Has anyone noticed how many Julian backpack copies are around lately?

[kittykittycatcat]

Forever 21:

Urban Outfitters:

Seeing so many exact copies really kind of puts me off splurging on the real thing!

 

[soramillay]

Wow, those are some really close copies of the Julian.

I don't really want to defend fast fashion copies, but I actually got interested in RM because of a Forever21 dupe of a mini 5-zip. Once I started collecting RM and got hooked on the leather, I could never go back to the cheap faux leather copies.

 

[JennyErin]

I saw one at winners by another brand, but I can't remember which one, I was not impressed, even copied right down the hardware

 

[applecidered]

Wow that's surreal, but fairly common, especially other brands like I saw some crazy similar Balenciaga copies at Last Call.

 

[thedseer]

I thought I saw a Julian in the wild recently, but now I'm wondering if it was a lookalike. It's crazy how these companies really have no shame in making such close copies.

 

[Ms.Library]

I am tempted to buy one of these. I'm thinking a backpack purse would be good to have for vacations, but I don't think I would use one everyday. I love the look of the Julian but don't know if I would get enough use out of it to justify the price.

 

[lcaddict]

I am tempted to buy one of these. I'm thinking a backpack purse would be good to have for vacations, but I don't think I would use one everyday. I love the look of the Julian but don't know if I would get enough use out of it to justify the price.

I just returned a Julian backpack. The straps are too thick and hard so I only carried it on one shoulder. It's not that convenient even on vacation. I prefer the Longchamp bags for vacation.

 

[Ariadne_Elise]

Yes! I've seen this one more than once at TJ Maxx and been drawn to check it out, but it's not RM. The brand name is 'Luis' or something like that.

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