Every woman wants a designer handbag, but only an exclusive group can afford the luxury of owning one. The prices that range from $450.00 to $2500.00 has made it impossible for the average woman to own a designer handbag. You wonder if these designer bags are made from solid gold or have 24 carat diamonds sewn into them for that kind of price tag.

Therefore, a market has developed for the knockoff designer handbag with a much cheaper price tag. Cheap designer handbags are currently sweeping the world. There are factories in China which manufacture cheap knockoff designer handbags. They use less expensive, but adequate materials and make only a subtle change in the designer logo or artwork on the handbag. Thus, you get a cheap designer handbag that the average woman can afford and enjoy.

The only harm in manufacturing cheap designer handbags is to the design companies themselves. But the women who are buying the cheap designer handbags can not afford to purchase the real thing, so actually, the design firms are not losing any money. A celebrity or jetsetter would not literally be caught dead with a cheap designer handbag. So, unless the average woman takes out a loan to purchase a designer handbag or handbags, which is unlikely to occur, than really no one loses and there is only a winning scenario for everyone involved.

Canal Street

Canal Street in New York City is probably the most famous location to find cheap knockoff designer handbags. It is not unheard of in a shop on Canal Street to be taken down a flight of back stairs to another locked room full of cheap designer bags. The customer can purchase as many of these handbags as she wants on a cash basis, fill her suitcase, return home and resell to her community.

It is a flourishing business and one that is, unfortunately, being scrutinized by undercover police officers. The major design labels can crack down on cheap knockoff designer handbags in the United States because of trademark licensing laws. Again, it is not unheard of for a shopkeeper on Canal Street to get busted for selling fake designer handbags and then turn around in less then a month and open shop again. This is a continuous cycle, where the shopkeeper tries to outsmart the police time and time again.

There is definitely money to be made in selling cheap designer handbags and no one is harmed, so what is the point in arresting the seller? The average consumer knows she is not getting the real thing when she spends $25.00 for a Louis Vuitton knockoff. Women want to be stylish and trendy and look expensive. If carrying one of these cheap designer handbags makes a woman feel good, than why decrease her chances of ecstasy by eliminating the opportunity? There comes a time when shopping laws should be changed.