you know what i think is the real threat here? the designers themselves marketing to kids -- to little girls, such as DB with their tattoo bags (pics of popsicles, bumble bees, etc.), Coach with that overexposed $148 pouchette, and LV with all of the cerises stuff. These kids cant afford that, for the most part. Kids at my middle school did have authentic bags, but I know that my school is very much unlike others in America. The average girl with her Teen Vogue cant afford even the cheapest thing in the mag (maybe some smackers lip balm). So, she buys a fake.. then this continues into adulthood, because, hey, "why pay $500 when I can pay $15?"... and this is their only exposure to "designer" goods... to them, it will never, ever, ever be worth $10,000 (4% of the price of the average American home, or the price of a basic sedan)