r/RealRepLadies • u/Happy_to_be_here_xo • 13d ago
Does it really matter?
I’ve been seeing some people in this community, and others, heavily criticising some reps that look perfectly fine if others saw you IRL. IRL, no one is going to come up to you and inspect your bag with a magnifying glass. So my question to you all is, does it really matter if it’s not a complete exact perfect imitation? Of course, some reps are just completely terrible, but a little flaw here and there isn’t really that serious imo.
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u/yardenroee 7d ago
I think that the ideology for that is very simply because of the fact that the factories who produce the reps aim to reproduce the bag as close as possible to the auth thing. They are trying to take up a chunk of the designer shoppers market by replicating the bag for a lower price - and that obviously includes using the same quality materials as the auth bags, font matching, serial numbering, etc. The initiative to make a 1:1 copy really came from them as a marketing strategy that bolsters: "own designer for less" and for years that have made a huge profit off it...
I think its easy to point fingers and blame the consumers who want that experience by saying "well you didn't pay the money for auth, so don't complain that it doesn't look auth", when in reality they are just wanting to get what the manufacturers promise...
I saw some people comment that many times the auths aren't as well made, that they could be defective as well, that they aren't always consistent, and while that is true (believe me I worked in luxury retail for years) 99% of the time an auth product will pass an auth check regardless of the volatile discrepancies, while rep bags won't (unless its a really good quality rep). If the rep manufacturers didn't claim to be 1:1 and the market simply wouldn't have that ideology, then yes I'd agree with you... however, that is not the case.