Here is the first of my two stories from my trip for this blog. It’s late, yes.

My friend took me to a sort of flea mall, called “Festival Flea Market.” It’s supposed to be somewhat nicer than a usual flea market.

I wanted to look at the handbags. And it was an adventure. There was only one original brand shop for handbags, but every few feet, there was another shop filled with knockoffs. Really good looking, but not feeling, Fendi. Really, really bad Coach. Mixtures of two designers. And lots of the same replica Marc Jacobs Stam and similar bags that one even sees at cheap stores at any mall in Massachusetts (we don’t get the fakes abounding like in Florida).

There was no talk (other than from my mouth informing my friends) of what designer these bags were molded after. An Asian woman came up to me (looking at a “Spy”) and told me “$35.” I fear for the unsuspecting public. Most women in the mall carried bags that were far from designer, whether they be fake or not. (I had my teal Coach satchel the whole trip.)

I really wanted to take pictures of the sea of fakes. I also would like to take shots of a few individual bags for education. But I didn’t feel it would be polite.

Have you seen such a thing? What is the level of “inspired” bags in your area? Do you have booths in the middle of your mall aisles?

And what do you think of this?

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