Earlier this year a co-worker purchased a fake Madison bag for $40 from a street vendor in NYC. She was very talkative about her "great buy" and received a lot of excited and enthusiatic feedback from colleagues.
She wouldn't shut up and I got tired of hearing about it. She seemed impervious to snide comments about my preference for genuine items that have "quality, durability, style, and long-term value!"
I asked the tPFers for help and Superlativity kindly provided the link below to the Harper's Bazaar site on fake fashions. I printed out the NY Times article in the second link and highlighted a few key paragraphs; then I posted the article on the bulletin board in our company lunchroom.
Miraculously it worked (at least for awhile!) She hasn't been carrying her Foach lately and and no one has been talking about terrific fake fashions for some time. Thanks for the assistance!
Harper's Bazaar site on fake fashions:
http://fakesareneverinfashion.com/
NY Times article on the facts behind fake fashions:
http://fakesareneverinfashion.com/content/pdf/fakes_arresting_nytimes2.pdf
She wouldn't shut up and I got tired of hearing about it. She seemed impervious to snide comments about my preference for genuine items that have "quality, durability, style, and long-term value!"
I asked the tPFers for help and Superlativity kindly provided the link below to the Harper's Bazaar site on fake fashions. I printed out the NY Times article in the second link and highlighted a few key paragraphs; then I posted the article on the bulletin board in our company lunchroom.
Miraculously it worked (at least for awhile!) She hasn't been carrying her Foach lately and and no one has been talking about terrific fake fashions for some time. Thanks for the assistance!
Harper's Bazaar site on fake fashions:
http://fakesareneverinfashion.com/
NY Times article on the facts behind fake fashions:
http://fakesareneverinfashion.com/content/pdf/fakes_arresting_nytimes2.pdf