Brands you won't buy because of counterfeits? - Page 3

Hermes, Vuitton, Montblanc to name a few ...

Polo is definitely a nono.

Anything made in China.

Definitely, along with Burberry, Armani, LV, Gucci, Prada, Versace, Abercrombie, Ralph Lauren, Apple, Zegna, Evisu, Rolex, Coach, Hermes, Dunhill, D&G and CK. Although where I am it's a forgone conclusion that they're all counterfeits and knock-offs. But as long as the price is good and the quality seems to be OK, no one really cares.

There's an old peasant who potters about the local neighbourhood on a ancient rusty tricycle, scavenging bins and rubbish. He was wearing a 'Paul Smith, London' shirt during the summer.
Edited by MikeDT - 11/6/11 at 2:48am

There isn't much out there that isn't faked.

In terms of buying new clothes, I usually buy from Saks, Nordstrom, and other stores within the mall. I'm sure there are fakes at the Nordstrom, but what can you do?

From EBAY/thrift situations, I figure the more obvious the item (i.e., the more logos it has) the lesser the chances of its being real.

There shouldn't be fakes at Nordstrom, an upscale NYC department store.

I think that's what it's down to, anything that shows an obvious designer lux brand. The distinctive LV logo, Chanel's interlocking Cs, Versace's medusa head, Ralph Lauren's polo pony, Burberry's charging knight, etc.

..the charging knight logo seems to be OK, although with this particular garment they seem to have forgotten how to spell 'Burberry'.

There have been fake Brioni suits though, which don't show an obvious logo.

@MikeDT: I'm sure there's a cult out there that loves Chinese fakes! XD

Some of the fakes you've shown us are quite humorous (sometimes I wonder if the fakers are parodying each other's work).

I'm pretty impressed by the sophistication of the Chinese counterfeiters. In addition to making a very good copy (which does come at a cost), there will be a counterfeit box w/ tissue, a fake ribbon, a knockoff paper bag, and a bogus receipt of the victimized merchant's legit shop in Hong Kong or Singapore. This receipt is spot on with the item ID and price, store address and tel number, and all other particulars.

Anything that relies on branding, logos or some unique design (like a Panerai) to convey it's worth. Otherwise, as someone pointed out earlier, the counterfeiters going to have to rely on delivering a quality product to even appear similar to the original. Which is why you don't see Brunello Cucinelli fakes flooding the markets anytime soon.

There's a website called www.engrish.com which is all about chinglish, engrish, singlish and other types of often hilarious faulty English grammar and spelling commonly found in Asia.

A Disney/Mickey Mouse toddler's t-shirt(Made in China).


I think what happened with the 'Bubeuly' Burberry knock-off, they sort of spelled it the way that the Chinese pronounce 'Burberry'. Thing is most people who actually buy and wear this stuff, don't even realise its wrong, as long as it looks nice and has a logo. English words and phrases are often used in glossy magazines, products and adverts, because apparently they look nicer and are more international than Chinese characters. So often they're meaningless chinglish.

Hey this is what I'm going to be sportin...

...turn anyone to stone, only 30 yuan(RMB) as well. HermesMan ain't got nothin' on me.
Edited by MikeDT - 11/6/11 at 5:22am

not being cheap and just buying from the retailer solves this problem.

Here's a couple of Armani gems I spotted during lunchtime at the local mall. I'm sure Giorgio would approve of course.

Anagram.


Do I get a discount because of the missing 'G'?


EDIT:

BTW I just saw this beauty on HermesMan's 'SoHighFashion' blog.

...apparently this one is real though.

"besides from the belt this is my recently acquired polo t from Emporio Armani .Quality isnt that great maybe because it is Made in Turkey , but i really like the design. Great addition to my polo t collection, however I still have many more polo t that i desire."

http://sohighfashion.blogspot.com/
Edited by MikeDT - 11/10/11 at 11:01pm

This has got to be the best blog i have seen so far. This made my day. 

 

 

 

 

This is my all time favourite post..
"The label inside that tells Made in Italy and size . You must be thinking no I did not wear the t-shirt with the label hanging like that when i am outside, i must be hanging the label for the blog shot purposes.."

"Nope you are wrong i actually wear it like this all the time!"

He's totally priceless!!