where can i find replica handbags
Sep 30th, 2010, 09:58 AM
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This feels like the lounge! Yikes!!!
The OP asked a pretty simple question (and has not returned once the fire storm started, I might note), and a simple answer could have been given. I don't get into the preaching aspect here, sorry. I leave that to others. But I agree that it belongs in the lounge.
I note that the OP said nothing about LV, or any other particular brand for that matter.
Simple answer to the OP: MBK in Bangkok has lots of copy bags with all sorts of names and prices and quality. Super quality bags (and very expensive I might add) can be purchased in some of the more 'hidden out of the way places' at the Silom noon market. Paying $500 for a Chanel is not out of the ordinary. The quality level is up to par with the original! As was suggested by a previous post, maybe they are walking right out of the 'real' factory...
Do I buy copy bags? No... not really interested in them at this point. I admit to having purchased a couple of them when I first started going to Bangkok, 21 trips ago. I have looked at copy bags recently, and usually passed them by. They are plentiful and obviously much in demand as there are always farangs buying them! Hand crafted and unique is more my kind of souvenir at this point. But to answer the OP's question, Bangkok is the place to get them.
The OP asked a pretty simple question (and has not returned once the fire storm started, I might note), and a simple answer could have been given. I don't get into the preaching aspect here, sorry. I leave that to others. But I agree that it belongs in the lounge.
I note that the OP said nothing about LV, or any other particular brand for that matter.
Simple answer to the OP: MBK in Bangkok has lots of copy bags with all sorts of names and prices and quality. Super quality bags (and very expensive I might add) can be purchased in some of the more 'hidden out of the way places' at the Silom noon market. Paying $500 for a Chanel is not out of the ordinary. The quality level is up to par with the original! As was suggested by a previous post, maybe they are walking right out of the 'real' factory...
Do I buy copy bags? No... not really interested in them at this point. I admit to having purchased a couple of them when I first started going to Bangkok, 21 trips ago. I have looked at copy bags recently, and usually passed them by. They are plentiful and obviously much in demand as there are always farangs buying them! Hand crafted and unique is more my kind of souvenir at this point. But to answer the OP's question, Bangkok is the place to get them.
Sep 30th, 2010, 10:07 AM
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Hi Karen... yes, you are right. I've never (knock on wood) had my 3 heavy suitcases opened by customs officials, but I don't have anything they would need/want to confiscate anyway! But you are right, they have a right to look. If you have only one copy item, they will probably just let you pass. But if you have enough that the customs agent gets the impression that you want to sell them... you might be in hot water.
Sep 30th, 2010, 03:04 PM
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I don't think it's a lounge discussion as the OP was asking for shopping advice. Some people are advising her (or him?) to think about not doing this for a number of reasons. Mercck always amuses me. He's mostly on the Lounge and turns every travel post into a Lounge rant.
Anyway, if I can get one person to think about not wasting their money on ripoffs and spending on original and much more beautiful stuff, I'll be happy.
And to Cicerone's point, the one and only spat my husband and I got into on our last Asia trip was over his wanting to buy a fake Rolex in HK. And he has a real one! Men! Go figure...
Anyway, if I can get one person to think about not wasting their money on ripoffs and spending on original and much more beautiful stuff, I'll be happy.
And to Cicerone's point, the one and only spat my husband and I got into on our last Asia trip was over his wanting to buy a fake Rolex in HK. And he has a real one! Men! Go figure...
Sep 30th, 2010, 03:19 PM
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> So are any of these creative new handbag designers in Vietnam? Anyone in particular?
Ipa Nima. Vietnam's first fashion label, specialising in accessories and bags above all, started by a Hong Kong lawyer and former fashion editor of a Hong Kong magazine more than a decade ago. Based in Hanoi; outlets across Asia.
http://www.ipa-nima.com/
Peter N-H
Ipa Nima. Vietnam's first fashion label, specialising in accessories and bags above all, started by a Hong Kong lawyer and former fashion editor of a Hong Kong magazine more than a decade ago. Based in Hanoi; outlets across Asia.
http://www.ipa-nima.com/
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Sep 30th, 2010, 03:29 PM
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Interesting stuff, Peter. It reminds me of some of the hand made bags I've been buying in Bangkok and Chiang Mai the last few years. Similar styles. These are more my style than a copy LV. I will have to look for this Imp-Nima brand when I'm back in Bangkok.
Sep 30th, 2010, 06:05 PM
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Not my style but interesting to know about. So thanks.
<i>Tall and tan and young and lovely,
The girl from Ipanema goes walking,
And when she passes, each one she passes goes - aah
When she walks, she’s like a samba
That swings so cool and sways so gentle
That when she passes, each one she passes goes, ooh
Ooh, but I watch her so sadly,
How can I tell her I love her?
Yes, I would give my heart gladly,
But each day, when she walks to the sea,
She looks straight ahead, not at me
<i>
<i>Tall and tan and young and lovely,
The girl from Ipanema goes walking,
And when she passes, each one she passes goes - aah
When she walks, she’s like a samba
That swings so cool and sways so gentle
That when she passes, each one she passes goes, ooh
Ooh, but I watch her so sadly,
How can I tell her I love her?
Yes, I would give my heart gladly,
But each day, when she walks to the sea,
She looks straight ahead, not at me
<i>
Sep 29th, 2012, 05:14 AM
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OK let me chime in with a few thoughts. Why are the knockoffs so seemingly popular? Well I surmise for a few reasons. 1) The originals are so outragously priced that most people are not able to afford them ( and I say them because I have never met a woman who owns just one purse- seems it is a never ending search for the next one, and the next , etc, etc).
2) A lot (but by no means all) of women (and men are no exception) want them because they confer some sort of status. This applies to the Ralph Loren polo clothing, Nike sneakers, Nordstrom, etc. All of these have their emblems which purportably say to others look at me I'm somebody, I have money, I have good taste, etc.
This is especially true when it comes to a woman's purse- more so than any other item of clothing.
If the designers would market their bags at reasonable prices so that more people could afford them then I suspect that the knockoffs would not be as popular. The designers keep their prices very high ($500 for a purse - really?) so that the masses cannot afford them and thus only the well to do can afford to buy them - thus conferring the "status" again.
I'm not endorsing any position on this issue just sharing what I have observed over the years when it comes to designer goods. By the way I don't own any designer goods fake or real.
2) A lot (but by no means all) of women (and men are no exception) want them because they confer some sort of status. This applies to the Ralph Loren polo clothing, Nike sneakers, Nordstrom, etc. All of these have their emblems which purportably say to others look at me I'm somebody, I have money, I have good taste, etc.
This is especially true when it comes to a woman's purse- more so than any other item of clothing.
If the designers would market their bags at reasonable prices so that more people could afford them then I suspect that the knockoffs would not be as popular. The designers keep their prices very high ($500 for a purse - really?) so that the masses cannot afford them and thus only the well to do can afford to buy them - thus conferring the "status" again.
I'm not endorsing any position on this issue just sharing what I have observed over the years when it comes to designer goods. By the way I don't own any designer goods fake or real.
