I'm disgusted that state resources are being used to protect the corporate interests of CHANEL and GUCCI. A while back, I was summoned for jury duty and found myself being considered a case against a young Latina with a court translator. She was accused of selling...

r/Repladies come across as arrogant patronizing moderators with a ton of unreasonable rules and a shroud of secrecy. If you were looking for a luxury bag but ran out of credit options, this was the only way to obtain your coveted bag. Now you find your bag on...

Even before the pandemic, the fashion systemhad started to unravel. What happens now that no one has a reason to dress up? It’s difficult, in retrospect, to pinpoint when exactly panic about coronavirus took hold in the United States, but March 12...

PR departments propel myths about designer dupes to create legal confusion, ethical doubt, and a lot of guilt. The luxury industry is fighting hard against counterfeits. By persistently cranking up prices, they create an even bigger demand for accessible designer...

One way to signal one's status is through the products one uses. The possession of a fake designer CHANEL or HERMÈS bag, among others, and counterfeit branded luxury goods constitutes part of the extended self. We measure our worth, consciously or...

Mia*, a 20-something marketing manager with a covetable job at a buzzy New York label, circles the party with her brand new CHANEL bag collecting compliments as she moves along. While the style called the Boy, is fairly common now, it's still an accomplishment to own...

Is Fashion's resale market good for the environment? Companies cashing in on fashion's fast-growing resale market are positioning themselves as a solution to the industry's sustainability problems. But the reality is, the CHANEL fan who sells a used handbag so they...

There are many words for a copy. Replica bags and accessories are called many things, fakes, super fakes, knock offs, duplicates, dupes, forgery, appropriations, clones, remix among others. CHANEL SOHO - Authenticity Guaranteed But how do you call the bag you bought...

The Louis Vuitton condom Here is the winner of The Knockoff Economy contest for the best photo of a knockoff. In fact, we are excited to announce that we have two winners (we had a lot of great entries, but these two jumped out). And, since they kind of...