The counterfeit industry has long been a subculture of fashion, from Canal Street knock-offs to “inspired by” dupes, perfect and pristine replicas to NFTs; it’s a subject I have tackled here on PurseBlog more than once. With the rise of social media, however, the market for this industry substrate has grown exponentially and become increasingly visible. Articles like the now-infamous one published by The Cut highlighting the Fake-Hermès Ladies of Reddit have only made the issue more visible, while possibly attempting to blur the line of what’s acceptable.
This year, seemingly out of nowhere came The Fake Birkin Slayer, an Instagram account dedicated to calling out the high-visibility social media stars who ostensibly have it all, but in fact are posing for likes with fake Hermès bags. With a barebones Instagram profile bearing a sole post (a drawing of a Birkin set as bait for a rudimentary trap) and a link to Alastair Gray’s TED Talk, How Fake Handbags Fund Terrorism and Organized Crime, “The Slayer” collects all the receipts and posts them in their stories (the better to encourage obsessive check-ins from their loyal and scandalized devotees). In just over a month, @TheFakeBirkinSlayer has amassed over 137,000 followers.
Never punching down, The Slayer doesn’t call out your great aunt who doesn’t know a Kelly from a Constance but loves that little lock and key. The accounts that raise The Slayer’s ire are those who are selling an illusion of money (with possessions), or popularity (with bought followers) or clout (with photos at exclusive events or places).
As a matter of practicality and, unfortunately, security, The Slayer has chosen to remain anonymous; this adds, of course, to all of the mystery, but it also gives them the power of the collective: The Slayer could be any of us, and The Slayer could be all of us.
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An Interview with @TheFakeBirkinSlayer
Are you a single person or a group?
We are a small group.
Why did you start this account?
Our team was tired of seeing fakes every time we opened Instagram. We were tired of being bombarded every day with sponsored ads and messages from counterfeiters. We were appalled by counterfeiters who harassed and berated us when we told them their bag was fake and wanted us to leave them alone to sell their fakes to unsuspecting buyers. We were frustrated that Instagram did absolutely nothing when these issues were reported. Also, we were tired of seeing more and more people justify getting fake bags.
So, it was two sides of the problem: we had had enough of both seeing people getting scammed with counterfeit bags, and also watching people happily give money to criminals in order to portray a false reality that may influence others, including young viewers, to place material goods over character and honesty.
Those who knowingly purchase counterfeit items, even unintentionally, promote crime, period. These counterfeit purchases also damage a brand that has earned its distinction through decades of creative design, financial risk and hard work. The Slayer wants to see this assault end.
Did you expect your page to go viral so quickly?
No. Definitely not!
Are you confident in your knowledge and are you ever scared that you are wrong?
Yes we are confident, as we have a team that very carefully reviews each photo before posting. No, we are not scared as the truth should not make anyone afraid.
How do you know if a bag is fake just by looking at the pictures?
For many of the posts, it doesn’t take an expert to see that the bag is a fake. Notwithstanding that, we still have our team and numerous eyes review each photo prior to posting.
How can you tell the difference between a fake bag and a real bag if they’re distorted due to filters or Photoshop?
We have seen many socialites, celebrities, and influencers Photoshop themselves skinny and make their bags look awfully fake. Because there are a number of us looking, we collectively are able to distinguish the difference, as distortion doesn’t affect every element of a bag.
Are you given leads?
Yes, the work we are doing wouldn’t be possible without those around the world who share our same concerns sending us tips and inside information, evidence, and in some cases, proof of the person’s knowing partnership or purchase from a counterfeiter.
Did you know exactly where the fake bags come from?
Yes, we do.
Why do you think people buy fakes?
We do not know, as this is a question better asked of those who buy them. We have been told that there are many reasons, including insecurity, the inability to afford authentic bags and vanity, all of which has been enhanced by social media.
What do you think has made fakes so much more prevalent lately?
Social media and publications that glorify counterfeiters and their customers.
How often do you think people are unknowingly sold a fake bag?
If we had to guess: every single day, at least.
Do the people you expose ever respond to you or DM you?
Yes, some of them do. Those conversations are quite interesting.
What do people usually do when you post them on your stories? Do they send anything to prove the bags are real?
Most of the people say nothing to us. Those who are upset tend to delete their post, block us or threaten us. In one bizarre case, a person tried to convince us that we must be mistaken and sent us pictures they had altered.
Have you received any threats because you expose those who use fakes?
Absolutely. The vast majority of people who have been featured are gracious and some have even been very kind and apologetic. There are, however, a few who go quite crazy and make a lot of threats or have their friends and followers send threats. Those accounts get reported to law enforcement.
Do you ever tell people that their bag is fake?
In real life, yes.
Who has most surprised you by carrying a fake?
We do not know or recognize 99% of the people we post.
Why do ads for counterfeits appear right after looking at your stories?
You can thank the Instagram algorithms for that.
Is the industry, in general, doing enough to raise awareness of the prevalence of fakes and the harms caused by their production?
We do not believe so.
What role should social media companies have in counteracting the promotion and increased visibility of fake products?
Social media companies should take action worldwide (and not only in countries where they are required to do so by law) to ban the sale and advertising of counterfeit items on their platforms. More than half of our followers have reported falling victim to counterfeit items sold via Instagram.
Do you think Hermès has lost its luster with so many people seeming to carry its wares?
To us, it definitely has not. We know that the vast majority of the bags we see in the wild are imitations, which are the highest form of flattery. Owning authentic Hermès items is still like being part of an exclusive club; it is, however, a club that needs a pretty solid guard always present and watching.
Are there any resellers you would feel comfortable buying from?
We can only recommend buying from Hermès boutiques directly.
Do you personally own any Birkins or Kellys?
Yes, each person on our team owns Birkins and Kellys purchased directly from Hermès boutiques.
How does someone get a real Birkin?
Shop in the boutique, only buying what you love and what you can afford without any debt. Express your interest in acquiring a bag, and be patient; understand that getting a real Birkin is not easy, and it is not a fast fashion, instant gratification type of purchase. Being patient and kind towards your Sales Associate is absolutely necessary.
What do you think the punishment should be for selling/buying fakes?
We defer to and respect the laws of each jurisdiction where counterfeit crimes take place.
Are you afraid that you could face legal issues for exposing people?
No. The truth is an absolute defense to any defamation or libel lawsuit; however, we do not defame people. We simply ask: “where did you get that bag?” People who are featured can always respond with a proof of purchase from Hermès or other form of genuine authentication.
What responsibility do you think individual brands like Hermès have to impede the proliferation and popularity of counterfeit items? Are they doing enough?
Hermès is doing everything that it should be doing to protect its intellectual property and protect consumers. Currently, shutting down the counterfeiters is like playing “Whack-A-Mole”; as soon as one is removed from social media, another one pops up. This is where there needs to be mass media attention and possibly even government-led intervention to get the social media platforms to act and protect their users.
Is there anything else you’d like to share?
