[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I met a nice SA In NYC. We talked over the phone. I told him I prefer the bags be made in France, I heard on the forum somewhere that USA bags the Patina turns faster. He was laughing and saying it must be an urban myth...etc. He tole me he toured the factories in France and California and funny thing is that in France, no one is French in the factories, they were a lot of people from [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gualamala and other countries.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif],but no french[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] workers. But in the USA factories they had a great number of French workers , they want to come and live in the states. So the idea of a French craftsman working on your bag is funny. I asked him about special orders and custome luggage. He did say the Luggage was not made in the factories, meaning they had special people doing the custom order luggage. He said for the popular peices they turn them out in minutes . The leather and peices are sent to the factory in California, so its all the same leather and canvas. Make me think I have been brainwashed with the Made in FRance thing. [/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif],but no french[/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] workers. But in the USA factories they had a great number of French workers , they want to come and live in the states. So the idea of a French craftsman working on your bag is funny. I asked him about special orders and custome luggage. He did say the Luggage was not made in the factories, meaning they had special people doing the custom order luggage. He said for the popular peices they turn them out in minutes . The leather and peices are sent to the factory in California, so its all the same leather and canvas. Make me think I have been brainwashed with the Made in FRance thing. [/FONT]