Prada Group’s chairman and executive director Patrizio Bertelli; Maria Giovanna Paone, chairwoman and co-CEO of Kiton’s parent company Ciro Paone, and Francesco Milleri, chairman and CEO of Essilorluxottica.

Patrizio Bertelli, Fashion Execs Named Cavaliere del Lavoro in Italy

HIGH HONOR: A range of fashion entrepreneurs and executives have been bestowed with the “Cavaliere del Lavoro,” or “Knight of Labour,” honor in Italy.  They include Prada Group’s chairman and executive director Patrizio Bertelli; Francesco Milleri, chairman and chief executive officer of EssilorLuxottica; Alfonso Dolce, chairman and CEO of Dolce & Gabbana; Maria Giovanna Paone, chairwoman and co-CEO of…

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Are luxury handbags really made in China? Viral TikToks from Chinese factories spark debate—Here's the truth

Are luxury handbags really made in China? Viral TikToks from Chinese factories spark debate—Here’s the truth

Amid the ongoing US-China tariff war, TikTok has become flooded with content from Chinese factories. In these viral videos, factory workers and business owners allege that many “high-end” luxury brands from around the world, including Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton, are actually manufactured in China, then sold at dramatically marked-up prices overseas. Chinese factory workers claim…

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