Who buys A grade Replica bags of high fashion labels?

[jumbosstar]

I was never an advocate for imitation bags or high end fashion labels a la Miu Miu, Prada etc. I absolutely loathed the idea.... but then these days I realised the beauty in those high end fashion label bags. They actually have very nice designs with or without the brand name! I was willing to get a replica without the logo even. It started with Hermes and then I went into the dark side when I fell in love with the Mulberry Bayswater. I realised I won't ever fork out over $1000 just to get a bag. With that money I think I'd rather get myself a new MacBook which is more productive and can be coverted into a cashcow anytime.

But then I realised there are so many replicas of these high end bags and they even have them online nowadays! I thought I had to fly to China to get them but now with the advancement of technology, China is coming to us... A++++ grades and all. So I was surfing and saw so many nice bags from Miu Miu, Prada... all even better than the Bayswater. I'm not referring to those faux leather types. I am referring to genuine leather bags which replicates the orginal right smack down to the care card.

So girls... I just want to hear it from you. How many of you have gone into the dark side? How many of you have actually indulged and succumbed to the temptations of owning a fake... a quality replica of an original bag? Also, which websites do you get them from? Now I wonder... those girls I see on the streets... carrying the Chanels and the Guccis... how many of them are actually genuine? These bags cost thousands of dollars... I bet some are real.... but how many? Let's talk!

[lori456]

I totally agree with you.I would rather buy the replica than the real, coz the real one is unaffordable.

Purchasing a designer replica handbag instead of an authentic one is an option that is becoming more and more popular as replicas become higher quality and just as fashionable as the real things. Replica handbags are so much less expensive than the authentic handbags & Purses; it's possible for many average-income women/men to own several of them.
Designer replica handbags, equally, are items which have been designed with inspiration from authentic designer handbags.

[isnappy]

i rather carry a no brand name bag than to carry a fake. it's not that i'm proud or what, but think about it - why do people want to buy branded stuff? one of the main reasons is to show others that they can afford it and have arrive.

since i can't afford the real thing, it means i don't have the means to afford it. by carrying a fake, i'm just trying to fake it that i can afford it when i can't, so why bother? when deep down inside you knew you can't afford and even if you could but you're not willing to pay for the real thing, what are you trying to say? that being fake is part of you?

the only one item i've bought which was not an original was a fake Calvin Klein watch many years ago because i really like the design and i couldn't find any stores which sells the original. i wore it a couple times but i felt really disgusted and threw it away.

that said, i'm not into the high end bags because i still can't persuade myself to part with thousands of dollars just for a bag. not that i can afford them anyway , but honestly, even if i could, i won't spend so much on a bag. mid-price range bags such as Agnes b., Coach, Burberry Blue, Kate Spade, etc is good enough for me.

[isnappy]

replicias would be inspired copies (as in the designs reminded you of a designer bag, not exact copy of the designer bag) of a best selling designer bag but with its own distinct logo and brand name, ie, not something like Cucci trying to pass off for Gucci right? if that's the case, i'm fine with such bags. some of the cheaper brands have very good variations on designers' bag.

[jumbosstar]

Actually replicas is defined as "a copy that is relatively indistinguishable from the original. " So it means replica = imitation. It will look exactly the same... indistinguishable from the original... but costing a lot less. I was just readin the other thread about who has bfs/hubbies that pay for their branded bags... out came all the LVs, Miu Mius, Pradas... I wonder.... do you girls actually save up your hard earned money every month just to buy these high priced bags? Do you have savings after spending on these luxury goods?

I can afford these bags. So far I have savings... but I won't buy them because they are overpriced and even though the designers did a great job with the design of the bags, the bags are still not worth the hefty price tags. Hence I won't buy the original. I used to have the mentality of... if I can't afford then I won't buy.. I won't even use a fake! But then I have succumed to my temptation... for it is truly the bag's design that I really adore... regardless of the brand! But oh why must they cost so much?! So I relent to getting the replicas. I have not made my purchase yet though... waiting for the USD to drop some more. But I will most definitely get that Miu Miu bag that I really love. The design is truly so beautiful. Even if without the miu miu logo, it still looks so good!