We think that it’s a much bigger flex to donate to charities and orphanages that fight against human trafficking and child labor. We are hoping to see those who we have posted with counterfeit bags choose to instead share stories and posts that empathize with those who are victims of this terrible black-market industry. Instead of simply flaunting on social media, they could then have a positive influence on all of the followers that have helped give them a platform and create both increased awareness of this problem and those who suffer due to it.
featured image via @skaijackson carrying a Sonique Saturday bag
Even thought I agree with the anti-counterfeit message of this “team,” I’m extremely bothered by the fact that they’ve chosen to remain anonymous and their tactic is to publicly bully other IG users. (Whether or not the bullying is “deserved,” it’s still bullying!) I will often click on the posts in their stories, and followers will flock to the called-out person’s account calling them fake and otherwise bullying them. That behavior is not OK. As I said, I agree with this person/team’s point of view, but they are going about it in a very negative & toxic manner, and their insistence on not having any public identity strip them of all credibility.
oh come ON, enough with the performative sympathy. you have a public platform? be prepared to face criticism if you do something questionable. posting a fake bag? be prepared to be called out on it! stop infantilising grown ass people that make CHOICES and need to face the consequences.
You have to remember that the counterfeit industry is run by criminal gangs. If you act in a manner that impedes criminal gangs activities, they respond with violence. Being anonymous is essential.
Do you own counterfeit bags or items?
Asking where the bag is from is not bullying. Why should big public accounts get a free pass to lie to everyone publicly and profit off it?
Well said!
I agree with you
Why is it negative to call out fakers ?
It’s fine to be against replicas, but the Birkin Slayer team is an embarrassment to women. The sheer misogyny is heartbreaking and in my opinion makes the team and anyone who supports the account lose credibility.
It’s also not true that they only target accounts who sell an illusion of money, popularity and clout. They openly doxxed a Reddit user with only 2000 followers on Instagram.
I don’t know how you can liken using fake bags with a person’s bodily autonomy? And let’s not forget the fact that there are medical reasons someone would need plastic surgery, or as you put it “fake body parts”.
Frankly speaking, it’s disgusting and these people do not deserve respect.
Absolutely disgusting to target people who are not trying to scam/sell and swindle people (that’s completely wrong) and not trying to be an “influencer” but just sharing their life with others and enjoying that life. You never know how a person might be struggling and what something like that could do to them- the BK slayer needs to find happiness in their own life because it just seems like they are a miserable person who’s money truly can’t buy them happiness so they shit on other people that in their mind shouldn’t have, or look to have the luxuries only they can afford. Grow up, find joy and touch some grass.
Extra hypocritical since the authors entire personality is based around her fake neon pink hair.
And her face is so filled with botox her expressions are non existent.
It’s just bad facetuning on her insta photos.
Whoever started this birkenslayer blog needs a life. That’s all you and your cronies do is go on Instagram, sleuth through multiple pics of people to see if they are using a fake bag and then call them out? Why do you care so much and I don’t want to hear shit about funding terrorists. If you can afford it and your shit is real why do you care if someone is carrying around a fake Birkin?
You probably have no problem with fakes right ?
Welcome to the Internet and world, Ali, hold on to your hat because you’re about to find out that people have ✨opinions✨ on things that don’t directly impact them and it can be different from how you feel about the said subject. Crazy, I know.
Right and that is why comment sections exist!
This is ridiculous, you open a page and call people out and ridicule them when you are infact not a professional? Just because you own an authentic Hermes bags qualifies your to review which is authentic or not? These team are team of bitter,sad and angry ladies or men who feel they are only classy and should be the only one to use birkin. Focus more on your life because every post is ridiculous. The same team have crocodile skin bags and python skin and many other animal skin gotten through animal cruelty. If you want to do something good start from protecting the animals. You are talking about fakes because it doesn’t. Make you stand out as the only one who owns a birkin. Get a life
They are sad individuals who are so desperate to show that THEIR club is super elite. If their lives were so amazing, then I would think they wouldn’t have the time to be so bitter.
Well stated!
Good on them for calling this out, but the ‘trust me, bro’ explanation on what qualifies them to publicly name people? Just because you have a ‘team’? I could pick up a ‘team’ from a local bar any day. What proof do they have that their claims are correct and how is it not bullying when they safeguard their anonymity and have nothing real at stake to own the consequences of their actions?
They called out a well-known reseller then instead of admitting it was a mistake, they just deleted the post. I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of their posts are inaccurate.
They have done that a few times
I agree with you, this is bullying. They post they simply ask “where did you get this bag?” Malay of their followers flood over the comment section commenting all kind of rude comments on the profiles. Most of the people posted might be suffering from one mental issue or another. And then get ridiculed. They are not doing this to combat counterfeit products. They are doing this for their ego over the fact others have the same bag they have even though it is fake. They are fakes too if they can be real and reveal their identity. They can’t hide under fake and hidden identity to speak about fakes.
I agree with you. They’re only doing this because of their egos. While I don’t condone counterfeits, I absolutely don’t condone bullying, which is what their instagram is all about. Why are they so scared to reveal themselves if they’re so proud of their “work”
This account is straight up bullying trying to hide under the guise of crusading against terrorism. This account calls out unbranded lookalike LEGAL dupes as equally “wrong” as branded illegal replicas, which means it’s not actually about child labor for them, it’s about gatekeeping an image that they feel “certain people” shouldn’t be able to attain. This woman must be so incredibly insecure and I feel sorry for her that so much of her own identity is hung up on a handbag. What a sad life.
AGREED! Unbranded “inspired” bags are a completely different breed from branded replicas, and the fact that they group them together says a lot about their intentions. It’s like they’re upset that their pricey status symbol is now accessible to the public and “diluting” the elevated status that they get from carrying an authentic bag. But since they hide behind the veneer that they’re fighting terrorism and child labor and whatnot, they can frame their actions as righteous instead of malicious.
i love how they exposed birkintrash for being a scammer selling fake bags on offer app but I dont trust this account 100%. because they recently accused a philipino actress Rhian Ramos @whianwamos of having a fake bag and she got harassed in her post when she didnt even say it was hermes and even tagged the company in italy that designed the bag. ever since then i dont trust their “expertise”. they literally remind me of my mom and her friends who sit around talking shit in bal harbour about the girls with hermes bags bc they think theyre “too young” to have the rapport to get offered such a bag. this “team” doesnt really care about terrorism lol they’re just mad that people they deem beneath them can copy their stuff
they also never apologized to Rhian for sending loads of harassment to her page.
This is what made me think twice as well. They don’t have accountability when they make a mistake.
I have read all of the responses thus far and knew this would stir up all kinds of feelings. I have to say that I am in agreement with all of the responses thus far. You seem to be able to talk a BIG game but refuse to show your face? What a FAKE!! and how do we know that you aren’t carrying fakes as well? Because you say so??? Really?? The woman or man that shames whoever she/he feels like shaming but won’t have the decency to be real yourself. YOU ARE A JOKE! GET A LIFE!!
