Would you wear designer fakes?
- I don't see it so narrowly. If the piece is beautiful and the price is fair, I'll buy it.67%
- Never, I find these copies brazen. I would have a bad feeling wearing them.33%
The competition has ended.
Can’t afford expensive designer bags? Here are 9 affordable copies
3.10.2023
Translation: Jessica Johnson-Ferguson
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel, the saying goes. The same goes for bags, it seems. Bad news for designers, great news if your shopping budget’s limited.
Before I show you which 9 bags from our range look suspiciously familiar, I have a question for you:
If you’ve gone for answer number two, you’re probably better off not reading any further than this. My discoveries might make your blood curdle.
After all, copy cats were always kind of uncool. And yet, we’ve probably all been guilty of being just that at some stage. But if you’re an established brand like Gerry Weber or Joop!, copying other established brands like Loewe or Stella McCartney is on a different level to cheating your way to a decent grade in maths. Not that this will stop anyone from doing so. The majority of clothes and accessories sold by mainstream high street stores are, let’s say, inspired by pieces by expensive designers. Is that OK? No. Is it stopping anyone from producing or buying these items? No again.
However, walking this fine line between absolute audacity and generously turning a blind eye, we shouldn’t forget that the masses don’t have the financial means to spend a few hundred or even thousands of francs on a beautifully designed bag. Does this mean they should permanently go without trends, it-pieces or favourite pieces?
The answer to this question is a personal one. If you’re laid back about this and simply enjoy beautiful things, you’re bound to find something here:
Gerry Weber’s version of the Loewe Puzzle Bag
Another Gerry Weber take on Loewe
Suri Frey likes the Jodie Bag by Bottega Veneta
Tamaris goes Céline
Joop! inspired by Stella McCartney
Picard’s inspiration clearly comes from Gucci...
...but sometimes also from Chloé
Malique likes to keep it geometric à la Issey Miyake
Bogner loves Prada
Laura Scholz
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