I live in Baltimore, a city FULL of fakes. Personally I'm against them and everytime a girl brags about her fakes (and this happens alot, and its not just bags either), I tell them the same thing... expensive bags are expensive for a reason...status, something special to covet, not to mention workmanship that should last forever. Carrying around a fake anything is just pretending. Its not special, its cheap. Another reason I hate fakes is because I'm a designer and I know how horrified I would be if someone started copying and making money off of something I put my hardwork into designing. Tho that argument never works, the first one at least makes them shut up. In all truth there are so many women out there who don't care real or fake, they just don't get it. They think...this bag is just like the one Nicole Ritchie, or whoever has and I'll be cool like her if I have one and it only cost me $30. alot of people truly believe a fake is just as good as the real thing. You can say whatever you want, sadly it doesn't ever make a difference.