I think buying replicas is pretty pocketbook savvy, but only if they are decent replicas. If you tried to keep up you would have to either be filthy rich or work 5 jobs to support your designer habit.

I buy classic designer pieces because I also think it is just as bad to be severly dated in some old worn out stuff just cause it is Gucci.

A lady cant go wrong with a classic Louis Vuitton, vintage Chanel glasses and Cartier signature pens :). On a side note, I hate the new Vuitton logo bags with the huge flowers on them... yuck.

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