I’m sorry but this article has to be one of the most contradictory and corny things I have ever read. This part really takes the cake: “ Owning authentic Hermès items is still like being part of an exclusive club; it is, however, a club that needs a pretty solid guard always present and watching.”
I can guarantee that Hermes does not care about you, or anyone on your team, now matter how much ***kissing you do on the internet.
Their entire Instagram account is one huge irony. They claim they don’t want people flexing fake bags because it displays a misleading and unattainable lifestyle to young viewers, when thousands of people do the same exact thing with authentic items. If their goal is to stop people flexing fake bags then accounts flexing with real bags shouldn’t exist either, they BOTH cause people to be misled and feel insecure. They say fake bags “influence others, including young viewers, to place material goods over character and honesty” but lo and behold, doing it with authentic bags does the same exact thing! Because now you’re influencing young people to try to make money to buy authentic by any means possible, which can lead them into a life of crime, sex work, or going into debt. How is what thousands of people with authentics do different from what people with fakes do? Exactly. It’s not. You’re both flexing an unaffordable, unattainable lifestyle, except with the people who post authentics their lifestyle is more unattainable because they paid the prices of authentics.
You are very right, those ones who own authentica even flaunt more than all these influencers they would create unboxing videos, reels and post designers bags and luxury designer pieces everyday with inspirational quotes while their husbands are into money laundering and frauds. Most of all these big men run illegal business like illega exportation of firearm and illegal drugs . They find their wives lifestyle and they come flex it on Instagram but worried about influences who only pose with designers once in awhile. Most of the people they call out never tagged Hermes or ever stated their baba are Hermes but they still post them and troll them. Most of these designs are legal creation from other brands like Zara, Steve Madden and all but they have the audacity to call them out for wearing a design that looks like Kelly bag. Such clowns. They should focus on their unhappy life because it is obvious they are sad in reality. They call themselves Hermes elites, money doesn’t buy happiness after all.
While this interview was somewhat interesting, I’ve followed this page since the beginning. She has mentioned that she was previously scammed into buying a fake Hermes bag which has started this absurd saga.
Clever of Purseblog to edit out my comment regarding who the person behind thefakebirkinslayer really is. But plenty of people already saw it. Just deleting the comment further proves that she is the person who runs that page.
Who????
The person who started it has a NOW private personal IG and even dumped about half her followers- she ironically puts a disclaimer on all of her posts “if you know who I am in real life please help keep me anonymous” something to that extent. All her pics are her H bags/items, private jets etc- you know- the things that are so harmful to young people trying to attain that lifestyle. I followed her when she started TFBS and posted about creating it then shared the same info to both accounts simultaneously. Absolute hypocrisy- wanting to stay anon but blast other people under the guise of moral superiority. Someone cleverly used her @ to commment below.
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Apologies for not leaving a reason when I first edited. I do not know who the person(s) behind the account are, and for that reason, I want to leave out speculation about specific names so that if a person listed in comments here is not affiliated, their name is not tied to it.
Megs, please preserve the user data connected to these comments for litigation.
“Jesse”, “MyJoyAintFake”, “TooMuch” and “@toomuchhermes”
I am the actual person behind @toomuchhermes and I can take a lie detector and testify under oath – I did not start TheFakeBirkinSlayer and these psychotic Reddit Repladies have been doxxing me all over, harassing and threatening me, over these libelous and slanderous factually false allegations. The Fake Birkin Slayer wasn’t even started in the same county I am in! Yes, I called out a couple outrageous fake bags but – like I posted – I DONT HAVE TIME FOR THIS.
Someone, legitimately a stranger to me, DM’d me that they started the account and gathered others to help, I sent some screenshots to them and that was it.
How do you know not the same county? Lol. That’s very specific 😆
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Notorious Pink has reached a new low with this article.
I agree. I have found her to be rather off-putting and elitist in other PB posts regarding counterfeits in the wake of the cut article. However, her decision to legitimize, and a give a platform to, an anonymous account that is bullying and doxxing people shows her true colors. She did not ask difficult questions in this interview, thereby signaling her approval of what the fakebirkinslayer is doing. I’m disgusted tbh. Also, if I have to hear one more time about how she “went to law school” when discussing intellectual property issues, I’m going to vomit. I’m a practicing attorney and going to law school is not a flex (the only people who brag about it are actual law students and people who never end up practicing). Perhaps she should focus her energy on something meaningful that doesn’t involve gatekeeping for a brand that couldn’t care less about her.
She embodies everything that is awful about TPF. I’m convinced a lot of this hate of counterfeits is because their precious Hermes exclusivity is meaningless and they have nothing else to pride themselves on.
Yup! I used to love tpf and I totally agree with you that it’s gone downhill. I’m an OG member, and the vibe used to be much more friendly and — ironically — authentic. While fake bags aren’t my thing, I genuinely dgaf if someone chooses to carry one. I’m not clocking people in the street wondering if their bag is real. I assume everyone’s bag is real unless it’s a glaring fake, but even then, who cares? It’s such a white privileged classist thing to look down upon someone based on their material possessions. There are myriad reasons why someone might be carrying a fake and I imagine that in 99% of cases, those reasons are not nefarious. It’s no more shallow to carry a fake designer bag than it is to drop thousands on an authentic one. It all boils down to vanity and the illusion of luxury (yes, luxury is largely an illusion even when you’re buying authentic bags). The only time that fake bags are problematic is when they are being sold as authentic to unsuspecting buyers (because that constitutes fraud). The fakebirkinslayer and notorious pink aren’t going after those fraudulent sellers, however. Instead, they’re shaming individuals for carrying fake bags (which, at least in the US, is not actually illegal). It’s giving big “you can’t sit with us” means girls energy, which is really gross.
This is a terrible article. It’s reeks of elitism. What do they mean by exclusive Hermes club 🤣. Not everyone can buy from the boutique and hence go the reseller route. I’m also playing the Hermes game but remind myself to be sensible. I will say I was so annoyed the first few times I visited this page, it was so much bullying and I don’t think that’s right. This person has too much time on their hands. While traveling to England once, a friend asked me to help carry a Chanel mini for pickup by her sister. I did not know this bag was fake but one I held it and looked at the dust bag, I knew issa fake. Knowing what I knew, I said I would check it in if you don’t mind, meaning if the airline lost my bag, I had no personal liability.I think it would have been crazy to harass my friend by saying this bag is fake.Don’t support counterfeiters, but also don’t bully people.
“Fake birkins …and fake body parts.” Really? Forget the fakebirkinslayer, as I know all I need to know about her/him based on the comments posted here. What really disappoints me is finding content like this written by a Purse Blog writer. Why must we immediately turn to making assumptions focused on appearance? For a website that is visited most often by women (I assume), the writing here is quite tone deaf.
Written by an author with fake neon pink hair lmfao
This article reads like a bunch of insecure little girls who are jealous that the poor peasant girls in the class managed to get their hands on a Barbie knockoff instead of a real Barbie made by Mattel. “Boohoo our little exclusive Hermes club was infiltrated with people carrying knockoffs and having fake butts!!!! 😢😢😢 Wahhhh, it’s soooo unfair!!!!!!” Go outside and touch grass, you need a reality check. Badly.
