The Milan court placed Italian chandeliers Loro Piana on the occasion of the “quiet luxury” of lvmho Mo hennessy Louis Vuitton’s “quiet luxury” year in the year of judicial administration as it allegedly failed to stop its exploitation of immigrant workers among soldiers working daily because it failed to stop its eight small swim lanes exploited within the scope of its daily work and paid the minimum requirement.
The preliminary ruling of the Milan court marks the fifth time that prosecutors have deprived some of Italy’s most valuable brands of sacred reputations to reveal sweatshop-like conditions usually found in less obvious regions of the global south. Other bold names involved in recent years include companies owned by the Giorgio Armani Group, Christian Dior subsidiary and Valentino unit.
From Procurement Journal
According to the ruling, the violations at two Chinese-owned workshops without actual manufacturing capabilities were “neglected by Loro Piana, but it said the violations chose to be inappropriately verified in pursuit of greater profitable working conditions. The court said that despite the high-end fellow Loro Piana and the signing of a non-verdict binding memorandum of understanding, the lack of due diligence inspections remained, and although the mistakes of the high-end fellow Loro Piana might address what appears to be a systemic problem in the “Made in Italy” supply chain. The code of conduct for suppliers at LVMH requires business partners to commit to fair compensation practices and working hours that are not exceeding the statutory restrictions, but did not respond to a request for comment.
Milan prosecutors are investigating the owners of the contract and subcontracting company in recognition of the status of the Sweat Shop, but Loro Piana itself is not facing any criminal investigation. In May, a military policeman at the Milan Labor Protection unit, known as Carabinieri, arrested a Chinese workshop owner in a suburb of northwestern Milan, whose workers accused him of causing injuries that required 45 days of treatment. The same worker also demanded a salary of 10,000 euros ($11,700).
After further investigation, Carabinieri found that the factory produced Loro Piana brand cashmere jackets, with 10 Chinese employees, and five undocumented immigrants being forced to work 90 hours a week, 4 euros ($4.70) per hour. Italy does not have a national minimum wage, but the trade union believes that 7-9 euros ($8-9 $10.50) is a sufficient benchmark.
Carabinieri also inspected two intermediaries and three Chinese seminars, and also inspected the Milan area, identifying 21 workers, 10 of whom lacked proper registration and worked at the table. Many people do not have proper housing but sleep on production floors or in illegally established rooms within workshops.
The owner of a middle company told the prosecutor that in recent years she has produced 6,000-7,000 jackets for Loro Piana each year, with an agreed fee of 118 euros ($138), exceeding orders for 100 items and 128 euros ($149) respectively ($149). The women’s cashmere and sled mixed jackets on the brand’s website retail for over $4,000. A men’s top hat made from “King’s Gift” wool, a merino wool that costs $11,500.
According to a Bloomberg survey last year, the 100-year-old brand has previously been scrutinized by a rather compensated native workers for harvesting rare furs from wild alpacas in Peru. Loro Piana rejects what it says is an unfair and inaccurate description of the “real and long-term engagement” with the Vicunian community.
Carabinieri said in a statement that they closed two factories (the third plant, which resulted in Shell, which has no production capacity) and imposed a collective fine of more than €240,000 ($280,000). LVMH is the world’s largest luxury goods group, paying 80% of Loro Piana in 2013. Kendall Roy is a character on the HBO TV series “Sectranion” famously the $500 Loro Loro Piana baseball cap with his custom suit and Gucci Sneales.
