A Chinese replica seller claimed he could build the exact same $90,000 crocodile Birkin for $6,000, and broke down the cost of materials and labor to prove it. After a week in China meeting artisans and touring factories, I went back through his claims line by line — thread, labor cost, hardware, lining — to see what actually holds up.


Some of it is true. Most of it isn't. And one claim from his earlier video quietly disappeared from this one.


Stay leathertained.

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