China Town- Shopping

[Born2cthelightsofbway]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 9:20am

Hey, my friend and I are going to China Town and she wants to get some Juicy Couture Bags and shirts, does anyone know if they sell those anywhere. The non-real ones I mean, lol. Thanks

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 10:17am

I don't know about shirts but probably bags. Canal street would probably be your best bet.

[angelic1]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 10:35am

Check the little shops on the north side of Canal Street between Lafayette and Broadway. You should find it there.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 11:08am

I went down last Tuesday and NOTHING was for sale. They must have had a bust. It's best on Thurs-Sun. Some small Asian person will probably ask if you are looking for Louis, Prada, Coach? The you can follow them to a nearby building. Some of them have like 3 floors with 6 little one room shops per floor. It's CRAZY. I have only been three times, but I have never seen Juicy bags. That not saying they aren't there. I have only been in three of the warehouses and the last one was tiny. Be careful with the bags. Most of them look very fake. (I have bought two and have never carried them.) I think most of the fun is talking them down from the price they ask for.

[Jane2]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 11:38am

Also be just plain careful. I've been there while a raid was going on. You might not want to be buying a bag at that time. It happens pretty suddenly.

[KelRel]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 11:41am

Can they arrest you for buying one of those bags during a raid?

[zzannahk]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 11:45am

if you want non-designer bags, check out deedlebags.com

LOVE THEM!!

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 12:44pm

I am sure they could. I don't think they do. It's a gamble (usually for bags that look very fake.)

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 12:47pm

I don't know about NYC, but in Venice you could be fined 1000 Euros.

Updated On: 12/21/05 at 12:47 PM

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 1:09pm

Don't buy fake bags from there or anywhere.

It's the epitome of trashiness.

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:15pm

fake bags look terrible. my parents don't even allow me to buy fake things because they say that then my real things seem cheaper.

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:21pm

I'm probably alone here because I don't like designer bags anyway (I think there is more character in nondesigner bags) but if you like the way a Louis Vuitton bag looks does it really matter if its the real deal or if you bought it for 10$? I do own a Coach bag that was a gift, but I carry a big black pleather bag from H&M... it cost 15$ and I love it.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:27pm

Yes, they look different than fakes.

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:28pm

There are tons of ways to tell if they are fake. My sister and I can point out a fake one in seconds.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:34pm

So can I. If you own the real thing, you know when they're fake. The only people that can't tell the difference are those that buy them, then they look like bums on the street.

The point isn't that the fake bags are UGLIER than real bags - they look from afar, virtually the same. The thing is, I wouldn't feel comfortable carrying a fake bag or wallet, because believe it or not - PEOPLE KNOW. You can tell. And you look like a fool.

[TheatreDiva612]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:37pm

It does look really bad when people have fake ones. Prime example, my sister and I both have real Louis Vuittons, and we walked into Target to pick up some medicine, and the lady at the Pharmacy had a really bad fake Louis sitting on the counter, and when we walked up, she eyed ours and immediately put hers behind the desk. I also don't think it's fair when we pay for the real ones, then people carry that sh** around.

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:40pm

Why not? Not everyone can afford a real Louis Vuitton so why shouldn't they be able to own something similiar? I mean, it's awesome if you can get the real thing but if you can't why does it have to be such a fashion crime to own a fake?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:40pm

It's because people want to look "rich." When, in reality, you don't need to be rich to have a nice bag. I'm not rich (and I'm a guy, so I don't carry a bag) but I wanted a LV wallet, so I paid $270 for it. It doesn't mean I'm rich at all - the bag you carry has nothign to do with your financial situation. But, the people who buy the fakes think that it does.

[DramaDork925]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:44pm

I suppose that you are right that everyone can afford these bags but should people have to make sacrifices just to own something designer?

[Billboard Girl]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 2:51pm

I think that fakes are tacky. There's nothing wrong with not wanting or being able to spend hundreds of dollars on a bag, and there are plenty of nice-looking bags that are inexpensive. It's the wanting to look like you spent hundreds of dollars when you didn't that makes having a fake less-than-classy. The same concept can be applied to large, gaudy pieces of costume jewelry.

I own a couple of Coach bags that I bought at outlets. They don't have the trendy logo print, and they weren't cheap, but they look nice and are sturdy and well-made, and that's what really matters to me. I don't want to have to buy a new bag every couple of months because the one I have is now out of style or falling apart.

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 3:00pm

If fakes make people happy, let them be happy. I personally can think of much more entertaining things to do with $500 than spend it on a travel bag, and I couldn't care less what the person next to me on the airplane things of my cheap non-designer bag. But if it makes people feel better that they can trick a few non-observant people into thinking they spent a lot of money on a bag that's really fake, more power to them.

[mabel]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 4:02pm

Ahhh, where's Type_A_Tiff when you need her?!? "Coach bag? Coach bag?!?"

We went on a quest for knock-off bags in October (in the pouring rain) and it was quite possibly the silliest, yet most fun, things we did the entire week she was here in NYC. I could care less about designer bags (I carry a beat up messenger bag that I got on sale for $6 from Gap, or something else equally non-glam) but trying to find a knock-off in Chinatown can be fun. Just have a shopping buddy for when you get whisked off into those random buildings!

[Calvin]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 4:09pm

It's worse in Turkey.

I was in Kusadasi with my mother, and she got scared when some man tried to drag her into his building. She got mad at me afterwards and said I didn't do enough to stop it.

We actually bought a fake LV bag at that time -- not because we wanted to impress anyone, but because we needed a cheap bag quickly to carry some stuff back. I don't think we ever used it again.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 4:12pm

You don't need to buy fakes.

You just have to know where to go to find the good "fell off a truck" merchandise at a deep discount...

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 12/21/05 at 4:29pm

None of those "fell off a truch" merchandise are real...especially LV.