December 01, 2005
Chinatown back with 'best fakes in the world' - Post
The quality of the fake designer handbags in Chinatown is tremendously better than it used to be, the Post reports in a story that lays on the John Le Carré and "Thomas Crown Affair" references rather thick.
From the Post: Chinatown, which lost its status on the international shopping map after the NYPD cracked down on the sale of phony designer goods about four years ago, is back as the place to get the best fakes in the world.
Unlike the merchandise being sold at street level these days — shoddy, undesirable copies of high-end handbags — a crafty ring of rip-off merchants appears to have found a way to produce and sell top-notch fakes that is as intricate and spooky as any drug deal. To score the bags, you need to hang around the corner of Canal Street and Broadway, (map,) "with a clueless look on your face." When approached, drop some designed names and make clear you're looking for the good stuff.
Behind a series of locked doors and creepy subterranean sweatshops, the "fakes are absolutely fabulous," according to the Post, whose reporter got her hands on a $355 Louis Vuitton cherry-embossed wrist purse for $20, a classic $1,350 Gucci shoulder bag for $30 and a $1,540 Louis Vuitton travel case for $90.
Earlier: Louis Vuitton sues Chinatown landlord over knockoffs
Designer knockoffs go underground in Chinatown
The perils of bargain shopping on Canal Street
December 1, 2005 09:30 AM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, Shopology
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