Canal Street Blog

by Lauren Mulkern
Have you ever thought that you can get three designer bags for only $78? If you went to the real stores and bought the same three bags you would spend roughly around $1200. When I informed my journalism teacher of this information, he almost suffered from a stroke. He now understands why I was so excited when I found out that we were going to Canal Street.
We went down to Canal Street. When I entered the stores, I suddenly became an expert on how to receive a real knockoff.
What is the difference between a real knockoff and a fake knockoff? Well a real knockoff is when the bag looks just like the designer bag and it has a label on it that says the designer. On the other hand, the fake knockoffs only look like the designer bags and they don’t have a label of the designer on it.
However, you do not want to be running around the streets of New York screaming you just go a knockoff Prada bag. This is because this process is illegal. You have to be very careful and whisper when you are trying to get what you want.
How do you receive a bag with the label if it is illegal? You enter the store and approach the store owner. Next, you whisper and ask them if they have the labels. If they say yes you are in luck and you go pick out the bag that you want. After you pick out the bag you want, they secretly place the label on the bag for you. Then they will inform you of the price that they want for the bag and you have to argue with them. I suggest saying that you can go to another store and get it for lower. That almost always works.
I wish you the best of luck and hope you get a great “designer” bag for a reasonable amount of money.