To think many designer bags I see are actually fakes

I have a fake kanken, it's fully waterproof has lasted 8 years and shows no sign of wear. As a disabled person on benefits "only" £75 is our weekly food budget.

I've got a fake LV bag & someone who sells real ones said it was so good a fake that they would have trouble telling it from a real one without going through every stitch on it.

Oh dear -I'm very "casual" but my Mulberries are very real.

As is the LV backpack which I actually never use as I know people will assume it's fake.TBH I don't actually like it much myself. It was a gift but unfortunately in the monogrammed finish.

I can tell fakes maybe because I love bags and spend so much time viewing the collections, adding and removing things from my wishlist. I was surprised by how many people swore blind I would get good fakes in Turkey. When I was there, I was convinced. I would come back feeling like an idiot for wasting money on real bags when I could get a really good dupe. But none of the dupes looked real, the styles were off, the colours were off. All in all I could tell the fakes. I have several luxury designer bags. I hardly ever look polished. I try to avoid carrying the obvious looking ones when I look a mess because I just know people will assume they're fake. I looked horrific today but wore a gorgeous designer bag with no visible logo. There are so many designers to choose from, some classic, some fun. You can be bold, experiment with colour. Oooh I just love bags.

Isn't it all a load of nonsense? Who cares ?

As soon as you said tacky I knew they were going to be real Chanel 😂

I only use bags I've designed and made myself so they're all unique and suit my purposes. 😊

Me too and I don’t know why. Is a fake mulberry still a really nice leather bag? I don’t care about labels so I’d be happier to have a no logo lovely leather bargain bag.

I’m surprised at fake mulberry bags. They’re not even that expensive, comparatively.

My bags are all Coach, Kate Spade and Mulberry. I would never have fakes. Would rather just do without. I wouldn’t get more expensive bags even though I could afford it as it extends into ‘too flashy’ for me.

Yes - I see lots of young women with them on my way to work - no way are they real.

I have several designer handbags. 6 Chanel handbags. All from the boutique. I do not care if anyone thinks they are fake. Perfect, means I hopefully won't get mugged. The reasoning of they are soo expensive so they are definitely fake is flawed. I bought my first chanel in 2015, they cost much more now than they did then. One I bought all those years ago could earn me twice as much as I paid as it was limited edition. Wore it to a wedding in August, got several compliments. I haven't paid big bucks for a bag in years. Doubt I ever will again. No regrets though, I enjoy and am grateful for all I have regardless of whether a random thinks fake.

I love playing spot the fake!
There's some really convincing ones on the market now.

I would say it's a 50/50 situation of real & fake.

I'm your everyday type of woman, I don't have a massively high paying job but I do have a few thousands pounds worth of genuine bags. So if I can afford them, then other normal women can too. Although I now don't buy new bags (unless Bicester/preloved) because the prices have dramatically increased in the last 5 years and outpriced me :-(

I have a fake Mulberry bag, although I rarely bring it out. Bought in a Dubai soukh, it's a very close replica, until you look at the hardware, which is a little too bright and shiny, and nowhere near heavy enough to be real. But I don't use it much because I don't love it.

With the rise of Hacoo, I always assume they’re fake. I think I’ve seen a handful where I’ve thought real.

Tik Tok is awash with fake designer bags. I don't know why they allow it. That's why you don't see them in markets any more, it's all online.

I live near the Mulberry shop in York. Mine probably look fake along with a couple of Coach (gifts from DS when he visited NY twice at Christmas) because I'm generally not into designer gear but I do love a great handbag.

My sister bought my kids fake designer sunglasses - I had to explain to the kids that fake designer glasses were unlikely to have certified UVA/UVB eye protection and were only fit for the bin - what a shit gift.

I usually think they are fake. You need to look really expensive for the thought not to cross my mind.

I just put my phone and keys in my jacket pocket and I only use a bag when I have too ( nights out mainly). I wouldn’t notice or be interested in what label/ brand was on someone’s bag,

Well if I like a bag I like a bag I don't get
this obsession with labels and needing something to be designer, not counting thr sweat shops used to make real or fake ones

Paying a lot for someone sticking a label on it is what makes them want to fake it in the first place

It's hard to tell from a distance, I used to buy, recondition and sell preloved mulberry bags, and I can always tell the real from the fakes but only close up.
Louis Vuitton are the most common fakes ive seen, real louis Vuitton bags are not worth the price tag by a long shot.

I have several designer bags and am as far from polished as you could be 😂
I guess everyone thinks they're fake then!

The reason I like bags is that my weight has fluctuated a lot, even my shoe size has changed over time. So I don't want to spend massive amounts on clothes and shoes whereas a bag will always fit.

There's generally a decent resale value on them too if they're looked after so I see them as an insurance policy of sorts.

I wouldn't see the point in a fake. Even if it was so good that no one else knew, I would know. I'd feel I was cheating myself!

Why would anybody buy a fake Fjallraven bag? They are only £75, the knockoffs must be absolute shit.

You can tell they are fake when they are being carried around b&m and Primark according to a meme I saw recently 🤣

Money doesn't buy taste.