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Can you tell me what designer bag inspired this black crocodile embossed hobo bag? The real one retails at over $1,000, but this one (pictured above) is just $39.50 at AccessoryBug.com
1. What is the (real) bag and it’s designers’ name?
2. For extra points, can you tell me what are the differences?
It’s a Jimmy Choo bag!
sienna miller
1. Jimmy Choo’s Ramona
2. Oh, I don’t know…the strip-leather enclosure is a bit narrower than the original, and the leather panel under the snap-metal thing’s a bit smaller as well. Although, the differences are so minute that it’s scary…
They have a copy of the Bay bag!
http://accessorybug.com/catalog/brown-designer-inspired-medium-tote-handbag-tote-p-1121.html
My friend bought the (real) Chloe Bay bag in tan, while I bought the Chloe Edith in Tan. I have coveted her Bay bag ever since. I just wish the copies were LEATHER! I would buy one in cream if they were.
Hi Kate,
Don’t buy a fake! I have a Edith and whiskey/dark brown and the Chloe quilted bay in dark brown/burgundy (like Mischa’s). The Bay is just too big for me and then it gets too heavy because I have too much stuff in it… Plus it’s a little shiny urgh.
I’ve reverted back to my Edith now. Am kind of wishing I didn’t buy it!
Really?
My friend complains her Bay is too heave as she loads it up with stuff as well.
On the topic of fakes though – we cannot all afford to buy real versions of all the bags we want. I’m not going to buy a bag because a celebrity is wearing it or because it is a certain label, I buy it because I love the style. This is the case with the Bay bag. So if a good quality knock off (in leather) were to come along, I would buy it. I think the asking prices for designer handbags is a little ridiculous, especially when some of the fakes are just as good in quality as the real deal.
I’m tempted to sell my Bay, I’m a little over it as a bag. I knew I shouldn’t have bought it on a whim. I’ve had a bad run of bags lately – I’ve gotten over my last two (the Bay and the Jimmy Choo I blogged about a month or so ago) too quickly which is never a good thing.
If it was a good quality fake I’d be tempted to have a second look, but I’d be mortified if anyone discovered it wasn’t real.