Good post! Fake butts and fake Birkin/Kellys go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly. If you have either one it’s fine with me. To each their own.
I don’t believe that she can with 100% accuracy determine authenticity by photos. An Hermes bag has to be seen in person in order to touch the leather and examine the bag in detail. Yes, pictures can be enlarged, but it’s not the same. I honestly feel badly for the people she’s calling out. What they do is NOT her business. While I agree that buying fakes is egregious, calling people out while hiding behind anonymity, is also wrong and makes her less credible.
LOL what a terrible ‘interview.’ This page has called out a handful of people who have authentic bags and then just deletes them when they’re proven wrong, without ever apologizing. It’s laughable that they’re claiming to authenticate through these tiny, filtered IG pictures.
After reading this “interview” and the comments, I’m quite disappointed in TPB and the author. I used to enjoy coming to this site to read about beautiful bags and recaps but I find myself cringing at some of the content, this “interview” (if that’s what you want to call it), is the *most* cringe. No thanks, “Notorious Pink” ✌🏼
I am sorry this content isn’t something that resonates with you. I don’t think every article we write will be one that speaks to everyone, but the goal of this site is to bring some light and levity and fun to our lives. If we ever miss that, I am sorry, because that is the goal!
You’re not even attempting to address many of the logical complaints about the article. Body shaming? Or since you just went back and edited out the worst parts of the article, it’s fine now? Smh.
Kind of amazed by the raw nerve this account seems to have touched. Maybe it hits a little too close to home for some of the commenters here. Knowingly buying fakes = funding child labor, intellectual property theft and sometimes even terrorism. It’s inexcusable, and it’s not snobbery to point out that someone is engaging in something morally reprehensible just to make themselves look rich. I like buying pre-loved bags because it’s more environmentally friendly, but it sucks that the proliferation of counterfeiters means you can never really know if your second-hand bag is real, even if it’s authenticated by the consignment site you buy it from. If calling “influencers” out and embarrassing them opens their follower’s eyes to the illusion that they are selling, then maybe people will be less tempted to buy fakes to emulate the lifestyles they are seeing on IG.
Totally agree with you. Why would they get triggered if they don’t support fakes, right?
But it is downright wrong to body shame and shame women for altering their looks!!!
Give me a break with the moralizing. Do you eat beef? You support child labor–the beef industry was just busted for having 13 year olds cleaning plants all night. Wear Nike? They have been busted multiple times for child labor. But anything at Zara? Who do you think makes this stuff?
The FakeBirkinSlayer people aren’t concerned with crime or child labor, or they’d be concerned with it all the time (and donate the money they spend on Birkins to NGOs working against it–which is what they suggest other do). They are just pissed that they can’t use their Birkins to show off how much money they have. And it’s probably not even money they earned themselves.
Riiiiight but the point is that even though all these big companies are also exploiting workers (and I totally agree they are), at least there is some element of transparency and oversight here, because it’s not a criminal enterprise. It is imperfect but at least there are people who can trace these companies’ supply chains and shame them into doing better.
On the other hand with fakes, that is a criminal enterprise so it will always be underground and it will operate with a whole new level of disregard and cruelty for the lives of the people it exploits. Because there is a total lack of any legal oversight and they are hiding from the authorities.
Do you use an iPhone or Android?
Child labor is involved in mining all of the rare earth minerals that go into most of the electronics today. Or do you like coffee? Or how about electric cars? because kids are toiling for that today.
Do you REALLY think all of the skins used in luxury goods are being produced by happy tanneries without ANY exploitation of human labor? Or how about offshoring the bulk of their production to China and other countries for basic cheap labor and bringing it back to France or Italy for a few stitches and a burnished label so that they can put “Made in France” Or “Made in Italy” – or how they bring over cheap labor to work in the luxury tanneries, factories, etc to say that it is made in Europe? Do you have an issue with that?
Do you really think someone buying a super fake is somehow funding Al Qaeda? We have some data to show that counterfeit CDs funded the Hebdo attack – we know that fake car parts have also funded some other activities. I don’t think a small factory making a super fake is probably going to be funding Al Qaeda anymore than I think certain banks who donated tens of millions of dollar to a “non-profit” that ultimately pilfered at least 10 million dollars for their own enrichment while their supporters burned down businesses during a summer of peace is a terrorism funding business either.
Or do we look at someone with apprehension who is buying auth VCA and Hermes while her husband is being sentenced to prison for arson against his tenants? I mean, she bought the real thing so surely she is beyond reproach in not supporting terrorism.
Reality is that we all pick and choose what we want to feel morally superior about.
Most of us are going to be buying products and potentially services from exploited people and minors even whether we “willingly” do so or turn a blind eye to it.
Well said👏🏻👏🏻 they hide under terrorism and spit on people while their spouses do worse behind And even make more use of these child labor. Go to so many African countries and see how kids are exploited kids mine minerals. The same jewelries they wear and move about the raw material are mined by kids, but they want to speak about child labor. Why don’t they act right by rejecting all these fancy cars and iPhones which these mineral gotten from Africa are use for the production. Hypocrites!!!
It is actually you who have that very low self esteem to want to be like influencers that need a rethink. As a human you should be able to move by your own pace not chasing after influencers on what they do and what they don’t do. These use more of these child labor you just mentioned. This team has absolutely nothing to show but anger and bitterness towards people who own what looks like the bag they own. Don’t get me started with I might likely own fake bags, but I will call a spade a spade. If they are very sure of the call out they are making they should stop hidding behind the keyboard to troll people. They should be able to stand talk to watch they preach which is “authenticity “ before you call out a person for being fake ow owning fake you should be able to show people you equally ain’t fake. For now they are fake and faceless trolls trying to ridicule people to make themselves feel superior to others.
This comment is more hateful than it’s intent to express that others are spewing hate in their choices. 90% of comments here are clearly written by Repladies or women who condone fakes, because the level of defensiveness here is just unparalleled.
Some comment below literally calls women who pride themselves for owning the real deal elitist. Looks like both parties have muster a group of women to hate one another.
I don’t buy things because of fashion influencers, in fact I don’t follow any on IG at all. And I don’t own any Hermes bags nor do I expect I ever will, they don’t suit my lifestyle. So no bitterness here. But buying and flaunting counterfeit bags isn’t OK. It never will be OK. And I do think it’s helpful, in a culture where young people may not know the difference, to point out that the reason these lifestyles they admire seem unattainable is that they literally are – you can’t own that many Hermes quota bags unless some or all of them are counterfeits. Ditto for knowing how many bags are actually gifted by brands versus purchased. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. I don’t have any commentary about the choice of the account holders to be anonymous, but given the vitriol aimed at them even in this comment section, I can understand why they would choose that.
