Sunday, February 17, 2008

Fakes

Carrying a Fake Purse makes you Faux-Fabulous
This is a serious subject about something terrible that's going on in the world everyday. The purchasing of knock off purses and sunglasses. Ok, you think I'm being shallow but it's really not good and it needs to stop. If you can't afford the real thing don't stoop so low as to buy an imitation of it. People can tell that it's a knock off. If you're walking down the street in running shoes and an old navy t-shirt and you're carrying a supposive Louis Vuitton purse, pleeeease, people aren't dumb, they know its fake. For the same price as that tacky fake purse you could go to Guess and get an amazing, fairly good quility purse. And the fake is so cheaply made they'll fall apart very quickly.
If you really want a high end purse or sunglasses but can't afford the store price go on Ebay. They have tons of authentic purses for half the price. Sure you'll still be paying alot for it but nowhere near as much as in the store. A couple weeks ago I bought an authentic Mark Jacobs purse from e-bay for $100, shipping included. Thats not so bad considering you spend that much on a Guess purse, and about that much on a knock off.
A good reason why you should buy the authentic version is because a Real chanel, gucci, louis..ect purse will never go out of style. And it's made with top of the line quility so you really can have it forever. It will never fall apart. An authentic purse bought in a store can cost between $500- thousands of dollars. But think if you spend $700 on a purse, you'll have it and use it forever and feel absolutely fabulous carrying it.


Why it's Wrong to Buy Fake:
Not only is carrying a fake tacky and tasteless it is ILLEGAL. It affects the economy and increases the price CONSIDERABLY on authentic goods. Also who do you think makes these low quility bags? Little children do, in sweat shops. And these children are often beaten when they make a mistake or don't produce them fast enough. Counterfeiting also funds terrorism. So if you want to support sweat shops and terrorism so you can walk around with your faux-fab knock off, go ahead but I would much rather max out my visa on the real thing.
Lets take a look at the real vs the fake: Can u spot the Fake??






So the real ones were on the Left and the Tacky little Fakes were on the Right.
Let's talk a second about Fake sunglasses. This is what inspired me to write this blog on knock offs. Today I was having a bad day and feeling sad so I went to the mall. I needed to do something to make me happy. So I went into the closes sunglass shop and bought a pair of gorgegous Chanel sun glasses. Could I afford them? No I couldn't but that's why I have a visa card. And those sunglasses suuure made me happy. But the thing is, is the pair I really wanted, that really looked the best on me looked like the knock off Chanel's I've seen. I wasn't going to pay $500 for people to think they're knock offs so I didn't get them and got a pair that really looked authentic. If there was no such thing as knock off's I could have got the pair I really wanted.

When I got home I google searched my sunglasses cause I wanted a picture of them. And this what came up:

This lady had this picture of herself and beside it, it said "here's my Fake $20 Chanel glasses". These look exactly like the glasses I wanted but didn't get, cause there's too many fakes that look like them. These look just like the real ones! That's not fair! I spent money I don't have to buy the real thing and people like this are spending $20 for something that looks the same. That's just not right. Do you feel fabulous in your fake sunglasses?! I hope you sit on them and they break! Because if mine break I have a warrent. Anyways, designers spend alot of money on advertising, marketing, the wonderful fashion shows, and the top notch quility of there products. It's not fair to them to be ripping them off this way. Point is, if you can't afford the real thing buy your sunglasses from Urban Behaviour or do what I do, and max out your visa.
These are the one's I bought but mine are black.


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If you've bought a purse from somewhere that looks like the pic below it's fake. If you buy a supposive authentic purse from a variety store, a street vendor, a sleezy store, ITS FAKE. If it didn't cost you hundreds- thousands of dollars, ITS FAKE. And if you do buy fake at least don't tell people it's real. Thats as annoying as people with clearly fake boobs who try to tell people they're real. But just pleeeease don't buy knock off at all, k.

2 comments:

icon said...

I can honestly say that I’ve never purchased any fake items and I've spent large on designer materials. I look in my closet and I'm not happy about it anymore...I think to myself "could have went to Cuba for two weeks if I didn't buy that shirt"...I could have a huge down payment for a house if I counted whats in my closet alone. So what’s smarter really? Buy a fake and go on a trip for a week or buy real and look at it for a week?
Never go out of style?? Are you kidding me? I wouldn’t be caught dead carry around my old Louis Vuitton multicoloured Speedy 30 or my Chanel Ligne Cambon bucket Bag…so outta style, I’d feel uncomfortable wearing them.
I really don’t know why I’m supporting fake because I wouldn’t be caught dead with a fake…I wouldn’t even give a fake as a gift but at the same time I hate supporting real because they’re way over priced.
If you look good and feel good that’s all that matters, however I do agree that rather than the fake go to an Aldo or H&M and get a nice bag that you’ll enjoy now and not break the bank when you know a year from now it’ll be garbage.
Aldo is my favourite for bags these days.

Michelle said...

Yeah I do that same thing when I look at my closet. I should have a down payment on a house instead of clothes and shoes. That would have been much smarter. But I've never been smart with money.
I should have elaborated when talking about a real couture bag never going out of style. What I meant was buying a classic bag. For example a Grace Kelly bag by Hermes is a classic that will never go out of style. Or a simple Chanel style. Ebay has alot of vintage or simple styles that will always look fabulous