apcretul

Hi,

In addition to great dining, shows, and sightseeing, of course our trip to NY will have to include major shopping. One of the things I'd like to find is a Kate Spade purse -- a fake one.

Does anyone know where I can find good (and cheap) Kate Spade knock-off purses in NYC when I'm there this summer? Will be staying in Times Square. I once heard Canal St. and Broadway. Is this true? What streets is Canal close to? Are there other places?

Thanks

rqf

Whenever you see street vendors selling purses there is a good chance they will be selling Kate Spade knock offs. Canal street is as good a place as any for all kinds of knock offs. Don't have names of any specific places but Canal Street is easy to get to from Times Square. Take an N or R train from the Times Square station and get off at Canal Street. When there you could visit both Chinatown and Little Italy. Canal is dividing line between both - Chinatown is south of Canal; Little Italy is north. Mulberry St is main street in Little Italy; Mott St in Chinatown. I have a list of more than 100 sights in NYC divided into areas. If interested e-mail me and I will send you a copy.

me

they are all over the place. you can even bargain a little , especially if noone else is around. The best deals a probably on canal street near broadway but you can find them almost anywhere now. Canal is not near times sq, although you can take the r, n, 1 or 9 subway from times sq to canal st. it owuld take maybe 10 min. Canal is downtown, a little north of chambers st (city hall) and south of soho.

Olive Oyl

Get one on EBay before you go and arrive chic. Do a search under "Kate Spade" and it'll turn up plenty, not all fakes, either. A friend got one for $10 and it looks great. Me? I'm a sucker for full retail.....lt;

Audrey

They were selling them on Madison Avenue last month when I was there, on just about every corner. Prices varied; labels were half-on; but people were buying them.

Owen O'Neill

The Canal and Broadway area is the place where you'll most consistently find knock-offs but you might check 33rd street at the corner of Broadway next to the Manhattan Mall and also on 34th by the corner of 8th Ave. Broadway in the stretch from 28th -33rd also (sometimes) has knock-off vendors.

Howard

I assume that you probably don't care that it is against the law to sell these bogus items.

cheri

It SHOULD be against the law to sell the genuine article for $ 300 a pop! My friend got a great knock-off in Chinatown for $ 30.00. The label was even sewn on and when she put it next to a real one I swear you couldn't tell the difference!

gb

rfge could you email me that list. Thanks

Howard

Look at the this way, Cheri, if the original only cost $30, you probably wouldn't want it in the first place!

Ross

I like that one, Howard!!!

A true New Yorker with a GREAT sense of humor!!!

Welcome to New York!!!

Ross.

cheri

You know what, I don't even want an original let alone a fake! Like I said, my friend bought one and all my other friends own the real ones. I think they're all nuts!

Howard

Thank you, Ross. I appreciate the compliment.
I'm just trying to add a dose of reality to this theater of the absurb. Think about it: People are asking publicly for information on supporting criminal activity, i.e., where to buy illegally produced merchandise, for which the manufacturers can be fined and/or sent to jail!
PS: One of the fun sights of the NY street scene is to watch these sellers of illegal merchandise scattering when the police show up.
PPS: If you like the Kate Spade Knock-Offs, you'll love the ersatz designer watches you can pick up for $10-20. They're guaranteed to work until you get back to you hotel.

Matt

You can't throw a rock in Manhattan without hitting a fake Kate Spade bag. But if you do happen to miss, that rock will probably land in a garbage bag full of fake Oakley sunglasses.

L

Perhaps it's time for the man's equivalent ... bag by Spade (Sam). Remember where you heard it first. This breakthrough could mean early easy street ... wow! Ciao

rqfe

TO: GB

Tried to send you list as requested.
Sent it to
[email protected]

It was returned as "undeliverable"

Caitlin

Oh, L, you'll have to look elsewhere for your retirement fund--you've been beat. Kate Spade's husband has already started a line of bags for men called Jack Spade (though his name's Andy; he's brother of the whiny, annoying David Spade). Well, maybe you could make a small nest egg manufacturinf *fake* ones...

Miriam

Hello,

sorry for my ignorance, I`m not from the States. Who`s Kate Spade and in which style are those purses? Never heard of them in Europe. I`m just curious and don`t intend to buy fake products. I thought Howard made a good point.

Miriam

jhm

Kate Spade bags are the hip and trendy bags of choice -- very popular in NY, little rectangular black label that says "kate spade new york." The bags are in the same style vein as the smaller Herve Chappelier bags -- sometimes vinyl, sometimes cloth, sometimes synthetic leather, either black or in bright colors, meant to be worn (obviously) with the label facing outwards.

I live in NY and only know one person who has a real one; everyone else's are fake. I will not name names so that they don't get arrested (kidding). I also sometimes wonder if the ones with sewn on labels that you buy on the street aren't 'real' ones that have somehow evaded Bergdorf's and made their way onto the sidewalk...

annK

Another area to buy bags is in the midtown area off Broadway in the upper 20's, lots of stores that are wholesale only, but you can buy in there as well. I saw a couple of great bags there last night. Also jewelry in that area for good prices.

Enjoy your trip to the city.