Celebrities carrying fake Balenciagas

here's a potential fake one on nicole ritchie (from TFS).

http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nicole1066gl.jpg

notice the bales...

i started to wonder why celebs would carry fakes and came up with several reasons:
1) most will only use once for whatever paparazzi shot
2) they or their personal assistants buy from ebay since maybe it's a waiting list item and they want to show the public they are one of the firsts to obtain it
3) have so many darn purses that they just don't really care about any particular one all too much

can you think of other reasons?
 
eetee -wow. those are some funky bales! I think sometimes some bags are often confused with the real thing. Like sienna miller's flat brass classique. People often think it's a fake because it has flat studs and it looks nothing like the more recent ones.. but that white classique has some weird bales. :smile: