crazy!

Wow!

Nuts I tell ya!!!!

Good for them. And people stop buying these things!

Wow- thats crazy!

With all the effort taken in producing those things,the same people could create their own lines and give the high end designers a run for their money.

It's crazy when you go down Canal St. how you get bombarded with people trying to sell you knockoffs. Literally, you can maybe walk 10 ft, if you're lucky, before someone tries to sell you something.

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Some people can't afford the real stuff.

That's awesome! I hope it leads to them cracking down on even more counterfeiters.

haha nice. fake bags are tacky. i never understood that...if you can't afford the real thing you can almost always find a similar style from a more budget friendly brand.

let's crack down on designers prices!!! But oh well.. supply n demand....

great

Buying a fake because you can't afford the real thing is horrible. People should read up on the sweatshops that produce these fakes and all the other horrible things that happen to produce a cheap knock-off. You would be disgusted and shocked. No one should buy fakes.

BTW, I agree with you, amers230.

This isn't just happening in the big, "fashion-forward" cities like NYC. I live in a small, rural town in northern California and a woman who threw countless "purse parties" was recently convicted of selling about $30,000 per month in these counterfeit designer purses. Careful, ladies!!

Finally! It annoy me so much that the Chinatown of New-York sales fake designer stuff and they even sale more then that such as pirating Cd's and videos.. But I don't get it, they sale it every corner of the Canel street but the police can't get them all after all these years? Fake bags and sunglasses are very tacky. If you can't afford the real thing, just don't buy it..

aw no i love china town

The fakes are so bad. They look awful. I don't know why anyone wants to waste money on any of that stuff.

i admit that i hate them selling those fake handbags and etc. but this is how some people make a living because they can't find any real jobs that actually hire them. i feel bad for them for losing their jobs :[

if some people can't afford the real stuff (like me, for example) I buy high quality bags at prices I can afford like by Via Spiga and other brands that don't charge thousands for a bag.

About f.. time! if you can't afford real stuff, you should move on and find cheaper brand that suits you. Real ones are called luxury items-translation: not for everybody..

Good! These bags make me mad. I have a real Louis Vuitton that I saved my money up to buy and I always worry people think its fake. Imitation/Fake =

fake people buy fake items.

oh snap! take that!

i agree with you realbluemoss! there are horrible things going on while producing counterfeit goods. and it's not just about the conditions in sweatshops. just think, everytime you buy a fake purse, a 9-year old girl in china gets sold to a sweatshop, chained to the workstation, and fed only once a day.

I love fakes..totaly do ..bags that are "IN" one day and out the next..deserve to be knocked off

good, i hate knock offs.
every single girl in my school has a fake Chanel and it drives me crazy!!

If you can't afford the real thing, go for the nice quality Italian item...how can people fool themselves into thinking they are rocking the real thing, when they themselves no it a fake? Quality over quantity, these high end brands last a long time and if you buy the classic signature piece it never goes out of style.

lol Know not no

I don't know about everyone else on this site but i personally don't have a 1,000 + dollars to blow on a purse. I think that the fakes that are made with quality materials are nice. Just as long as the vendor isn't lying to pass them off as real. Usually the big difference between designer and target is quality. Designer pieces last longer but i think there's nothing wrong with having style on a budget. If you mix some real and fake designer clothes who's to say whats real or not?

Also, Nike, a large name brand company, has been caught for using sweat shop production as well. If you think it's only the cheap companies that do it you're wrong. Every company is just in it for the money.

Good I can't stand it when people wear fake bags. It's an insult. There's nothing fashionable in wearing Fakes.

FINALLY!!!! I hate these bags, could you be anymore un-original?? You can't possibly be truly into fashion if you crave these... I'll take a genuine bag by Nine West over those cheesy things anyday. Come to think of it, I'm sooo over the real ones too... if I'm gonna splurge a little, it's going to be on an Elliot Lucca... HOLD THE LOGOS!