[isnappy]

haha...reading my replies again, i do sound proud and holier than thou, but that's not my intention, ok? not for the previous posts nor my reply below

it's true that designers' bags are really beautiful and cost an arm and a leg, that's why i don't buy them because i don't think it's worth it, but lots of people love them because owning/carrying one of such bags basically tells the world that you're pretty well off and can afford it, liking/loving the design is usually secondary.

to a lot of people, what the main thing that the person carrying the designer bag is saying is “I am rich and I can afford this, can you?” yes, it could jolly well be that you bought the bag because you loved the design, the workmanship and you have good taste, but that’s not what most people will think.

luckily, there're so many inspired copies of designers' bags, and i don’t mind buying these. yes, it's not the designer's bag, it's almost (certainly) a copy, but it's has its own brand and it's affordable.

there're many reasons why i wouldn't want to buy/carry fakes/replicas, but i’ll just list another four. firstly, I don’t feel good because i know it’s a fake i’m carrying. secondly, i don't think well of people who carry fakes (whether they admit it is a fake or not), this is perhaps the most important reason why i won't bother to buy fakes. thirdly, if i’m the designer, i’ll be mightly pissed, please don’t tell me that imitation is the best form of flattery, hell, you’re just robbing me. fourthly, too many fakes cheapen the brand.

anyway, to carry off a designer's bag takes more than just carrying the bag itself. you’ve to be classy/dressy enough to carry it off and/or be of the right social status. i always believe that if you’re rich or you’re in a job earning a high pay, even if you carry a fake, people will think it's an original. if you're not too well off and you're in a job that earns below a certain range, even if you were carrying a real branded bags that costs thousands and thousands of dollars that took you months/years to save for it, people will still think it's a fake.

that said, i hope those who can afford it and wants to carry a designer’s bag, please buy the original.

[faithmonkey]

i don't really like the idea of carrying a fake handbag. Grade A handbags are not exactly that cheap either, if i were to spend the money, i rather go the distance n get the real deal. On the other hand, i absoutely hate paying the full price for genunie bags too, believing them to be ridicously overpriced. Mostly, you are paying for the brand instead of the leather and quality. I often buy my real bags at discounted websites, or when there is a sale. The savings can be pretty big - if you do not insist on having the latest season bags. These days, esp with the internet, i find that i get a way better deal buying my bags online compared to going to the store.

[heavenlyn]

not to mention, these designs are the product of hard work and creativity of the designers/brands. choosing not to buy the authentic and going for replica (no matter how A++++++ they are) is tantamount to disrespecting their hard work and if i may add, it's actually sorta stealing (if you want to go down that route of intellectual property rights). everyone loves beautiful things, and not everyone can afford beautiful things. that's life. if you want something, earn it, work hard for it, or save up for it. that's when the satisfaction comes in

[jumbosstar]

Thanks for your reasons and contributions. I have to admit I agree with all of you. It is indeed robbing the designer or rather the brand of what it is supposed to earn. But in the first place, they are robbing from the people by charging it sky high. But yes I agree it is not right. But what the heck.... I think I'll still get it. The bag is like $2k here. No way I am buying an original. Also, I stumbled upon a local website, someone was hawking the bag at $1,700 and I have a feeling it is a fake but real leather A-grade type. Sadly a lot of people buy it ignorantly thinking it could be real. If buying original, better buy from the boutique. These days the fake looking this real... you don't know which is which online.

Btw you notice the people who answer to this thread are not advocates of buying the expensive bags itself? I wonder where those girls went!!! Who knows.... which of them are actually buying genuine ones?! They can claim they are but who knows?!

[princess12]

i will buy watever bags that r nice...i would only get real branded ones for basic ones. the money can be used to invest.

[princess12]

anyway most ppl who buy the real brands r either super rich, want 'face'or want quality(v little percentage as replicas or other leather brands $200 or less can achieve similar standards)

[leonaheidern]

I was in Zhuhai terminal building in july

Saw a bag I liked simple design looked big and sturdy enough to dump a netbook in.

I only realised it was a grade A imitation of Bottega Venetta when I saw the bag protector.

I'm not into brands especially ladies brands. I'm a female geek. I have to read reviews first before I know what sort of facial wash to use.

If you ask me about Graphics Cards brands and specs I will have a better idea what it does haha.

[morninghugs]

When I think of having to spend couple of hundreds on an AAA replica, I always think, "Why not just top up some more money to get the real one?" I hate the idea of having to spend money even on a fake (if it is free I will gladly take it and prance around in it haha) and would rather not buy the bag if I cannot afford it at all.

That said, I also notice that a number of people buy replicas but do not dare tell people that the bags they own are not the real thing. My colleague did the same thing and she was so afraid people would find out it was a replica. I was like ... Cannot afford then don't buy. Want to buy then either make sure it's the real thing if not you're putting yourself under a lot of societal pressure (in her case, it was more like she was afraid people would point fingers at her and gossip about her), or be frank about it and tell others that it is a replica (nothing wrong what).

[happybean]

i've gotten lost in the discussion. i had thought, when originally reading the title, that it meant what "kinds" of people buy replica bags. To which my response was: regular people buy replicas and regular people also buy genuine. I don't think it's a case of have money or not, have's or have-not's. What bag one carries, i've realised, is oftentimes not an indication of the person's net worth - it could be that really rich people don't have a single brand on their persons, and it could also be that brand-wearers may not have a nice bank account. so, who knows?

[pinkpan]

My friend said she would nv buy replicas but she went China...bought like 20!!! zzz...LOL


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