Lancaster Paris ... Heard of them?
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I don't really like the look of the Lancaster branding. The font looks too 80's sci-fi and on these nice looking bags, it doesn't go well together and makes the bag look strange and not as classy as it can potentially be overall. Like imagine if Givenchy or Saint Laurent decided to change their brand font to Comic Sans and all the Sac Du Jour and Antigona branding on the bag is in Comic Sans. Yuck.
Also, Made in France, made in China-whatever. Low quality bags can be made anywhere. I bought a Saint Laurent bag from Net-a-porter (The Dylan) and when I took it out of the box to examine it, all the stitching was off, there was a loose thread, and the leather panel edge coating was so sloppily painted (glued) on, I sent it back. If I am paying a lot of money for it, no matter where it comes from, it better be well made! I used to care if a European brand was made in Europe but after my Saint Laurent experience and doing research on Luxury goods manufacturing, I stopped caring about it so much.
The luxury fashion industry has always been cheating consumers by relying heavily on creating an elitist, classist illusion of prestige, savvy and exclusivity-and then taking big shortcuts in manufacturing to save money and maximize their profits. Most of the bag can be cheaply outsourced to sweatshops in Romania or China and then have the branding, fittings or handles sewn in France so they can legit and vaguely say it was "Made In France." If the entire product does happen to be made in France or Italy, they most likely would use a factory that typically hires immigrant workers from China or elsewhere, pay them super low wages and make them work in poorer conditions (like working in winter with no heat on). With the exception of Hermes and Goyard, most fashion brands manufacture their products this way to save in costs.
So I wouldn't spend the money on Lancaster bags, but you do you, yolo, and all that.
Also, Made in France, made in China-whatever. Low quality bags can be made anywhere. I bought a Saint Laurent bag from Net-a-porter (The Dylan) and when I took it out of the box to examine it, all the stitching was off, there was a loose thread, and the leather panel edge coating was so sloppily painted (glued) on, I sent it back. If I am paying a lot of money for it, no matter where it comes from, it better be well made! I used to care if a European brand was made in Europe but after my Saint Laurent experience and doing research on Luxury goods manufacturing, I stopped caring about it so much.
The luxury fashion industry has always been cheating consumers by relying heavily on creating an elitist, classist illusion of prestige, savvy and exclusivity-and then taking big shortcuts in manufacturing to save money and maximize their profits. Most of the bag can be cheaply outsourced to sweatshops in Romania or China and then have the branding, fittings or handles sewn in France so they can legit and vaguely say it was "Made In France." If the entire product does happen to be made in France or Italy, they most likely would use a factory that typically hires immigrant workers from China or elsewhere, pay them super low wages and make them work in poorer conditions (like working in winter with no heat on). With the exception of Hermes and Goyard, most fashion brands manufacture their products this way to save in costs.
So I wouldn't spend the money on Lancaster bags, but you do you, yolo, and all that.
I have a bucket bag from Lancaster and I absolutely love it !
I wanted a bucket bag for a longest time, and chose Lancaster in the end because it is so price friendly ahd the colors are absolutely beautiful. The quality is surprisingly impressive for its price . I have it thrown around so many times over the last six months and it is still holding up very well !
I wanted a bucket bag for a longest time, and chose Lancaster in the end because it is so price friendly ahd the colors are absolutely beautiful. The quality is surprisingly impressive for its price . I have it thrown around so many times over the last six months and it is still holding up very well !
I was checking Reebonz out yesterday and saw some Lancaster bags on sale. They’re still pretty pricey on Reebonz (around US$200) so I’m not sure if I’d buy it. But I saw their bucket bag in red and was instantly in love. It’s so beautiful and the leather looks so supple and soft. Also it says “made in France”. Tbh they might be fooling us with that but who cares—those three words are powerful enough to lure people into thinking the bag is well-made and of high quality (which it actually is) and is expensive. IMHO it looks way more expensive that it actually is. I’ve never seen one in person but I’ve examined the pics online and I think the bags are worth the price tag. I think I’m gonna buy it eventually.