How Do You Detect A Designer Knock-Off Handbag?
Designer bags aren’t cheap; they come with an assurance of quality and a certain standard of prestige associated with brand names like Coach, Gucci and Prada. With 2010 designer bag prices ranging from several hundred dollars to several thousand dollars—and waiting lists that can keep you waiting for years to buy a designer It bag—some people turn to illicit knockoff handbags that they can buy in makeshift shops and in vans parked in places like Canal Street. Designer handbags aren’t perfect replicas of the real thing, though, and there are several ways to tell if a handbag is a real or a knockoff. Check the stitching. If it seems uneven, loose or sloppy, the bag is not a designer original. Designers are able to sell their bags for high prices because they do quality work every time. Knockoffs are not as reliable. Find out where the designer has bags made and check the labels on the inside of the suspect bag. Coach, for example, has bags made in China but not in Korea. If there’s a
