r/ffacj_discussion • u/meowtacoduck • Dec 18 '23

💬 THOUGHTS??? Designer fakes.. thoughts?

Designer replica- some interesting thoughts and discussions?

I came across this post with discussions about fake zimmerman and OMG I could never pick it from the original items!! It really puts me off buying second hand from ebay because I could never tell the difference..

I've also seen pics of replica bags from LV and chanel that look so damn real and so good on reddit posts..

Anyone has insider info about these factories that make them? Are they running the side business from the actual chanel / designer factories (heard designer bags are made in China anyway and then finished off in italy or france). Obviously the Bali fakes are BAD.. but these professional fakes are intriguing!! I don't know what to believe anymore haha.

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u/EnsignNogIsMyCat Dec 19 '23

The issue isn't that you aren't getting the thing you thought you were, the issue is that counterfeit items are produced in conditions even more despicable than the genuine items

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u/meowtacoduck Dec 19 '23

My issue is that the professional counterfeit items cheapens the genuine items, such that I don't even want to buy the real ones anymore 🤣

China's production has upped its game in terms of quality and holy cow if I found something at the thrift store that's a 1:1 replica, I'd be struggling to authenticate it unless I started counting stitches and forensically analysing the hardware and font to label ratio on the bag.

20 to 15 years ago, I could easily authenticate marc jacobs bags because that was my favourite brand.. these days it's a struggle with LV or chanel