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Italian Luxury Label Loro Piana Faces Probe over Sweatshop Conditions
MILAN, ITALY, JUL 15 – Loro Piana will be under court supervision for one year after authorities found subcontractors exploited undocumented Chinese workers with up to 90-hour weeks and poor safety conditions.
- Loro Piana, an Italian luxury brand owned by LVMH, was placed under court administration on July 14, 2025, in Milan due to labor exploitation allegations.
- This action followed a May 2023 investigation revealing Loro Piana's unknown subcontractors forced Chinese workers to endure 90-hour weeks for low wages in unsanitary conditions.
- After becoming aware of the subcontracting issue on May 20, Loro Piana promptly ended its relationship with the implicated supplier and committed to enhancing its audit procedures while collaborating fully with the authorities.
- The Milan court appointed an administrator to monitor the company for one year as a preventative measure after finding Loro Piana negligently facilitated exploitation by failing to verify contractors’ working conditions.
- The case reflects wider scrutiny of Italian luxury brands’ supply chains, with Loro Piana becoming the fifth high-end fashion house in Italy under judicial administration due to labor concerns.
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The brand was accused of 90-hour work weeks, workers sleeping in the factory, and workers paid €4 an hour to produce coats that sell for €3,000 to over €5,000Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Loro Piana signNEED TO KNOWLoro Piana will be monitored by a court for a year after the luxury brand was accused of violating employee workplace rightsThe company claimed it was unaware of the violations and "terminated all relations with the concerned supplier …
Italian prosecutors impose compulsory administration on LVMH subsidiary Loro Piana because Chinese suppliers in Italy were in untenable conditions. This is not an isolated case.
The Milan Public Prosecutor has launched similar investigations into other companies and other sectors, with a new and discussed approach
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