To think many designer bags I see are actually fakes

Not in the slightest!

I buy things because I like them, not for other peoples opinions, so their perception of it doesn’t register with me.

I actually feel like a little kid at Christmas when I add a new piece to my collection - the whole buying experience to wearing it out somewhere…it’s exciting!

If you are using/loving/appreciating your designer bag because you appreciate its superior quality, does it annoy you that other people don't see the quality - that their perception is that it is probably fake?

@beachcitygirl , you don't sound hippy dippy, you sound like a fun, lovely, down to earth person. Have you seen Along came Polly? Or even Friends with Money? Jennifer Aniston dresses with a very easy going fun loving attitude, similar to the one you describe & your username. ✌🏼

@MattBerningerstrophywife Very much depends what you choose! The very best bags have expensive materials and finishes and fakes usually don’t. Coach is a very different price point to Dior or Chanel . Chanel also can increase in value. Few others, except Hermes, do. You also buy a bag for you. You know it’s the real deal but if you don’t care that much, save your money and buy jewellery. .

Why on earth would you assume that?!

I have a fake Loewe and my niece has a real one. Impossible to tell if you are more than a meter away. When you touch them, the real one is softer

I have taken my Bottega into B & M and Primark recently!

I have to admit that when we went to a local pub recently in a very deprived area I assumed the Christian Dior, Gucci & Chanel bags I saw were fakes.

I have a large Mulberry work bag and a small Bottega bag (both have no visible branding) but it took me until I was 50 to get them. They are beautiful quality but All the people I see with these bags are much younger and they seem to go for the tackiest looks. I do think the rise in pre-loved shops have increased accessibility though. They had some lovely things in Designer Exchange recently.

Don't get me wrong I'd happily have a small LV purse and my dh has Gucci trainers (bought in the sale at Flannels) but if I had a Gucci bag I'd got for a horsebit not the GG (I've got my eye on a lovely Loewe belt.

I have two designer pieces, a Gucci bag and a Hermes belt. I refuse to wear both now thanks to the rise in folk wearing fakes. It takes the shine off them for me.

What's the point in having them then? Wear them! You know they're real.

I know the same thing happens in both Italy and France with Chanel and LV. You just need to know the right person.

When my friend was in China for a work trip her Chinese counterparts told her that a lot of fakes and genuine stuff is made in the same factory now and sold off as a sideline.

Well really good bags aren't made in china at all so thats not entirely it

Really good leather handbags are usually made in europe.

Eg Chanel bags are made in france or Italy
Burberry bags are made in Italy.
LV bags are made in france/spain/italy, some in the US.

😂 maybe!

Maybe some of us just love bags? Why does it matter how people dress?

So am I.

I know many women with Birkins and not one of them is carrying a fake with the real one at home. Why would they? Frankly the vast majority of people that have a Birkin can afford multiple. They’re not worrying about keeping it pristine, it’s being carried and enjoyed in the full knowledge that it’s entirely replaceable

I know for a fact that real Gucci bags can also do this. I was told when I bought mine that some colour transfer during rain was unavoidable and so I should try not to take it out in the rain.

She must have thought you looked dodgy

I have two designer pieces, a Gucci bag and a Hermes belt. I refuse to wear both now thanks to the rise in folk wearing fakes. It takes the shine off them for me.

What irks me most is children at DDs school who are head to toe in these fakes, or "dupes" as my DD calls them and she can't understand why we won't buy her the fakes. It makes other kids feel less. If you can't afford it, don't pretend you can.

I was in a cafe not so long ago and a girl beside me had lovely adidas trainers on, I commented on them and she was delighted to tell me they were fake off some website! Adidas isn't even unaffordable!!

I saw a woman on the train—dressed in a very ordinary way, a bit dishevelled maybe, clinging very tightly onto her Mulberry like it was the most precious thing in the world to her. I'm sure it was real, but it made me feel a bit sad. I just wondered what the story was behind it?

I assume that all branded handbags I see are fake.

Please can I see a picture of your Birkin? Would love to see it!

Even if they are designer it would still be the same product that you can buy on the high street if you pay enough. They may make them in Italy but they import the leather from China and pay their workers minimum wage. Before buying a designer bag check the ethics of the company .

The deep dives I saw on this (more than one source) said that coach is the best value and better quality than higher end ones.

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