Thursday, August 14, 2008

How To Recognize a Knock-off


You can spend almost as much for a designer handbag as we did for the mortgage on our first home many decades ago. Designer stiletto shoes--$1300. "Sex and the City" effect? Vanity? Too much spending $$$$ ?

I bought a Dolce & Gabbana knockoff a few years ago and people noticed. Didn't use it long before the stitching unraveled. Didn't get many admiring remarks after that, but it was hard for the untrained eye to spot the difference initially.

There is a simple test my sister shared for recognizing a knock-off high priced bag. If the woman is wearing it with a dress from Walmart--probably not the real thing.

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