No one applauds people using fakes, we in this comment sections are stating the way they go about and using an excuse about fake bags funding terrorists and exploiting people when infact is the main brands that do all these. It is good you don’t look up to influencers, kids below 18 has no business being on social media ,following influencers and following up their lifestyle it is infact the right of a parent to protect their kids from social media world. People are living their life how they want to life, it is not in my power to judge them or tell adult how to live her life. Posing rich is only going to affect them because they will keep trying to be rich. But let people do what they want to do, don’t troll them,don’t bully them, because most of these people are doing these to stay happy. Leave them to be who they want to be,they ain’t sellers or duping people they are just loving their life. I own a birkin and I bought it from the store but I will never bully someone who owns a fake birkin.
These big brands exploits workers and make inferior luxury goods and fund terrorits, kill animal and show animal cruelty and no one is speaking about that buy chasing after influencers lol. Go research about this and ask why Kanye west was exposing all these brands. Did you all forget so soon about Baleneciaga child porno case. These brands funds what you don’t know and you better research more and put your energy where it is suppose to be.
I disagree. First off, they are not only “calling out” influencers. If you read most of the comments, I do not think people are upset at the fact that they are necessarily calling people out, but doing so in a shady manner. Bullying, which is what this is, is not acceptable at ANY age, anytime or for any reason. As a society, we need to be doing better. How can these women/men be an example to their children when they are hiding behind a curtain (social media), claiming to be the authority of what is authentic or not, and then shaming those that they believe are carrying “fake” bags. This is just so wrong on so many levels. I don’t think that this article is going to change anything. The delivery of such a message by god knows who just breathes shadiness and nobody is going to give this another thought after today.
theFakeBirkinSlayer was started by a woman on IG (**name redacted**) but that IG is gone now she used to follow @thebaghag and the writer of this interview @the_notorious_pink so i wouldnt be surprised if they are the team behind this internet bullying
LOL i would not be surprised if purseblog editors were behind the birkinslayer account. they probs linked up with the miami housewife
Nope, it’s not us. People know by now I have never once authenticated a bag or claim to!
This comment was edited before which clearly shows what you said is true🤣😂😂😂 they are clearly going to delete this.
So….. A bunch of rich b*tches with Hermès connections are not happy to see their hard earned investment diluted by the hoi polloi carrying fakes… Cos you know, they *earned* that clout by playing the Hermès game contrary to those raga muffins losers who can’t afford it. Why can’t they be content with some Michael Koss, which is all they deserve. Stay in your league peasants!
LOL!!
Next they will be going after peasants like me who are by no means rich but own genuine Hermes bags. This is so entertaining. If only these people earned their money, not got it from spouses or parents. Maybe then they would be sourcing self-worth from achievements, education or great charity work rather than some leather items.
“Why can’t they be content with some Michael Kors, which is all they deserve. Stay in your league peasants!” I truly believe that that is genuinely what they think. But of course, they’ll never admit that and pretend keeping out the riff raff is for the good of humanity, and not because they’re elitist exclusionists who don’t want them in their little club.
God forbid their maid starts carrying one!
Don’t let Notorious Pink fool you. She can’t afford the Hermes lifestyle any more than these people who she is so upset about carrying fakes. She’s just mad because buying a fake is a much easier route than what she has chosen which is to be a reseller. She can’t afford to play the game so she resells all her bait and then at least half of the bags too. Check out her mini kelly currently on AFF for triple retail.
As I stated in another comment, the delivery of a thought holds a lot of value. The other important thing to note is stating something as fact, that is false, comes with its own set of issues. You don’t need to like everyone, but false accusations are harmful, and these are false.
You don’t give a shit about calling commenters out on their overt and covert racist. But you draw a line when comments are directed towards a white woman?
Can you point me to comments that are overt and covert racist that I haven’t handled? On the blog or on tPF? Because that is strictly against our rules and is always deleted and has lead to people being banned as well.
LOL and you think it’s ok for this author to write rude comments about “fake body parts”? And then just delete like it never happened? What low standards you have
No, I don’t condone that but I also think it wasn’t how she intended it to be written. Either way, I decided that needed to be removed as it isn’t in line with our views or ethos at all.
The comments on the post about Rihanna and Telfar, amongst others? The fact that so many OG tPF members of color were driven away from the forum? The disgusting Meghan Markle thread? These points have all been raised before, but because *YOU* don’t see it as racism, because *YOU* don’t want to upset any fragile white sensibilities, because this is purely a business for you and racism doesn’t hurt it, you will and have made excuses just like you will once again.
I can’t believe that vitriolic Meghan Markle thread is still going. These people seriously need to get a life.
Don’t even bother. They act like they care publicly then do nothing. They banned a woman of color from the Meghan Markle hate thread because she didn’t hate her enough.
We don’t ban people because they don’t hate people enough. We have a set of rules on the forum that people sign off on adhering to when they join the forum, and people are only banned for continuously breaking those rules. Contributing members who break rules are given many chances. And we have no way of knowing what anyone looks like, everyone on tPF has a screen name with no personal image attached so I have no clue who is behind the screen name.
Since they value “honesty and character” so much, maybe they should be honest about their real intentions. They just don’t like fake bags because it erodes their “exclusive club” (as they put it). They literally said it themselves: their “exclusive club” needs a “solid guard always present and watching” Sorry, but they’re just snobs. Yes, counterfeits are wrong, but caring so much about who is carrying a fake hermes bag is sad and pathetic. I would go as far as to say that they don’t really care about child labor or anything like that and I bet if you looked in their wardrobes that much would become apparent since most clothing brands are exploiting their workers all along the supply chain. Or maybe they just naively believe that it is only counterfeits that exploit workers?
Hey, Notorious Pink – feel free to respond directly to the commenters here instead of taking snapshots of their comments and posting them on your IG stories.
Right? She’s such a coward. She’s making TPB look terrible, and frankly, TPB should drop her as a contributor after publishing this non-journalism, puff piece about an internet bully who attacks women (many of whom are non-white). It’s a terrible, tone deaf, racist, classist, anti-feminist stance for TPB to be supporting. Megs, please do better. I have loved TPB and TPF for nearly two decades and I’ve never been so disappointed in your content. The notorious pink is dragging you down, please don’t condone this any further. The backlash this piece is receiving might be giving you a temporary bump in readership, but it will do more harm than good in the long run.
Hilariously bad take, it’s classist and racist and anti-feminist to call out people posting fakes on social media but not at all classist / racist / anti-feminist to support a criminal industry that exploits and abuses women… ? Like PLEASE look at the bigger picture here haha
No, your take is hilariously bad (and sad). Two wrongs don’t make a right. Even if it’s morally wrong to support the counterfeit industry, how does that make it okay to call other women hookers and ridicule their appearance? The purse blog can absolutely take a strong anti-counterfeit stance without promoting an anonymous instagram account that engages in, among other things, body and slut shaming of women (many of whom are women of color). I’m against counterfeits, and I’m also against what the fake birkin slayer is doing. Frankly, it’s hypocritical to say that you’re against the counterfeit industry because it exploits women, but not against blatant cyberbullying of women. If you really care about women’s welfare, you would be against both.
