To think many designer bags I see are actually fakes

[MattBerningerstrophywife]

Talking at work about designer bags and I mentioned that when our mortgage is paid off I’d maybe treat myself to a fancy bag. Colleague mentioned that many designer bags we see out and about are fake

thinking about it: many that I see carrying Chanel, goyard, LV etc bags could be fake. I would have no idea how to check or not.

That’s an excellent point!

I know a lot of people who buy fake bags (and clothes). I don’t really see the point in either the real or the fakes myself but I’d not be surprised at anyone having counterfeit brands.

Exactly this! I would never buy fake. I won't buy fake if people ask me to (I used to live somewhere very well known for fake everything) and I judge anyone who buys fakes very harshly indeed. Fake goods are the 'more acceptable' face of crime, with the proceeds funding everything from terrorism to trafficking.

I have a couple Mulberry bags and couple from Coach etc I also don't dress up particularly, usually in jeans and trainers so you shouldn't really assume bags are fake just by what someone is wearing.

This is why I don't buy fakes. DS is not so principled and does buy fake kits or a gucci cap in tenerife.

Everyone I see around non chi chi parts of Manchester. Not necessarily looking bad. I assume they are carrying fakes. Especially those LV totes or YSL camera bag or Chanel flap bags or those awful Marc Jacobs shopper bags or there's a certain chloe bag you see often on a sheet on the floor tenerife.

I've got a friend who is probably well off enough to afford a real bag (she has nice holidays and drives a premium marque car but that could be leased). She always has a new bag after a holiday so I assume they are fake. Plus she once bought her own gin to the pub to add to fruit juice so I'm betting she's not stupid with her money.

Really? I have 9 designer bags none of them are fake, they are my guilty pleasure but I dress mostly from new look or river island 🤣

I think the fakes are so good on websites like Hacoo that it's getting harder to spot the difference.

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.

I have a few high end designer bags. I dress in primark, river island etc. couldn't care less if people think my bags are fake. I know they're real, that's what matters to me.

I got on the train last weekend and sat opposite a woman with an obviously fake version of my bag which I had. She couldn't stop glaring at me, like how dare I have the real thing.

I have a Mulberry & an Isabel Marant but I can't afford the actual designer bags I would love. There's just no way I would buy or carry a fake. It would really bother me even if i was the only one who could tell

It's the principle for me.

So I buy other nice mid-range bags from Maje, campomaggi, Polene, Whistles & Ally Capellino ba&sh etc. I'm much happier with a decent leather bag from somewhere like that than a fake Gucci.

I absolutely judge the bag wearer by the rest of the appearance - hair, teeth, jewellery & shoes are indicators & I make a judgement on whether a bag is real or not depending on these.

And for me personally there's no way I could wear a tescos top & carry a gucci bag to an event

Ohh if you don’t mind could you DM me where they are from? Xx

I kind of always assumed that someone getting on a bus with me with Louis Vuitton bag has a fake. I lived in a bit deprived area

You would be absolutely surprised at how many people with money use fake handbags, especially Hermes.
Some are bought in the Middle East, are shown by invitation only. A lot of the women also own the real thing but don’t want to take them out because they are so covetable and therefore attractive to thieves.
They do the same with their watches.

It's interesting hearing people say that essentially if someone doesn't have perfect hair and teeth, then their assumption is that their designer bag must be fake.

My hair has always been the sort to go fluffy at the slightest hint of moisture in the air, no matter how sleek and shiny it looks when I leave the house. Add to that it's gone all peri menopausal, and I've never been much good at styling it anyway, and, well, you get the gist - it looks a bit messy most of the time.

My teeth have always been straight, but have also always been quite yellow, since I was a teenager. I did do a couple of courses of tooth whitening, but the conclusion from my dentist is that my enamel is so (naturally) thin, that it is the inner yellowness showing through and no tooth whitening can fix that. I absolutely refuse to go down the route of veneers (why would I want to file away my perfectly good teeth to have false fronts stuck on?!) because I think they mostly look so fake and like the owner has too many teeth. But my teeth are always spotlessly clean and well cared for 🤷‍♀️

And so probably some PPs would assume my bag is fake. Well, that just goes to show how you can't judge from appearances. It is completely possible to like nice bags and be willing to pay for them, whilst being less fussed about other style/beauty areas.

But anyway. I don't really mind what a random person on the street thinks. I don't buy bags to impress people, I buy them because I like them. And if someone judges me badly and assumes I am carrying a fake - well, that says more about them, than about me.

If I see anyone carrying a bag I think they've spent 1000's of £s on, then to be honest I just think they're a bit of a twat 🤷🏻‍♀️

Money doesn't buy taste.

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

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

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!

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.

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

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,

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

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.