A compendium of excellent counterfeits
Radar Magazine offers this extensive roundup of counterfeit luxury goods -- mostly from China, natch. Everything from a Ferrari 330 P4, high-end Italian wines, irreplaceable paintings, a couple of deadly weapons, and the Rolex.
Missing, my favorite knockoff of all time, once spotted in Santee Alley but not purchased: a "Channel" belt. Hote kewtewr! Link. (thanks David)Update: Vann Hall says,
FYI, the splash image of the dead alligator Lacoste logo appears to be of a knock-off of a knock-off: Mad Dog Productions' "Croc O' Shirt." This was soon followed by their "Horse Shirt," which parodied the Ralph Lauren/Polo logo by depicting a polo player, his heel caught in a stirrup, being dragged behind his mount.Berimbauone adds,MDP put out a number of other novelty products, including Silent Vigil Foam Rubber Wind Chimes and Earl the Dead Cat: Link.
[Back then, MDP was based in Richmond, Virginia, where Mad Dog (Barry Gottlieb) went on to promote several more-or-less new wave-y acts (Suzy Saxon and the Anglos and Single Bullet Theory, if memory serves) -- which is how I first became acquainted with him. The last I heard (around the end of the last century, probably), MDP had relocated to San Francisco.]
As a follow-up to your "compendium of ecellent counterfits", this article in Popular Science referenced in my blog talks about China's cloning industry. It's not just shoes, bags and jeans anymore. Now they can copy anything from an iPod, a Ford or Mercedes Benz auto, to the actual manufacturing plants off of the original blueprints. Check out this gallery of a cloned Ford, Mercedes Benz, PSP, and Adidas.
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I saw some shoes in the downtown market in Juarez, Mexico. They had upside down swooshes and were called Kikes. I've never been able to tell anyone that without sounding like I was making an antisemitic joke, but its the truth. I got nothing but love for the Jews... that just was what I saw.
Nice but some of his prices are way out of line. In Shanghai a good (real sweep movement, automatic) Rolex fake should cost you no more than $15. As for bags, if you pay more than $30 you're being had. However, I've seen 2 reputable jewelers fooled by my wife's not-so-real Cartier Santos!
too bad it doesn't tell you how to get those sweet lacoste polo knockoffs
Hi there,
This is Peter Teiman writing from Netherlands. In my country we often have Chinese counterfeit watches offered for between $2 and $50, very often bartering the seller down from the latter to the former amount.
Peter Teiman
You say natch about China, but we in Turkey can give them a run for their money, I assure you. I do a weekly round-up on Thursdays of all my fakes and Engrish finds at our weekly bazaar: http://melissamaples.com/category/bazaar/
If you're keen for a taster, here's one of my favourites, the fake Diesel shirt: http://melissamaples.com/pb/bazaar/07-04-12/09.jpg
I suspect that the dead croc is a knock-off of a knock-off of a knock-off. These were readily available in places like Thailand and the Philippines over 25 years ago! Variations include the popular 2 Crocs making amore.
The polo knock-offs were also readily avialable, including an upside down logo and the rider falling off his horse.
@Melissa, that's awesome! Hey, if you ever spot a CHANNEL belt, I'll totally reimburse you....
@Xeni: I remember back in January there was this CCHANELL t-shirt: http://melissamaples.com/pb/bazaar/07-01-11/05.jpg
I'll keep an eye out for any CHANNEL products... or perhaps I could interest you in an Esprit Versace bag? http://melissamaples.com/pb/bazaar/07-02-22/06.jpg
@Xeni: I remember back in January there was this CCHANELL t-shirt: http://melissamaples.com/pb/bazaar/07-01-11/05.jpg
I'll keep an eye out for any CHANNEL products... or perhaps I could interest you in an Esprit Versace bag? http://melissamaples.com/pb/bazaar/07-02-22/06.jpg
clearly you've never surfed eBay Malaysia for watches (or probably anything else). Ferrari and Bill Blass logos on the same face with three nonfunctional dials? No problem!
You can also check these fake Hondas being sold as "Homdas" in Nampula, nothern Mozambique.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garbelini/166361915/