Must be because she likes her echo chamber over there on IG. Can dish out plenty of criticism but can’t take it
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Apparently it’s only fun to call out others…
Funny when the shoe is on the other foot…. Cowardly. And still hasn’t given Saturdayhouse their credit due on the photo of the Birkin. Tacky recognizes tacky…. What a cow.
The image in the header is from Skai Jackson’s instagram feed in a post we complied a while back featuring the bags she carries. I added the information needed to the post at the bottom, both Skai along with Saturday House as well.
Whoever created this account and people on the ‘team’ need to get a life… or use their time and efforts for something more important and impactful. If you are so worried about crime and child welfare then maybe you should work with the police to catch pedos and human trafficking gangs. Or do you think that Hermes will personally thank you with a life supply of Birkins for your efforts? be serious.
Anyone who goes around asking others where they bought their bag has issues. The fact that the person is hiding themselves proves it even more so. Low self esteem and obviously not too bright if it’s really true they initially got scammed into buying a fake. Why didn’t they take their own advice and buy from a shop? We all know why… $!
So these people really value their anonymity, but they feel completely comfortable with doxxing others. Got it.
Look the idea that a billion dollar brand need guarding is bootlicker talk. It’s not secret that Hermes discriminates against people of colour carrying their bags. TFBS’s position is one based on classism and exclusion. Let’s not pretend they have some sacred duty to protect a business.
Fake body parts? C’Mon now, I can understand being against fake bags but now a woman can’t even alter the way they look or have a bit of botox without falling scrutiny. I’m tired, life is hard enough as a woman without having other women picking other women apart for just about anything. Shame on the author of this post.
I’ve worked with victims of human trafficking and it’s really sad how many people don’t know how counterfeit market is very much part of it. Human trafficking/child slavery/terrorism is a multibillion dollar industry that is often times funded by the selling of these fake goods such as Birkins and Rolexes. Imagine just minding your own business when you see the impact directly to a victim? That’s what some of these people commenting here are saying. They are beyond ignorant and sadly don’t care either.
Bitch, please!
Some of the worst human treatment and trafficking is done in all legality by those well intrenched in the legal system… Prince Andrew anyone? Big Pharma and the Covid plandemic… Myocarditis anyone? How about perfectly legal child genital mutilation in the name of gender ideology? How about trying to dance around Supreme Court decisions about child porn to push some degenerate fashion…Balenciaga anyone?
The vast majority of victims in this world are victims of perfectly legal crimes. Try and be the victim of vaccine injury and see what kind of justice you’ll get out there…
“Bitch”? You called NCH a bitch? That’s offensive and totally unnecessary to get your point across.
Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew all swanned around in genuine luxury goods, while they were trafficking children.
Buying a Birkin does not make you a moral person.
Criminals love luxury goods, but their purchases of high-value items such as jewellery and cars aren’t necessarily about flaunting their wealth. Often, the aim is to facilitate further wrongdoing by laundering the proceeds of the original crime. The luxury goods sector has certain innate characteristics that give rise to increased risk of money laundering.
Items such as jewellery, precious stones, and fine art are easily transportable, making them well-suited to criminal enterprise.
With larger assets such as high-end cars, yachts, and real estate, the use of anonymous shell companies and intermediaries are frequently used to disguise their true ownership. They don’t get funded using counterfeit items,they get funded through the money laundering using authentic and original brands. Many of these brands sell of their goods to high end people on a large scale privately. About child labor most of these brands exploits them more than you can imagine. Many of these brand factories are located in China and exploits workers. Do you research properly before you comment what you don’t know.
The real brand fund more of these mentioned above. Go deeper into this and you will understand that these big brands funds more of these things more than people selling counterfeits. You spoke about child labor? Why have you not mentioned about animal cruelty if you want to go in that direction? Many smiling on Instagram pictures are suffering from several mental illnesses. Did you think about them too while calling them out and people running over their page to troll them and comment all kind of hurtful things? It is bullying. Shaming people and posting about them while hidden under “protecting identity “ is fake! They are equally fake individuals destroying people and bullying people.
It’s sad yet funny how we apparently are protecting Hermes, meanwhile the image you used of someone’s actual design ( Saturday house) is given no credit…. It’s tacky. And we are into calling people out publicly now so I thought I’d let you know
The IDing of an image and giving credit falls on me, and I missed that (it is added now). The image was from an instagram roundup we made on Skai Jackson’s bag collection and I wanted to go back thru our archives to ensure that I could find where we had the image from and list properly. It is added to the bottom of the post now!
They kind of lost me when they stated they felt Hermes was “doing everything that it should be doing to protect its intellectual property.” They have some business practices that made my spouse recently say to me “Are you really comfortable giving these people your business?” (And I had to admit that every Hermes item I own is a blemish of hypocrisy on myself).
The most obvious one being that just because you want a birkin and have the money for a birkin doesn’t mean they’ll sell you one. If someone wants one badly enough, and this company is just refusing to take their money, it might drive someone to turn to a high quality fake.
And while Hermes is not explicitly anti-disabled people (Alaia actually refused to sell me a dress, even after I offered to pay double, because they want a certain image, and me wearing one of their dresses while having chronic illness didn’t suite that image), they don’t accommodate them well. Some boutiques aren’t accessible at all to people with mobility issues. A lot of merchandise can’t be purchased online or by phone.
Even when we are able to go into their boutiques, they’ll still try to exclude us from purchasing their items. I went to Hermes’ Madison Avenue boutique a couple of weeks ago, and none of the very-obviously-not-busy employees would help me. It says a lot in a country as capitalist as the US when someone’s able-ism trumps their greed.
So, that was a bit of a tangent, but it’s one that really, really irks me.
I don’t condone buying fakes because it doesn’t just hurt some big-name designer; they’re often made in conditions that are harmful to employees and the environment (and by extension, all of us). And it’s just kind of skeevy. But you can’t say a company is doing everything to thwart fakes when they flat out refuse to sell their products to people when they are lined up and ready to hand over their money.
I have no dog in this hunt, but I must give the author credit for her ability to attract in droves people who have never (or rarely) posted here before!! And such passionate (some might say rabid) responses, many of the respondents posting repeatedly! Who knew that fake Birkins had such vociferous fans??
Say hello to Reddit’s Rep Ladies! They shared the post on their fake bag lovers forum and directed each other to storm the comment section here.
Well that explains all the nasty comments
I am literally shocked at the comments from the article. So what if you carry a fake, knock off, or “inspired by” bag, and get called out, how is that bullying? If the people wearing the fakes have a problem with being called out, then don’t wear the fake. If this was all just about fakes being fake, I would say leave well enough alone, but if the fake black market is funding crime and human trafficking, then bring on the calling out. I have a teenage daughter and I like the fact that there are accounts like this that point out, what most parents have been saying to their kids for years, what you see on IG isn’t always as it seems. And the fact that they ask “where did you get that bag?” is not bullying IMO. If I was called out carrying one of my H bags, I would write back “Beverly Hills Hermes store, why do you ask?”. That said, the fake Birkin slayer, MUST post when they get it wrong. That is only fair.
