I vote #1. I looooooooove the satchels. The leather is just so rich looking and feeling. If #4 was in another color, I'd go with that though. One of my friends has that bag in black signature and it's so ridiculously hot looking. I'm not a fan of the optic print except in very select items. The blue optic wallet for example is lovely.
I think what Whitney is saying about fakes is that since the optic print is faked so often, even authentic optic bags sometimes are confused for fakes. I'm terrible at spotting optic fakes unless they're unbelievably terrible. And since it's the general concensus around here that fakes are both wrong and ugly, even real bags that could be confused for fakes are probably not the best options.
I think what Whitney is saying about fakes is that since the optic print is faked so often, even authentic optic bags sometimes are confused for fakes. I'm terrible at spotting optic fakes unless they're unbelievably terrible. And since it's the general concensus around here that fakes are both wrong and ugly, even real bags that could be confused for fakes are probably not the best options.