What kills me is that most of the comments are saying that it is bad but I gurantee most if not half of you folks have purchased a fake bag. I have seen this place during the holidays, it is crazy crowded with people wanting to buy their "counterfeit" items.

Good! I hate knock offs!

well, mcollazo, you can rest assure that there has never EVER been a fake in my closet and never will be. People need to be more aware of how companies treat their workers and how products are made.

It's illegal to sell counterfeits... Is it death to capitalism?

I accidentally bought a fake Chloe Silverado a few years back... it was so hot off the presses that I hadn't even seen the Chloe one. I came across this one and it had no Chloe branding, inside or out, so I just thought it was a beautiful, soft, slouchy bag in gorgeous leather, and I loved it!

A week later I'm flicking through Elle and I see Kirsten Dunst clutching my bag and Elle pronouncing it the it next season's it bag!! It was very depressing... I continued to use it because I loved it so much, but anytime anyone complimented me on it I just felt like a huge fraud because I knew what they were actually saying was "Oh, I love your CHOLE bag" and I knew that wasn't what it was!

Oh and incidentally, DreaAST, you're probably right to assume that people think your bag is fake. I can't help but think that about every designer bag I see... particularly LV and Chanel.

i agree. fake people buy fake bags. does anybody actually like those fake coach bags that have misshaped c's? no, they're hideous, and the only people who buy them are idiots. they are trying to look like they have money when it's even more obvious they don't. it's fine if you don't have the money, but go to target or somewhere and get a bag that isn't a knockoff. there are a ton of cute, cheap bags!

i also agree with atrambo. i'm over logos. they're tacky and show-offy.

sorry about the rant, i live in the midwest and i see a ton of fakes everyday. huge pet peeve of mine.

Well I've had a few fakes in the past and I have absolutely no problem with admitting to people that they are fake. They are extremely good copies and I love the fact that they cost me next to nothing!

Oh and for those that say it promotes sweatshops I hope you don't shop at Walmart, Nike or Disney........

... or Gap, or Topshop, or practically any low to mid-range retailer, and a few high-end, I'm sure.

All the people making "fake people buy fake bags" comments need to get off their high horses, seriously! When Fab first posted about the US government trying to bring in legislation to prevent high street retailers copying designers, the overwhelming majority of the comments were against such a move, saying things like, oh but how are those us on regular incomes supposed to look fashionable if we can't afford the real thing. A knock off is a knock off, whether it's a fake Chanel bag or a Forever 21 REPLICA of a Gucci dress.

You can't pick and choose when it's ok and when it's not...

Good. I wish they would start ticketing or arresting people that PURCHASE fake bags too.

It's commonly known that these bags are made in sweatshops often using child labor.

I don't understand why people would buy the fakes. To look like you have money? Well, people can tell by the quality of your clothes and shoes you're wearing, the haircut/hair color that you have whether you have money or not. It never just comes down to a handbag. There's nothing sadder than a person dressed in low end clothes toting around a huge Chanel bag. Yeah, right.

the ones from that area are generally bad quality anyway, theyll charge you 100$ for a bag that is only worth maybe 5$, when you could easily spend that $100 on a good quality bag, just without the logo.

its also funny how girls will claim their chanel or lv bag is real, when you can clearly tell by the ripped seams, fake leather, and glued on/misshaped logos that its a fake. it kind of sucks that most people cant tell though, and those of us with real designer things get accused of having knockoffs.

thank you, gruaig_rua and Kiki tee!

i'll admit full well that i don't have four hundred dollars to spend on a bag. i certainly have four hundred dollars to spend on a car payment, rent, or investment for my future, but i'm not going to waste my money on a bag for the logos.

Ill! I know folks who have conterfeit bags. I purchased two authentic bags. I saved for my bags. I'm not rich, but I felt like I was when I got my bag.

whatever, you all must realize the only reason why there are fakes of these brands is because each of these brands use sweatshops to make their products. Good for the people selling these fake items. I am proud to say I own a few fake northface items and spent the money on them instead of giving the money to the corporation who sell it items for ridiculous prices and pays its factory workers 3 dollars a week.