I hate your fake designer bag - Page 5

amycat412 · #1 08-28-2008, 01:02 AM

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?!"

OneTimeSBX · #2 10-29-2008, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by amycat412

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?!"

my mom went last week to the local goodwill and bought a trench coat with the tags still on it for 5 bucks.

it is burberry. that damn coat runs for $1500 online! and she could care less lol!

Munchkin03 · #3 10-30-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

my mom went last week to the local goodwill and bought a trench coat with the tags still on it for 5 bucks.

it is burberry. that damn coat runs for $1500 online! and she could care less lol!

I did the same thing a few years ago, except it was $9. I ended up selling it for over $200.

Benzgirl · #4 11-01-2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

my mom went last week to the local goodwill and bought a trench coat with the tags still on it for 5 bucks.

it is burberry. that damn coat runs for $1500 online! and she could care less lol!

My uncle owned a restaurant for years. There was a ladies trench coat that no one claimed from the coat check for a long time, so he asked several of his waitresses if theywanted it. The coat was too small for everyone else, so he brought it over to my house. The label --- Burberry. This was back inthe 80s, before knock offs were mass produced. I wore the coat for years and finally donated it when it looked "dated".

barbino · #5 11-11-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

My uncle owned a restaurant for years. There was a ladies trench coat that no one claimed from the coat check for a long time, so he asked several of his waitresses if theywanted it. The coat was too small for everyone else, so he brought it over to my house. The label --- Burberry. This was back inthe 80s, before knock offs were mass produced. I wore the coat for years and finally donated it when it looked "dated".

Love it---I worked at the Burberry store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago on weekends one Christmas holiday in the mid 80's (second job). We got the plaid kilts to wear, along with the pleated tuxedo-front shirts. When we were done, we got to keep the shirts. How strange--I never go downtown anymore, but we went past it & the other stores just last night and my husband asked me, "Didn't you work there for awhile?" I also worked at the Gucci shop for several months, which is how I got the position at Burberry's. Working at Marshall Field's (almost "The real Field's" - it had already begun to change somewhat) for several years helped alot in retail.

LΩVE · #6 11-12-2008, 11:04 PM

My take on designer bags:

a) Most of them are ugly to me. I buy bags that look good.
b)The point of a designer bag in most cases is to say "I am rich. I can afford this." So if you can't, really, what's the point?

I buy for my body. If it looks good, classy, and cute I'm buying it. Fashion is fun from an artistic standpoint, but I don't feel the need to blow a paycheck on a brand name.

XOMichelle · #7 11-11-2008, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

my mom went last week to the local goodwill and bought a trench coat with the tags still on it for 5 bucks.

it is burberry. that damn coat runs for $1500 online! and she could care less lol!

Where is your mother shopping?!?! I need to go to that goodwill.

I have a few crazy cool real bags that I've gotten very cheap: 1) Burberry tote from the ChiO MSN list 6 years ago... it was free! 2)very real, new, beautiful Marc Jacobs bag that I got from my roommate's cousin's gay brother who works at Saks. 3) new Bulga bag, (I unwittingly talked the lady down in price at the beverly center!).

OneTimeSBX · #8 11-11-2008, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by XOMichelle

Where is your mother shopping?!?! I need to go to that goodwill.

I have a few crazy cool real bags that I've gotten very cheap: 1) Burberry tote from the ChiO MSN list 6 years ago... it was free! 2)very real, new, beautiful Marc Jacobs bag that I got from my roommate's cousin's gay brother who works at Saks. 3) new Bulga bag, (I unwittingly talked the lady down in price at the beverly center!).

oh please, if u saw the goodwill she got it out of...we only went in there looking for clothes for a family our church adopted. i dont know how that coat got there lol!

jojapeach · #9 11-11-2008, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

oh please, if u saw the goodwill she got it out of...we only went in there looking for clothes for a family our church adopted. i dont know how that coat got there lol!

I know what you mean. My sis-in-law is a bargain shopping queen! She gets all kinds of designer clothes from Goodwill and consignment shops. She even scored a pair of $300 jeans for my niece for only $15. It's a gift that only a few are blessed with.

agzg · #10 10-24-2008, 08:42 PM

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!

#11 10-24-2008, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by pjrice

I totally agree. My friend had this fake coach purse and she was so proud of it because she pretended like everyone would think it's authentic, but it just turned me off. There is a reason people make fake stuff.. it's because they are trying to look like the real thing, so why not just get the real thing.

I love stealth marketers.

AnchorAlumna · #12 10-25-2008, 01:44 AM

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.

Honeykiss1974 · #13 10-25-2008, 05:01 AM

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.

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I have some expensive bags (Dolce and Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, and a Louis I won't carry because of all of the fakes). I also have some Coach, which I don't really like, DKNY, Cynthia Rowley, etc. These bags are classics and I can use year after year

Hey Benzgirl - send me your LV and I'll carry her!

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.

RedRoseSAI · #14 10-25-2008, 12:11 PM

HATE FAKES! This is my computer desktop:

SWTXBelle · #15 10-25-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

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.

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.