If you or your teenage daughter can’t see that nothing on the internet is real then you’re both pretty dumb.
Did you not see her posts calling women hookers and gold diggers? Is that not bullying? This whole account is aimed at shaming people for carrying “fake” bags even if the bags are LEGAL, not counterfeit, inspired by the real thing, like the ones that are regularly sold in TJ Maxx or Zara. Would you encourage your teenage daughter to go seek out other teenage girls who carry these types of bags and nastily ask them where they got them? I hope not.
No, I have not seen any posts calling people hookers or gold diggers. Obviously that is not okay. And leave my daughter out of this. This is an adult issue with adult opinions.
Exactly…. Adults…. And we as adults should know better than to bully, and then double down on it by making snarky comments on other women’s personal appearances….
For the record I have Botox and filler and according to her that makes me fake and I should be ostracized, mocked, and looked down on .. very mature.
Ha, “leave my daughter out of this.” you are ridiculous you brought her into this “I have a teenage daughter…”
Not to mention you are selective on your morality, but I guess animal cruelty is something you overlook. Hermes has been continually called our for the unethically sourced leather and animal skins. I would say get off your high horse but you no doubt already whipped it enough to have it run off.
You literally picked a vegan who stopped buying leather bags in 2020 (and never bought an exotic) to call out for animal cruelty. Oh burn, you really “got me”. Are you vegan? Do you donate to animal charities? Do you currently have 5 adopted animals that you take wonderful care of? You know nothing about me or anyone else here, so stop attacking. Or better yet, get a life.
Instagram is so fake these days and images proliferated on social media have a negative impact on followers mental health. Showing your authentic bags on socials is one thing and demonstrates a certain level of vanity, but also appreciation of a design and everything that comes with it.
Showing a fake bag is disrespectful of creative design, the millions of dollars that go into guarding a brand and its intellectual property, and to all of those who made the effort to get the real deal (understanding that most people work for those bags). This account is exposing the most vain trash that are purposefully trying to push others down with their own fake crap. If this message offends you, don’t buy the design, don’t go to Hermes, and don’t buy a fake. Move on with your life, there are too many pretty bags to fret over one you cannot afford. I too cannot afford it, though it doesn’t justify buying a fake.
As I read these comments, all I see are people offended by someone who’s calling out the fakes and the fake people who wear them. Don’t think for a moment that these fake people care what kind of impact it has on you, this defensiveness is misplaced. The fact that these fake Birkin wearers are being bullied is just a consequence of choosing to wear a fake Birkin in the first place.
the Misinterpretion is wrong, not everyone who comments here have fake bags or wear fakes lol. Some of us wear authentic but don’t get bothered about what others own. You are ready to protect t a brand but not ready to protect people’s mental health. If you want to correct them ,then you should get them corrected privately not publicly shame them and attract trolls to their pages. Not all their reviews are right. You can not identify fake Hermes by just looking at the pictures. You need to touch the leather and check the inscriptions and codes to actually determine that. What of people they called out over there that was infact carrying the original Hermes bags? Don’t they deserve apology? They are just bunch of ladies who own authentic genres as they claimed tho. They are not professionals or Hermes artisans to determine a fake birkin or Kelly.
The person wearing a fake is unsuspectingly impacting more people’s mental health because they’re setting that bar higher for those who don’t have it and never explain why. Being reprimanded for it by being displayed on the fake birkin slayer is a small consequence to pay.
It’s like how the Kardashians negatively impact personal image issues because they rarely to never admit how much work they had done and never credit Facetune and photoshop for the crazy edits their posts undergo.
As for calling them out privately, they’ll vehemently deny or retaliate publicly.
“they’re setting that bar higher for those who don’t have it and never explain why” but people with authentics have the exact same impact, if not more because authentics cost 100 times more than fakes. People with authentics also never explain how they got those bags. They gatekeep how to have the money for it, and then look down on others from their high horse for not figuring out how to afford it. You and your types inadvertently (or purposely because it boosts your ego) impact people’s mental health by unboxing an authentic seemingly every week. And objectively speaking, authentics are harder to get because they cost more, and there is no argument you can use to refute that, it’s a fact.
Like any other item in life, bags can be made unethically, in sweat shops for example. Thing is, luxury brands are NOT exempt from treating their workers horribly, especially when you look a little further up the supply chain. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
And this article reinforces the reason why Notorious Pink is a housewife and mother of a wannabe child star and not a lawyer or journalist.
Comments like this make no sense to me. You don’t need to like the article, you can even have very strong opinions against it. Our world would be utterly boring if we all agreed with one another at all times! But, I have always said and stand behind, being kind to others and presenting your thoughts in a respectful manner is how we should all approach life. A personal attack on the author’s child is completely uncalled for and low. If you have constructive criticism, or something you want to share, I am all ears. But this approach is cruel.
Actually it is perfectly fair; this is EXACTLY the approach of the fakebirkinslayer she chose to associate herself with. Being mean and projecting moral judgements on other people’s lifestyle decisions from behind some screen or keyboard.
I’m appalled at the comments referencing her son. As I’ve stated, he has nothing to do with this. Some people believe he can be brought into it because he’s “in college”, or his Mom has a “mean girls club membership”. He doesn’t deserve their criticism or bullying comments. Why attack him when they’re upset with his Mom? This strikes a chord with me because unknown to me, my own son was bullied, in school. Once I found out I involved school personnel, but to no avail. To this day, I wish I had known about it sooner in order to protect him. Bullying is wrong and hurtful, but some ppl on here think it’s justifiable. One day they may understand why it’s not.
You don’t have to like her or this post, but bringing her child into it is wrong and unnecessary.
I said what I said. Maybe she will think twice about her mean girls club membership next time.
According to the prevailing logic here, people who put their lives online are subject to criticism and comment. Maybe she shouldn’t put her kid all over the internet?
Many people put their kids on IG and FB, but it’s low hanging fruit to criticize a child. Calling him a “wannabe child star” is bullying. Why are you bringing him into this discussion? He has nothing to do with it. It’s an unspoken rule that kids on social media are always off limits from adult’s criticism. If you have children, as I have three, you would understand.
He is in college and she’s been pushing him unsuccessfully to be the next justin beiber his whole life, seemingly for her own benefit of being a kris jenner style momager.
Most of my post references “Electra”.
This conversation is completely irrelevant to me because I’m not a crazy Hermes buyer, but this is really mean. It’s like high school bullying on an extreme level with the reach of the internet. It’s not my business what someone else does with their money, I mind my own business and am the idea of trying to “end counterfeit culture” is a crusade that seems like insecurity cloaked in “I’m doing good”. Just be happy with your own life and leave people alone? I think people deeply underestimate how online attacks and comments can be. Im a regular private pedestrian but I can’t imagine if someone spotlighted me on Instagram for some reason and I had a barrage of people come at me.
