No way, I think it's a far reach to say that all LV sellers get their bags from prostitutes. For one thing, prostitution is definitely NOT legal in Hong Kong!
However, to give this story the benefit of the doubt, I know that there are many young girls, especially in Japan, that will prostitute themselves for designer stuff. Asian culture is very materialistic, for lack of a better word. Everyone is into designer labels (males and females) and especially because everyone can recognize/identify designer bags and clothing nobody will buy fake (way embarassing!) A lot of teenage girls feel the pressure to own LV and other labeled goods in order to be popular or fit in, but many cannot afford it. Therefore they will ditch school and will meet up with older businessmen and trade sex for designer goods. This usually occurs in karoake bars where they can rent rooms for very cheap on the hour. It's gotten to be such a huge problem in Japan.
My friend who grew up in Japan told me that fathers with teenage daughters refuse to be seen with them during school hours, especially if the daughter is wearing her school uniform and he is dressed in business wear. Everyone will assume prostitution is going on. Her dad would not even pull her from school to take her to the doctor!
She told me also that if her high school principal suspected a girl of cutting class to hook for bags (i.e. she was absent and the next day she is carrying a new bag) he would make them show a receipt in their name.
When I heard this from my friend, I was shocked and sad that young girls could subject themselves to this for the sake of owning LV to fit in. It's amazing how different cultures are just on the other side of the world isn't it?
