If you found out your favorite bag was fake, would you still love it and wear it?

[dissyg]

Pick your favorite bag, one you’ve had for months or even years and have carried who knows how many times. Tomorrow you find out it’s fake. Nothing has objectively changed - the bag looks the same, feels the same, has the same quality of materials and construction. But you now know it’s a counterfeit.

Would you still wear it? Would it still be your favorite? If not, what would you do with it?



I’ll start - for my favorite bag it wouldn’t change anything, I’d still love it! But the bag isn’t recognizably brand name - it’s a one off seasonal style from over a decade ago, made by a brand that is known for footwear and not bags, it wasn’t very expensive, and I didn’t pay full retail anyway. I have a couple other bags I’d probably have to get rid of though, because it would make me mad to look at them and know I spent that much money on a fake. Which tells me that lately maybe I’ve been paying more for bags than I think they’re actually worth and I should stop doing that.

Pictured: favorite bag - Sante Fe Clutch by Ugg circa 2010ish.

 

[limom]

I suspect that some of the bags I bought on ebay prior to coming here are fake.
It is too late to get the money back, so yes I wear the bags anyways.

 

[leechiyong]

I'd get rid of it. To me, it's along the lines of finding out it's stolen. As soon as I find out, I go from being an unwitting victim to an active participant if I still carry it. It's not anything with which I'd want to be involved.

 

[indiaink]

I would have such a bad taste in my mouth I'd have to get rid of it. Because it's been found to be fake, it would be destroyed and tossed in the trash, and I'd be darned angry about it. It's like the boyfriend you thought was perfect and found out he was having an affair with three other people.

ETA: Not that I'd destroy the boyfriend and toss him in the trash ...

 

[maris.crane]

I think theoretically I might still wear the bag but I can see it feeling kinda icky and not actually doing it.

 

[lill_canele]

Nope. Goodbye.

 

[Mariapia]

It happened to me twice….When I found out I threw the bags away.

 

[GraffS]

I have suspicions that one of my Birkins might not be quite real… it was a gift from a friend for Xmas couple years ago. But he always gives great gifts but getting a birkin 30 during the pandemic could be quite tough…
So I’m not sure about it.
But I do wear it anyway, it’s my only B30, all others are 35. B30 is a comfy size and I wouldn’t discriminate against the bag simply because of suspicions lol
It’s important who wears the bag not the bag itself.

 

[lenarmc]

I have 2 bags that I think might be fake, but I don’t care enough to find out. I’ve had them far too long and carried them too many times.

 

[Roie55]

it would make me sad as it takes the shine off - i wouldnt use it as much for that reason

 

[keishapie1973]

No, I wouldn’t carry it. I’m not sure what I would do with it though. This fear is why I don’t own any preloved bags.

 

[Christofle]

Donating it and writing "FAKE" with a black sharpie on the interior lining so no one else can get duped.

 

[Swanky]

No, it wouldn’t sit well with me… plenty of others to carry!

 

[dissyg]

Donating it and writing "FAKE" with a black sharpie on the interior lining so no one else can get duped.

I accidentally bought a fake “vintage Coach” and ended up donating it. I just cut out the interior hanging pocket with the fake creed on it, and after that there were no other markings to indicate it was anything other than an anonymous leather bag. Cleaned and conditioned it then gave it to the local women’s shelter thrift store.

If it had been higher quality I might have kept it, but it wasn’t so…

 

[Timeless Classic Chic]

I would have such a bad taste in my mouth I'd have to get rid of it. Because it's been found to be fake, it would be destroyed and tossed in the trash, and I'd be darned angry about it. It's like the boyfriend you thought was perfect and found out he was having an affair with three other people.

ETA: Not that I'd destroy the boyfriend and toss him in the trash ...

I feel the same as you. It would be gone in 60 seconds. I would have so many mixed feelings at the moment, i.e., deceived, taken advantage of, cheated, and the list goes on.