Dior in hot water after alleged third-party repair of limited-edition handbag

A limited-edition Dior handbag that was allegedly sent to a local repair shop, despite the customer being told it would be repaired at Dior’s Paris headquarters.

Dior in hot water after alleged third-party repair of limited-edition handbag. A limited-edition Dior handbag that was allegedly sent to a local repair shop, despite the customer being told it would be repaired at Dior’s Paris headquarters. [YONHAP] Luxury fashion house Dior is facing backlash after a customer discovered that a handbag the company claimed had been sent to its Paris headquarters for repair was allegedly handled by a local third-party repair shop in Korea instead. A customer living in Yongin, Gyeonggi, purchased a Fall/Winter runway collection handbag for about 7 million won ($4,700) at a department store in Haeundae, Busan, in 2016, according to Yonhap News on Thursday. The customer noticed a couple of beads had fallen off the bag and brought it to a Dior location in a department store in Gangnam District, southern Seoul,...