Are There Any Handbags NOT Made In China?

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#32
Mrs. MC said:
I know what you mean. I feel like outsourcing is a huge part of our recession as well and impossible to reverse. Why/how would these companies go from paying people like $2 dollars a day which is what a lot of these people in other countries make to paying normal at leas minimum wages in the us ? I think with the recession now many people would take these jobs but they are just unavailable. I was dissapointed that my new Cole Haan bag was made in India. I think a big part of the reason why I feel so resentful is that these companies like Cole Haan and Coach had built their reputation as a classic historic USA brand that makes their stuff in China and India ?
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Amen; these companies HAVE built their reputations on being US Brands, which is exactly why the duplicity of Caoch has prompted my search for designers that produce here and are not outsourced to cheap labor elsewhere. I've revised my original criteria and now think I'm willing to pay extra to keep these companies that are loyal to the US afloat...

My husband is in a Union and I feel I'm a traitor with my "made in China" Coach & Kooba bags!:graucho:

It's stll unclear how to find those that still manufacture exclusively in the US..I'm still investigating!
 
#35
Rosenpetals said:
Amen; these companies HAVE built their reputations on being US Brands, which is exactly why the duplicity of Caoch has prompted my search for designers that produce here and are not outsourced to cheap labor elsewhere. I've revised my original criteria and now think I'm willing to pay extra to keep these companies that are loyal to the US afloat...

My husband is in a Union and I feel I'm a traitor with my "made in China" Coach & Kooba bags!:graucho:

It's stll unclear how to find those that still manufacture exclusively in the US..I'm still investigating!
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Coach...Dooney...Vera Bradley...Stone Mountain...Max of New York. All these once quintessentially USA brands are now completely outsourced to China. Treesje too. In many cases like Vera Bradley the outsourcing has happened in just the last few years.
 
#36
So is there no hope :confused1: I'm also looking for an American designer to get into. Someone mentioned earlier that some designer's bags said "made in brooklyn NY", I would love that as I was born and raised there. It hit me with Coach when my sister told me she STILL has all the all leather coach bags I gave her over 13 years ago and they still look pristine. All of a sudden I was very disappointed in my "made in china" signature stuff. How can they charge more now for less leather, I don't get it? so I won't be buying any more coach. No offense to anyone who still loves the brand, just a personal preference for me, plus my style is changing now that I'm getting older. I want to have my own style versus being a "brand sheep". I don't want to wear logos anymore either, ok I'll stop rambling.
 
#37
There's been a pretty extensive list of brands given both in this thread and the "Made in USA brands" thread. Even just the newer posts in the other thread will give you a better idea of what's currently still made in the US.

I'm not sure about Brooklyn specifically, but as tonij2000 mentioned in the second post in this thread, Jenny Yuen is still made in NYC. I own one of her bags (from the Fall 2008 collection, I think?), and the tags clearly state that her bags are handmade in New York. There are still other brands that others have listed that are US-made, of course.
 
#39
starkfan said:
There's been a pretty extensive list of brands given both in this thread and the "Made in USA brands" thread. Even just the newer posts in the other thread will give you a better idea of what's currently still made in the US.

I'm not sure about Brooklyn specifically, but as tonij2000 mentioned in the second post in this thread, Jenny Yuen is still made in NYC. I own one of her bags (from the Fall 2008 collection, I think?), and the tags clearly state that her bags are handmade in New York. There are still other brands that others have listed that are US-made, of course.
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Okay I see starkfan, sorry Hayden Harnett is based in Brooklyn. And I see there is a subforum here. I'm looking at the website right now.
 
#40
Stella Fleuret said:
You can find some Louis Vuitton bags that are made in USA. I believe the Azur Galliera PM is made both in US and France. You just need to go to the Boutique and ask for it.

Oh, and Rebecca Minkoff too. Although most of her new bags now are made in China. But if you look for her older bags, they are still made in USA (NY). So when shopping around for them, be sure to look inside the bag and find that annoying little Made in China tag. If it's not in there, then chances are you have the US-made bag.
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I have been searching high and low for the made in tag inside the RM bag for a long time. Now I know that there isn't any if it's made in NY.:yahoo:BTW I do have the older model with the old hardware and thick heavy leather.
 
#41
meatbun said:
Here is an example of a Michael Kors bag made in China (note: imported means Made in China)

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3008684...Y&origin=category&searchtype=&pbo=6013726&P=1

Or is this a lower grade Michael Kors bag and not his top of the line? I am not familiar with these bags
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Imported does not mean Made In China only, it means not made in the United States.

The link you have provided is for MICHAEL Michael Kors, which is his diffusion line, in my previous post I was referring to the Michael Kors Collection, which is the designer line and it is manufactured in Italy.
 
#43
^ It could also mean "Made in France", "Made in Italy", etc. Imported simply means that it has come from outside the US (or whichever country the store is based in), and does not necessarily mean it was made in a country with low labour costs.
 
#45
Rachel Nasvik is based in Brooklyn, her bags are made in New York! and the Jack Rabbit Collection bags are made in Los Angeles. also, Wendy Nichol whose a brooklyn jewelry designer just started making bags, she hand makes in NY!

wow, i'm realizing that knowing all this really means i shop too much...
 
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