What makes you assume someone’s jewelry or handbag is fake?

[Anonymous]

I only buy leather handbags. Do I spend time wondering if other people have real leather handbags? Nope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Louis Vuitton logo just reads fake to me now. I feel sorry for their brand.

+1
Counterfeit goods have ruined LV.

LVMH have ruined LV. When fakes are coming off the assembly line with better stitching than auths, when fifteen year old bags are wearing better than 15 month old ones, it's just not worth going to the boutique SMH.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Particularly in frumpy DC (and I very much count myself as a denizen), I think the people who do care about this stuff might be surprised by how many of us are completely oblivious to all of it.

Love this

+2. Even many of us who can afford it are clueless. I didn't even know what the Goyard tote was until last year. I just assumed it was a vinyl tote from Target.

In all fairness, those Goyard totes look so plasticky and cheap, that no one can blame you.

This made me laugh. Almost as hard as the product description which lists "leather corners" in the materials.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like a person to avoid, OP.

[Anonymous]

I swim in my gold bangles and necklaces. I don’t take them off when walking through metal detectors. I notice when others take them off.

[Anonymous]

I have a few vintage designer bags from a wealthy relative. They are not fake but I'm sure people assume they might be because I'm just a regular suburban person in a MC area.

[Anonymous]

I really don’t care. It never crosses my mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I swim in my gold bangles and necklaces. I don’t take them off when walking through metal detectors. I notice when others take them off.

This thread is about handbags so your post is OT, but you shouldn't wear fine jewelry while swimming either, especially in a chlorinated pool. When I see people swimming in their jewelry, I don't necessarily assume it's real. I assume they aren't aware how bad chlorine is for any kind of jewelry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I swim in my gold bangles and necklaces. I don’t take them off when walking through metal detectors. I notice when others take them off.

This thread is about handbags so your post is OT, but you shouldn't wear fine jewelry while swimming either, especially in a chlorinated pool. When I see people swimming in their jewelry, I don't necessarily assume it's real. I assume they aren't aware how bad chlorine is for any kind of jewelry.

Haha sorry the actual subject DOES mention jewelry even though this went the handbag route. But don't swim in your good jewelry! Especially those beautiful gold bangles or diamond rings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I swim in my gold bangles and necklaces. I don’t take them off when walking through metal detectors. I notice when others take them off.

This thread is about handbags so your post is OT, but you shouldn't wear fine jewelry while swimming either, especially in a chlorinated pool. When I see people swimming in their jewelry, I don't necessarily assume it's real. I assume they aren't aware how bad chlorine is for any kind of jewelry.

Haha sorry the actual subject DOES mention jewelry even though this went the handbag route. But don't swim in your good jewelry! Especially those beautiful gold bangles or diamond rings.

Not my diamond rings but my gold jewelry is just fine. I’ve done it for years and never had a problem.

[Anonymous]

My reaction to anyone with these kind of items is that they are not financially savvy.

[Anonymous]

I generally assume they are all fake. Unless I'm in a genuinely very affluent environment. But mostly I think it's stupid materialistic status signaling, or wanna-be status faking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I swim in my gold bangles and necklaces. I don’t take them off when walking through metal detectors. I notice when others take them off.

This thread is about handbags so your post is OT, but you shouldn't wear fine jewelry while swimming either, especially in a chlorinated pool. When I see people swimming in their jewelry, I don't necessarily assume it's real. I assume they aren't aware how bad chlorine is for any kind of jewelry.

It says jewelry in the post title.

[Anonymous]

At this point I assume that most Birkins are from Canal Street or from that group on Reddit that gets bags from China. They look good, but I've seen more of them lately, and I refuse to believe these folks have $40k for a bag.