A genuine counterfeit
I just got back from a holiday to China, and one of the most amusing things I saw was the counterfeit goods! At a bag shop, I saw Miu Miu's twin Min Min. And Kate Spade's best friend Kete. On an escalator in a shopping mall, I saw the guy standing in front of me wearing New Balance's Chinese cousin New Balun. I wanted to take a picture, but thought better of it in case, you know, I get beat up by the guy. Then of course there was the Star Wars extended family of Space Wars, Star Wart (yes really), and Star Wnrs - as the internet meme says, truly, a winner is you :D What puzzles me is this - the counterfeits are actually pretty realistic. To my untrained eye, I can't tell the difference between the real thing and the fake. Since the manufacturers have gone to all that trouble to make the bag or shoe or lego sets look real, why do they bother coming up with a brand name that's just a little different? Why not go all the way and copy the name prop