I hate your fake designer bag

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

Fake or not, larger the handbag the smaller the brains.

*sniff, i like my big bags!

HOWEVER, i only carry them when i have my daughters with me. i hate diaper bags but a really cute huge hobo fits just as much lol! who wants to rock anything with Winnie the Pooh????

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

*sniff, i like my big bags!

My husband wonders why I need a big purse ... but whenever he needs a tape measure, or nail clippers, or bandaids, or whatever, it's me he turns to, and I always have it! I took that year of Girl Scouts to heart!

[MeezDiscreet]

Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

*sniff, i like my big bags!

HOWEVER, i only carry them when i have my daughters with me. i hate diaper bags but a really cute huge hobo fits just as much lol! who wants to rock anything with Winnie the Pooh????

You don't have to explain. You can carry your big bag anytime you want--I do. I love big bags because they fit my big wallet and my makeup bag. I don't carry them when I go out though. Big purses in nightclubs and parties always look just a little silly to me.

Those of you who say you don't carry your designer purses because there are so many fakes intrigue me. I don't get it. You don't want people to think your bag is fake? Who cares? I know I don't. I carry the purses because EYE like 'em so if someone thinks it's fake, I'll never know because I'll never care.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by MeezDiscreet

You don't have to explain. You can carry your big bag anytime you want--I do. I love big bags because they fit my big wallet and my makeup bag. I don't carry them when I go out though. Big purses in nightclubs and parties always look just a little silly to me.

There is nothing worse than a lady with a big@$$ purse in a crowded nightclub/bar who is trying to move about the crowd.

Seriously lady? I think it's OK to leave your day planner, full-size brush, tape measure and sunglasses at home.

It's night, and you're in a BAR!!!

On normal work days I'll take out my big sized bags, but when I'm on a trip I only take smaller ones, and at the bars, I typically use wristlets. They are big enough for your ID, money, cell phone & lip gloss. It's all you need at a bar.

[AOII Angel]

I am a Coach fanatic ever since I bought my first black leather hobo bag three or four years ago. That leather is so soft and supple that no fake bag or cheap purse can duplicate. I have bought a few cloth bags from Coach, but they don't hold up well. I always feel like I've wasted money on them so now I just focus on the leather ones. My latest is this one...



It is absolutely beautiful and will last FOREVER!

[texas*princess]

^^^ I loooove that bag... I got it in the hot pink patent a few months ago

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

^^^ I loooove that bag... I got it in the hot pink patent a few months ago

And the leatha is like buttah! I feel like Stella from Project Runway! I LOVE leatha!

[tld221]

Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

My way to telling if it's a fake is by looking at the quality of the leather and the quality of the hardware. A real designer bag will tend to have softer, smoother leather. A fake will have rougher, poorer-quality leather. A real designer bag will have heavier, sturdier metal hardware. A fake will have lighter, flimsier hardware. Also, with a real bag, if you touch the hardware, it'll be cold metal to the touch...or if the bag's been out in sun, it'll be hot metal to the touch. The hardware on a fake will feel about room temperature.

You aint never LIED! i decided that i really wanted a Carly Coach bag:


but at $400, it wasnt happening. So... off to Canal Street i go, led up and down dark alleyways, behind walls and between floors to what i thought was a pretty good knockoff for a tenth of the price. Sweet!

A few weeks later, I'm happy-go-lucky walking down 5th Ave with my "Coach" and decide to actually go into the Coach store. Imagine my total embarrassment in mentally comparing my bag to the real deal.

Ooh i wish i had pics for yall, but everything SOPi said above is true. the leather was rough and stained weirdly in the rain, the hardware was flimsy as all hayle (one of the studs at the bottom poked through the bag and would always jab my fingers if i dug deep enough, and the zipper pull broke right off!) and generally, in comparison was an obvious knockoff. i hightailed it out of that store so fast and threw the bag away a few days later.

so yeah, no more knockoffs for me, just no-names of whatever looks cute. and like someone mentioned earlier, the most compliments ive gotten on my handbags tend to be ones that were cheap and from some random store.

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

Seriously lady? I think it's OK to leave your day planner, full-size brush, tape measure and sunglasses at home.

you know, i decided to convert all my super-huge bags COMPLETELY into diaper bags when i pulled my wallet out at a store...

...and there was a pair of Dora undies hung up on it.

i can laugh now at it. but at the time it was soooo embarassing! now, most of my stuff is in an XOXO wallet with a strap and thats all i carry!

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by MeezDiscreet

You don't have to explain. You can carry your big bag anytime you want--I do. I love big bags because they fit my big wallet and my makeup bag. I don't carry them when I go out though. Big purses in nightclubs and parties always look just a little silly to me.

Those of you who say you don't carry your designer purses because there are so many fakes intrigue me. I don't get it. You don't want people to think your bag is fake? Who cares? I know I don't. I carry the purses because EYE like 'em so if someone thinks it's fake, I'll never know because I'll never care.

It's not that I think people will think they are fake - the real ones obviously aren't. It's that I don't want people think I am the type to buy a designer bag because they are the flavour of the month. So, I'll wait till the next trend comes, and then bring my bags out. Let's hear it for the classics!