Andiamo bag knockoff

[Kidzmolar]

So I’ve had these ads pop up on my IG and FB feed about the Bottega Andiamo bag that’s made by a company called x. The bags look 99% identical. So a friend ordered it and I got a chance to look at it first had and dang! Has anyone seen those?

 

[grietje]

And does this friend plan to keep it? I’d let BV know about this. Just send customer service the link of the bag.

 

[Kidzmolar]

That’s what I said!!!! But really….what would Bottega even do?

 

[indiaink]

That’s what I said!!!! But really….what would Bottega even do?

Sue.

 

[V0N1B2]

I hope I don’t sound like I’m ranting, but…
Amazon and AliExpress are chock full of the Pouch and Jodie knockoffs, and have been for almost five years now. And they’re like $60. Bottega ain’t gonna do sh!t about it. You can get a dupe of every bag from every designer - from Hermes to Polene. Nobody has ever done anything about it unless it’s an actual counterfeit. I mean, Steve Madden built an entire business knocking off designer shoes.
I know it’s a very unpopular opinion here on TPF, but I couldn’t care less about knockoffs. You have a genuine BV - great, someone has the same looking bag made from PU or leather - okay. Someone having a knockoff impacts my life how? Seeing someone with a lab created diamond is supposed to make me feel what - anger? resentment? A friend of mine has a chair that looks exactly like an Eames Chair. But it’s not. It was like $1000 instead of $8000. It’s basically a knockoff. My feelings for this friend are unchanged. I don’t think any less of him as a human being for having a chair in the style of Eames, and I certainly wouldn’t have a higher opinion of him if it was real.

 

[texas2015]

If it’s unbranded, that’s a dupe not a knockoff. They aren’t illegal and the market is flowing with dupes in every category of goods

 

[Kidzmolar]

Sue.

I mean….for what? The bag doesn’t say Bottega on it….

 

[indiaink]

I mean….for what? The bag doesn’t say Bottega on it….

You are right. I was thinking of another time when all of this really mattered.

 

[texas2015]

You are right. I was thinking of another time when all of this really mattered.

? Dupes aren’t new? They’ve been around for forever

 

[indiaink]

? Dupes aren’t new? They’ve been around for forever

So have I. I’m not looking for a big discussion, sorry.

 

[jellyv]

Dupes, fakes, knockoffs, counterfeits exist in all premier brands.

 

[Purselover91hov]

Wow. I felt Andiamo has been under the radar so the Chinese factory wouldn’t spent the capital on making dupe/fake but nothing is safe anymore.

 

[texas2015]

Wow. I felt Andiamo has been under the radar so the Chinese factory wouldn’t spent the capital on making dupe/fake but nothing is safe anymore.

There’s an Amazon one that a lot of influencers have been shilling for awhile. It looks cheap imho

 

[Purselover91hov]

There’s an Amazon one that a lot of influencers have been shilling for awhile. It looks cheap imho

Wow!! I must be living under a rock. You’re right. It looks horrible and just doesn’t look like the real one at all.

 

[grietje]

I am sorry if I started something negative. Wasn’t my intention.