So what if these people are carrying fake designer bags? If it makes them happy, who are you to take that away from them? Is it not enough to be content with yourself? You have to shame others?
I feel really bad for all involved.
I hope you “The Notorious Pink” and members of TFBS will never have to submit yourself to ever needing “fake body parts” because of health issues. You are all disgusting and should be ashamed of yourselves. The PurseBlog should also be ashamed for allowing so much hate to be published on your website. Do better.
Lol! Looks like the author edited out her rude comment about “fake body parts.” SMH to think that she thinks that’s enough…just hide it and pretend it never happened 🥸
And lol “ The Slayer doesn’t call out your great aunt who doesn’t know a Kelly from a Constance but loves that little lock and key.” They called out dupes (not reps) and make mistakes and just deleted the story (no apologies). What fraud 😊
I am very late to this party but WOW. This is a really disturbing blog post and I am shocked that it passed any kind of editorial checkpoint. Both the tone and the content are profoundly problematic. I understand that getting as many clicks as possible is PB’s business model, but this is just nasty.
If you want to help end fakes – end the ability to resell. If you can’t resell, you can’t buy from anyone other than Hermes. Will this happen? No. Why? Because people who buy from the boutique would lose their minds. A HUGE appeal of bags like the Birkin and Kelly is their resale value. (Yes, I know some love it for the style, craftsmanship, etc. But A LOT of people like it because it’s the top of the heap in terms of value). Unpopular opinion: I think a lot of people would change their minds about the Birkin if it didn’t hold its value so well, considering how heavy it is and how its closure is virtually unusable as designed. (I also agree with all of the other comments about how this insta page is just bullying. If they actually stood by their “humanitarian mission” to end fakes, they wouldn’t need all the secrecy and legally-required vagueness so as to avoid a lawsuit).
Ditto. These bags are ugly tacky granny bags that are only being propped up by the “games” and shenanigans people have to play to get them.
Most of the rich b*itches who can afford the real bags can only do so because their husbands are into worst activities than any of the counterfeiters could ever dream of: money laundering in Swiss banks, the banging of drugged pros on yatchs, legal corruption (10% for the big guy), big Pharma execs who made bank on thee back of the scamdemic etc.
Gimme a break!
@Sonia Can you provide links that prove any of your allegations? Me thinks your tinfoil hat is on too tight!
I am entirely discomfited by this article. I don’t like fakes (and the problematic culture in which they are manufactured), either. But the solution is to educate the public to these issues, not to call out and bully women (some of whom aren’t even carrying fakes at all) in a campaign of self-righteousness. This just reeks of HS mean girl behavior (which the perpetrators always justified as being done for the victims’ own good).
I haven’t seen either side of the posts. Thank Thor. Reading this though, I just want to say, c’mon it is a bag. Owning things doesn’t make a good club. Maybe it is this very “club” notion propagated so much fakery?
I personally think it’s all a business model really. The fake birkin slayer will start profiting from this in a not too distant future by offering authentication services and/or resale services.
What a strange account! Sharing pics from a phone? Honestly I don’t see the point of it. I get what they are doing, when they talk about it in the interview, but the Instagram account is all over the place.
Soooo many fake supporters get triggered 🤣🤣🤣. So calling out people who carry fake is bullying but buying fakes that support public massacre is okay. Chiiiile!!!! Just don’t buy fakes, PERIODT!
You are get triggered when your favorites are told the truth. I wear 100 percent authentic bags and shoes,I don’t support fakes but I equally don’t support bullying.these ladies don’t have any professional right to call out anyone for carrying fakes when they don’t have any certificate or authicational right to back it up. Before you could tell if a bag is fake or not you need to touch it,check the leather texture and every stitches and then smell. Bags ain’t like writs watches you can authenticate by just a look. I have wat he’d them make some mistakes countless times and never apologized or acknowledged their mistakes. And it seems they go after specific type of people and even mention about their looks and how they are posing to be rich. No everyone on intern that strikes a pose is trying to be rich,Hermes should go ahead and sue anyone wearing counterfeit it isn’t in their right to do so. If they must do this they should never be anonymous then, call a spade a spade these are bunch of bitter ridiculous housewives who has nothing better to do.
I haven’t seen any comments here supporting fakes. The negative comments all seem to be concerned with the purse blog’s apparent approval of an anonymous instagram account (with no verifiable credentials to prove that they are professional authenticators) bullying individuals and posting misogynistic content (including calling women hookers and making fun of their appearance). It’s 2023 and people don’t tolerate that sort of stuff anymore. I’m an OG tpf member. I don’t support counterfeits. I’m just really disturbed by purse blog’s support of internet bullying. I have recognized several other active tpf members commenting here expressing similar concern about the bullying and lack of accountability. This is not about supporting fake bags. This is about refusing to allow internet bullies to get away with attacking other women for sport. Cruelty has consequences. People have committed suicide as a result of bullying. We, as a society, need to do better. PERIODT.
Exactly. Just respect intellectual property to any brands not only to Hermes. Is it so basic? Authenticity is not valued nowadays. Wearing a real coach bag is cooler than wearing a fake Hermes, LV or Chanel.
And what are we afraid of “damaging” of these multi national, multi billion dollar corporations that own these brands? They’re ever increasing profit margins? And talking about having character and ethics, none of these brands have demonstrated this as shown through raising prices significantly during a worldwide pandemic. Corporations are not your friends. They are not small businesses just trying to get by. They don’t care about anything but their shareholders. Seriously, let’s get real, people.
This is the most attention this blog has gotten since I can remember! I’m so glad I’m not on IG. These people are getting all this attention that they shouldn’t be. Everyone ignore them, they will go away REAL quick!
Unfortunately this tale is as old as time. People need to be careful because social media is not for the naiveté. It will chew you up and spit you out. If you want a luxury product Buy directly from brand..not a reseller or other source because you don’t want to be stuck with fool gold.
Etsy and Poshmark lists a plethora of fake designer bags (Hermes included). I could spend all day reporting listings but the sellers simply start new accounts. Unfortunately there is little anyone can do to stop it. I’ve also seen counterfeit bags, belts and slgs on Amazon. Although I love and can afford Hermes, it doesn’t match my personal style. It’s one thing to know you’re buying counterfeit vs. trusting someone selling a $500 Birkin online. I have been harassed many times by sellers on Poshmark for warning people the item is fake. They will comment that my authentic bags I sell are fake.
Omg I’ve seen their post and a lot of celebrities and bravoleties sporting fake Hermes bags shooooocked !!!! I love it. Calling them out shows people that they should believe everything people see, thus keeping them from wanting to play the whole keeping up wit the joneses. Maybe this way people won’t bother to even buy fakes but who knows. I enjoy watching who they find and call out.
These people are awful internet bullies.
The Big-Fashion mob are in on the fakes and they know it. The fakes market it booming as a result. These people are stirring up drama and creating even more hype around the items to boost sales. Yet more social media scammery.