.

So, to answer your question, No — I will not buy a purse that is made in China. I don’t care what label it bears.

P.S. To answer a question posed by another reader, Louis Vuitton manufactures its goods in France, Italy, Spain, and — to its credit (given that it is a French company)– the United States. It does not make any of its good in China. I know because I grill companies about this issue (and get the answer in writing) before I buy their goods.