Overview
In 2025, Michael Kors has become a world-renowned light luxury lifestyle brand, with product lines covering clothing, shoes, bags and accessories. The brand is headquartered in New York, USA. Its design inspiration comes from the “Jet set” light travel style, and its bags manufacturer network spans Asia and Europe, taking into account both large-scale and handmade boutique models.
Brand Origin – American origin and Italian craftsmanship
MichaelKors was founded by American designer Michael David Kors in New York in 1981, and the brand has pure American origins.
Although large-scale mass production relies on Asian factories, the high-end Michael Kors Collection series still insists on handmade in the family workshop in Florence, Italy. Each bag is single-piece pattern making, leather cutting, sewing and coloring by craftsmen who have been passed down for a hundred years using generational craftsmanship to ensure top texture and details.
Main production countries and factory distribution
China: The brand’s mid-to-low-priced series are mainly produced in large-scale OEM Bags factories in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Suzhou and other places, relying on a complete leather and fabric supply chain to support high production capacity.
Vietnam and India: Vietnamese bags factories mainly produce PU leather and coated fabrics, while India is good at textile and decoration crafts. Both places have become important OEM bases due to labor costs and industrial maturity.
Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka: Indonesia and the Philippines have strong flexible order-running capabilities and are suitable for small batches and multiple styles; Sri Lanka occasionally undertakes fabric and hardware accessories processing.
Turkey and Thailand: Turkish factories are good at leather pattern making and semi-finished product assembly, while Thailand is responsible for post-processing such as stitching, embossing and packaging.
MichaelKors Handbags Handmade Series
The high-end MichaelKors handbags series maintains the tradition of the family workshop in Florence, Italy. Each bag is completed through multiple manual processes such as manual pattern making, leather cutting, sewing, and coloring. The production is limited and is designed for consumers who pursue the ultimate texture.
Quality Control and Sustainable Practices
MichaelKors implements unified quality standards in all bags factories around the world, including tensile testing, color fastness testing and hardware wear resistance testing; the brand also gradually promotes supply chain transparency and promotes Southeast Asian factories to improve labor rights and environmental protection measures.
Why choose overseas OEM Bags?
Cost-effectiveness: China, India and other places have relatively low labor and land costs, which support large-scale production needs.
Complete industrial chain: Asian OEM bags bases have a complete range of leather, auxiliary materials and accessories suppliers, which can quickly respond to design and market changes.
Flexible delivery: Multi-country parallel layout helps to cope with fluctuations in global market demand, while retaining handmade handbag lines in Italy to meet high-end positioning.
Conclusion
In general, Michael Kors bags combine American design with Italian handmade pedigree, and achieve efficient production capacity through large-scale OEM bags in Asian factories such as China, Vietnam, and India; at the same time, top handmade handbags workshops are retained in Florence, Italy to ensure the luxurious texture of the Collection series. Such a global production pattern takes into account both cost and efficiency, and maintains the high-end charm of the brand.
FAQ
A: The Michael Kors brand was founded in New York, USA in 1981, initiated by designer Michael David Kors, and the brand headquarters is also located in the United States.
A: Most of the low-end medium-priced series of bags are mainly produced in China (Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Suzhou);
Vietnam and India also undertake a large amount of PU leather and decoration craftsmanship;
Indonesia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka are responsible for small batches of multiple styles and accessories processing;
Turkey and Thailand focus on semi-finished product assembly and post-processing.
A: Michael Kors’ high-end Collection series insists on hand-made in the family workshop in Florence, Italy, and is single-piece pattern making, leather cutting, sewing and coloring by century-old craftsmen to ensure top texture and details.
A: Mainly due to cost-effectiveness (low labor and land costs in Asia), perfect supply chain (China, Vietnam and other places have a complete leather and fabric industry chain) and flexible delivery time (multi-country parallel production can cope with market fluctuations), while retaining the Italian handmade line to meet the high-end positioning.
A: Global factories implement unified quality standards, including tensile testing, color fastness testing and hardware wear testing; the brand also promotes supply chain transparency and labor rights improvement, and promotes environmental protection practices
