Can you imagine seeing this on the runway? This shopping bag costs $2.00 at El Barrio Market at 1001 South Sixth Avenue and is seen all over downtown Nogales stuffed with inexpensive clothes and toys. Actually, it's seen all over Mexico's marketplaces and are widely used for their durability and low cost.
Now check this out. It's a link to view Louis Vuitton's Spring 2007 ready-to-wear collection on style.com. And what are the stylish models holding? A VERY similar bag, only it's made out of braided leather, has the luggage company's stamp and the costs about 1,000 times more.
I really don't understand fashion sometimes.
The lady behind the counter at El Barrio Market laughed in my face after I told her about the designer bag. "So what, they can't come up with new ideas?" she retorted in Spanish. After a brief conversation about how designer clothes is supposed to make you look more classy and not cheap, we both decided everyone is better off with the two dollar version.
"At least everyone will know it's not a knock-off," she said.
1 comment:
Soon those bags with the big Virgin Mary on them, that you can find on the streets, will be in the new Coach Spring Collection.
I try to think of original things that companies have come out for recently, but all that comes to my head is the Iphone, which isn't even that original to begin with when you think about it. So scratch that.
Skittles.
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