Would You Buy Fakes??

I was browsing in the web looking for my dream bag - PRADA Medium Nappa Stripe in grey, which was sold out worldwide. Trying my luck to see whether it was on sale by someone who has had enough of it. I found quite a number on sale but to my horror all are not the real one!! What I cannot stand is the seller state the word "AUTHENTIC" on their advertisement.. C'mon who will believe that this so called "authentic" are on sale at 1/8 of the original price! I am not against replica bags. But I really appreciate if those seller would indicate that "these items are replicas with AAA or Super A grades.. bla.. bla.." instead of claiming it was the real deal. And for those people who purchased these and think you have purchased a real one, I pity you.. Fakes are not only ugly, distasteful & unsightly.. most importantly they are ILLEGAL to buy or sell!!

*guess which is the real PRADA?*

Maybe people cannot understand why certain handbags cost a bomb & some are not. The difference between these 2 are, these designers or couture bags are usually handmade & the material used are from the highest grade, the craftmen usually spend quite a number of hours to complete a piece. They have put their heart & soul into their masterpieces and are very proud of them and suddenly these ugly mass produced bags just stormed over and overshadowed these masterpieces. It is very very sad...

Lately I noticed a lot of our local stores sell lookalike designer bags at a very reasonable price which are on par with the quality of the bags. I would buy a lookalike bag rather than the fake one which displayed the designer's name or logo (which are definately not authentic!) at least I know what I buy & confident with the quality of my purchase. No worries!

So the BIG question now is - WOULD YOU BUY FAKES??

It's Not A Bag.. It's A Birkin..

Ever wonder why that Birkin Bag is so damn expensive and the waiting time for one bag is 5 YEARs? Well, according to Ms Pascale Mussard (Co-Artistic Director of Hermes), an Hermes bag is not expensive as it is couture and it costs time to construct every bag and people must acknowledge that time is important. Each bag are made by hand by a single person to ensure quality & personalise of the craftmen. It takes 18 hrs to make an average size Birkin or Kelly and larger size can goes up to 30 hrs per bag. Each craftmen produces an average 5 bags a week and they supply to all 250 Hermes stores around the globe. No wonder the waiting period is 5 years!! So, calling all the readers who owned a Birkin or a Kelly, care to share a picture or two with us?