A Milan court appointed a commissioner to supervise Christian Dior’s Italian subsidiary after an inquiry revealed the French fashion designer had subcontracted work to Chinese companies that mistreated labour.
The decision follows a similar step that the same court took in April, placing an Armani-affiliated company under administration for “culpably failing” to keep a close enough eye on its supply chain during an inquiry into possible worker abuse. LVMH, a luxury business based in France, owns Dior, the second largest fashion brand.
The first fashion company, an Italian bag manufacturer, was placed under special administration late last year by the Milan court in charge of preventive measures. The Dior investigation focused on four Chinese vendors that hired thirty-two individuals, two of whom were unauthorised immigrants and seven of whom did not have the required documentation.
The workers seemed to be sleeping “in hygienic and health conditions below what an ethical approach would require” at their place of employment, the statement said.The Dior unit went on, “Enough steps were not taken to verify the actual working conditions or the technical capabilities of the contracting companies.”
