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Italian workshop probe points finger at ex-Jacquemus subcontractor

By Léo Durin

Published on 28.10.2025 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 min

One leading luxury company after another is being implicated in the investigation into the dubious practices of certain Milanese workshops. © Studio Pachamama

More and more luxury companies are being caught up in the investigation launched last year by the Milanese authorities into workshops manufacturing luxury items that have failed to meet legal standards. Glitz can reveal that an Armani subcontractor implicated earlier this month also once produced handbags for Jacquemus, though the brand is keen to stress that it stopped working with the manufacturer last year.

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Spotlight | France, Italy
Italian workshop probe points finger at ex-Jacquemus subcontractor

Smoking gun
The double life of an Italian luxury manager who also ran an exploitative workshop

In Focus
Fashion brands' profits boosted by worker exploitation in Italy

Spotlight
Prada and Miu Miu success lies partly in factory outlets