You should have said "no, thanks, enjoy" considering you weren't the intended owner of the purses anyway.

No, my mother was going to try to get one for me through her secretary. The ones that are in the house were already claimed (two for my cousin and one for my mother).

I know it might be hard to find a way to tell your mom with out seeming ungrateful but for her dignity and yours DO NOT LET HER LEAVE THE HOUSE WITH THAT BAG!!!!!

on the flip side of this issue-- my mom bought a bag in a thrift store for $3. IT IS A LAMB BAG. My cousins and the adult daughters of her friends all said same thing when we saw my mom w the LAMB bag: "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!"

I thought of this thread the other day. The Coach outlet was having this massive sale (with lines going all the way out the door) where everything was at least 20% off (keep in mind, this was an OUTLET, too, so things were already cheaper than in the stores), so live-in and I went in to look at possible Christmas presents for his mom. We ended up settling on live-in and his brother getting her a HOT PINK signature print, ginormous bag, and I got the matching wristlet for her.

When I asked him "Are you sure this is your mom's style?" he said "Have you ever SEEN her purses? She loves pink, and loves this print so much that because she can't afford it she's rockin' Goaches like it's her last day on Earth."

I had to laugh so hard at that. Hooray for saving live-in's mom from Coach knockoffs!

I love stealth marketers.

If the bag is good quality, I really don't care that it's a fake. And I've had a really good quality Kate Spade fake, direct from Times Square. The label was glued on and came off pretty quickly but so what? Didn't care about that anyway. Fake or not, it's going to wear out, and/or you'll eventually get tired of it or find it doesn't fit your life anymore.
To me, it's just wasteful to spend a mortgage payment on a handbag.
Ah well. Thanks to the economy, many of you will be learning that bitter truth soon.:rolleyes:

If these bitter economic times has a lesson for some people, I think it's moreso one of living within your means as opposed to saying "it's ok to carry a fake bag now that you can't afford a real one". There is a BIG difference between carrying a fake bag (Goach) and carrying a bag that you can afford. Even before I was able to afford designer bags, I would not buy a fake Goach or whatever - I carried what I could afford, where it was a Tar-jay bag or something from JC Penny. Back when Wilson's Suede and Leather was still around, I bought quite a few of their handbags as well.


Hey Benzgirl - send me your LV and I'll carry her! :D Screw the fakes! If I didn't use something because it was faked, there would be a lot of things I'd miss out on such as cosmetics, toothpaste, jewelry,etc. Today, almost everything is faked. :(

HATE FAKES! This is my computer desktop:

http://www.fascinationst.com/product...gisFake_LG.jpg

Most fakes are NOT good quality - they certainly aren't as good quality-wise as the real thing. That's why they are cheaper. It's not either or - either you carry the real thing, or you carry a fake. There are PLENTY of good quality affordable bags - I'd never spend a mortage payment on a bag, good economy or no. My real Coaches are Willis bags and while never really "in", they will never be "out". The leather is fabulous - and they cost less than $400, if I remember correctly. I've never purchased a bag at the Outlets, but it sounds like that is a way to get an affordable, REAL Coach bag.
Also, fakes are violating copyright. I think cheating artists and craftsmen out of the money they should earn for their designs and handiwork is wrong. It's not just the designer who loses out - it's all the people who make and sell the designer bags.

I have to agree with not liking fake bags or other accessories for that matter. It is annoying to spend my hard earned money on something nice to see someone else with a knockoff. Just my 2 cents :)

Bless her heart...
 

Speaking of fakes, here is Sarah Palin's daughter Piper carries a fake Louis

http://images.nymag.com/images/2/dai...in_250x375.jpg

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/...r_carries.html


Ok, two things.....

1. - What happened to little girls carrying a cutesy Hello Kitty or Strawberry Shortcake purses? Yall know all she has in there is crayons, stickers and chapstick (or at least that's what I carried in a purse at her age. :p )

2. - A fake Louis? I'm surprised her mom's handlers let this slip by.

Could this be Mom's bad? I don't know of any kid that carries a bag that big. Even the kids I saw with real Louis' in LA didn't carry the big ones. They were at least Hello Kitty size.