The real deal

Mending luxury bags has become a profitable business for one store owner in Shanghai who is capitalizing on the country's growing obsession with brand name goods. Shi Xi reports.

It took three months for Zuo Dengjuan, 21, from Anhui province, to become a first-rate luxury bag mender at Sac lgant.

"I was working at the inspection and quarantine department before and knew nothing about luxury bags. I spent one month learning to distinguish between real and fake brands and gradually learnt how to wash off stains and fix cracks."