would you care what people think about you wearing fakes?

[fashionistatoast]

Hello there! Would you care about what people would think if you are wearing fakes? i am an occasional replica purchaser myself, although i do have some real things, but some accessories and clothes are hugely overpriced (i feel like it is super stupid to pay £400 pounds for a gucci tshirt). I don't feel like my friends are noticing this, but still it worries me sometimes as people tend to think a lot of things. Especially if i constantly am in the environment where everyone wears real. Would you personally care about what people think? Would you continue to buy fakes?

Yes quite. Most of them look utterly laughable compared to the real thing.

Yes, you can get very good replicas and, yes, a few of those might come from the actual factories.

But if the goods are good enough to buy then I will pay for them legitimately, to the people who have worked to create their designs, foster excellent workmanship and maintain fantastic quality control. Anything else is cheating, in my book. Plus I want to be able to be absolutely certain that my item is a genuine item. Otherwise what’s the point?

Plus I want to be able to be absolutely certain that my item is a genuine item. Otherwise what’s the point?

Very good question. What is the point of paying £60 for a t-shirt with a designer logo on it, rather than an otherwise identical unbranded one for £10?

I’m not talking about tee shirts, to be fair. I only buy designer handbags. The difference in quality, design and workmanship (plus the cachet) is worth it to me. I just like beautiful bags, they make me very happy.

However I do generally spend as much as I can afford on clothing, as well. I have a fairly small, quite strictly curated wardrobe. I’d rather have five tees of very good quality than fifteen tees that lose their shape quickly and look tatty after a few washes. Same with jeans, coats, etc. It’s not automatically true that more expensive things are better quality, of course, and I will happily pay much less for unbranded goods that are good quality. It’s not a snobbishness issue for me at all. But I definitely generally prefer the better quality of more expensive clothing. Not just in terms of fabric, but also design, cut and workmanship.

Driving through our village the other week there was a man walking along the pavement. He had on just a T Shirt. A Balenciaga T Shirt.
The logo was so huge and so blingy with added sparkly bits there was no way it could be genuine. It just looked a bit daft in a fake T Shirt that even if they did make it in that style would be well over £400.

really dont see a problem with it

most of the "replicas" are made from the same specifications as the real thing often the factories leak the designs to china , ive even heard of brands controlling the "fakes" in order to garner more revenue

the whole luxury fashion industry is based around imagined value and is therefore a complete con

whether you pay £50 or £500 for a t-shirt the intrinsic value of it remains the same

so who is the mug ?