before we get to orangina scandulousness, how about some fake fendis?

i would like to preface this post by apologizing to all of my friends who have and love their fake louis vuittons, pradas, fendis, diors, etc. i apologize in advance because i hate counterfeit shit. hate hate hate it. now, this is not to say that you should not use these goods - that is your choice. but i would like to say that if you are going to buy fakes, buy good fakes. fakes that look fake are just fake. with a good fake, you might be able to pass it off as a real one, to the naked eye, of course. but if you wear a fake bag with sweats and greasy hair, its just obvious that it is fake. sorry, i am a bitch when it comes to this stuff.

i either read or heard it somewhere that real louis vuitton bags will never have the logo sewed into a seam. in the three weeks that i have been in paris, i believe that i have seen what i have determined to be real LV bags. real bags look real - the leather is soft and supple looking, almost a bit more worn in than the stiff, plastic fakes (really, what are the fakes made out of? it can't be real leather. again, im a bitch.) i constantly see fake louis bags on the street, in the metro, hanging up in an asian discount store on my block. they are everywhere. do the gypsies i see on the street begging for money really think that they look chic with their big fucking dior scarves wrapped around their necks, fake fendis in tow? it reminds me of a part of the book, 'freakonomics,' where this economist is at a stoplight and sees a man begging for change...he notices that the beggar has headphones that are nicer than he, himself, had ever had. either the beggar was a good thief, got some fake headphones, or is a beggar by day, pimp by night. anyway, my point is, the gypsies shouldn't wear this fake shit to make themselves look rich, cuz they'll get less money. (not that i would imagine they make a real killing with their pseudo-designer goods) wearing fake designer goods while begging for money just seems a bit paradoxical.

now i will get into the ethics of the counterfeit industry. yes, i will agree that paying even $200 for a bag is expensive (i haven't gone that far...yet...it's gotten close), but these luxury brands reach into the thousands for their beautiful bags, shoes, and scarves. these goods are luxury and they are placed at such a high price point because there is a life standard that users of these goods have...they are fucking loaded. they are chic, wealthy, glamorous, or they are just gold-diggers. im not saying that if you are poor, you should not have a pretty bag - but at least make your pretty bag be real, and not some chintzy knock-off. the ethics of this whole deal is that the reason these goods cost so much is advertising. it is certainly not the actual cost of materials, labor, or transportation of goods. hell no. it is the millions of dollars that go into producing beautiful, artsy, scandulous, ridiculous, creative images that go up on billboards and television commercials, and that fill up the glossy pages of conde nast publications. when you buy a fake, your vendor's advertising has already been done and he hasn't contributed one cent to it. now, i am not saying that LVMH (moet hennessy louis vuitton - luxury goods conglomerate - most of your luxury goods (and a lot of booze and champagne - moet et chandon, dom perignon) are controlled under LVMH) is hurting for money and that we all need to run out, buy a $6,000 bag, and begin to feel all warm and fuzzy for supporting our pals over at LVMH. BUT, it just does not seem moral to buy fakes. its like that satc episode where the girls travel out to la and samantha buys a fake fendi, and then she drags carrie down to the valley to buy more (and hell, even then the guy still wants $1,000 for three fakes - i dont care how good they are, fakes should cost about twenty bucks, max), and after carrie looks at them, she just says no, that she would know that they were fake. when you see a bunch of cheap bags in plastic bags in a trunk of some shitty old caddie, they just look cheap. and fake. you may be able to pull of a fake to the outside world, but you will never be able to convince yourself that it is real.

now that i have lost all friends who carry fake bags, i will end my tirade about the fake goods industry.

oh wait, please please please for the love of god do not buy a fucking versace t-shirt. this is a dead give-away. the house of versace does not mass-produce t-shirts. if you do buy one, please put a sweatshirt or something over it if you come visit me. or i will purposely dump a bottle of bright red nail polish on it.

that's all...