harveydean
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A friend of mine is a multi millionaire, and still buys fake trainers. I can’t understand it!
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Wifo1976
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I love this! I’m going to confess too. So last year I bought a medium Celine basket bag…this year I bought the smaller one with the leather heart motif
it’s much more wearable but I haven’t told anyone because who spends £500 on 2 seasonal bags 
apart from my friends here 
Anyway, I know I have a problem
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I love this! I’m going to confess too. So last year I bought a medium Celine basket bag…this year I bought the smaller one with the leather heart motif
it’s much more wearable but I haven’t told anyone because who spends £500 on 2 seasonal bags apart from my friends here Anyway, I know I have a problem
ATV2021
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cherryblues
Chatty Member
Omg that’s happened to me! Some of my distant relative members always make comments how they would never spend that amount of money on a bag or whatever. They always try to grab my stuff to “look” at it but they aggressively grab it and try to throw it back at me like some salty ass bitchesMy boyfriend’s sister and her best friend are the same. Everything they own is fake and it’s actually embarrassingHis sister will come to our house and ask to see my things and she once threatened to stamp on my Dior trainers when we were out because (I think) she was that jealous they were real
Beverley Macker
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I happily judge people who have fakes for a number of reasons. Fakes are dogshit.
judgejohndeed
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This is such a gorgeous combothis is my stack todaysorry if it’s basic as fuck
and the engagement shoes. I want to be you when I grow up!I’m not that bothered by fakes tbh, they’ve always been around and always will be. But I think that's why it's so important to buy designer stuff you actually like - @ATV2021 does this really well IMO with the more unusual items - and not just 'to have a designer bag' for example. Like I know LV is a bit marmite for this reason but the quality and the detail in real LV really stands out from fakes, and I am still as obsessed with the stuff I have from LV as the day I got them. I was actually on the train the other day with my LV Neverfull opposite a woman who had an extremely obvious fake and it was really amusing because we were both just sitting there eyeing up each other's bags
Is anyone planning an summer accessory purchases atm? I'm hoping this sun stays around so I can get my Orans back out!
hytuhh
Chatty Member
This really reminds me of the normalisation of Van Cleef & Arpels. Not to sound like a pick me but I actually knew of this brand years and years ago as an avid Vogue/ELLE reader and loved the Alhambra collection but obviously £4k+ was well out of my price range. Cut to current day and this brand is as common as a high street chain!? Admittedly a lot are copies but it's become a 'status' symbol like the Cartier Love bracelet and it's just.....idkIdk if this warrants a separate thread - but interested to hear what you guys (especially you @Dizzy !) think about the normalisation of Hermès bags and the relentless content being churned out about them aimed at young women?
They are really sweet, especially the white - buuuuuuuuuuuut (and I hope you guys understand what I'm saying here) that's when I start to go off something. As soon as the likes of Next and M&S start doing "copies" that just kinda kills it dead for me. Absolutely get that loads of people will love it when the high street do their interpretations though and lets face it, who's the fool here - the person who buys a wicker basket for £35 or one who buys for £500?!!
alwaysdreaming
Chatty Member
Wow reading your comments about friends copying and hating is so shocking.My boyfriend’s sister and her best friend are the same. Everything they own is fake and it’s actually embarrassing
I would hit them with their own fakes.
BlairWaldorf86
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Yes! Especially when you can get a lovely bag for <£400 ish from Polene, Dragon diffusion, aspinal etc.
champagnepinkk
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Honestly he’s sent so many pictures of other items but we all know bags are sooooo easy to spot if you know your designer stuff.
He’s also tried to say that everything is sourced from other HN stores, but that is BIG CAP
because HN doesn’t even sell a few of the brands that he’s sent pictures of
He’s also tried to say that everything is sourced from other HN stores, but that is BIG CAP
because HN doesn’t even sell a few of the brands that he’s sent pictures of 
OnlyHereForTheLolz
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I bet it got raided during the night
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I ended up getting this one in Medium. Saved £100 for being a new member plus another £23 through quidco. So feel better for spending the money
Lilly Lou
Active member
Sorry!! That’s was meReally is. Who is the person who got the blue Celine basket first....because I blame them for my obsessionwas it you
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I just can’t believe it. I thought I was being crazy haha, I’m glad other people see it too
alwaysdreaming
Chatty Member
I bought this in Italy in black. It’s an Italian brand. Not designer.I personally really like this one from RI
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I was planning to buy a Loewe basket but I decided I would rather treat myself to a Celine Triomohe bag or Chanel WOC at the end of the year.
Having another baby on the way so felt it was unjustified for a bag I would only use on holidays.
I’ll admire them at a distance and probably regret my decision.
LifeOfMog
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me sat reading this on a building site with my Amazon dupe marc jacobs large tote as I don't want to bring my expensive work bags to site
All jokes aside I do agree - if you can't afford it, why pretend?
curiouserandcuriouser2022
Well-known member
I have a friend who likes to buy fake versions of all the bags I have. It BREAKS me
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Oh I’ve been on there in the past - I used to find it fascinating! Was the forum removed then? I’m not surprised but I wonder what happened to make it be taken down.
This reminds me of a friend of mine too! I have a gorgeous platinum and diamond eternity band that I wear on my first finger. It’s really cool (if I say so myself!!) and I saved up for it for quite a while before taking the plunge and buying it in one of the fancier jewellery shops in the city closest to me. My friend kept admiring it…then took herself off and bought a silver and CZ version, and now wears it on the same finger. FFS! I know imitation is meant to be the sincerest form of flattery, but it just pissed me off. Grr! Your friend buying fakes/dupes of your real bags is equally maddening! How do you cope?!I have a friend who buys so much fake stuff I don’t even know what’s real anymore
Beverley Macker
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Fakes are so skanky.
bananabutter
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This thread is a bad influence, I’ve been eyeing up the green goyard ever since someone posted it the other dayWhy did you share!!! The beige one is so tempting
