Coach sues The City of Chicago

According to a report from Reuters, Coach is suing the City of Chicago for allegedly allowing the Maxwell Street Market to sale knock-off handbags. Coach filed the $2 million lawsuit on Wednesday stating they’d suffered “substantial damages” as a result of the sales.

Apparently a Coach representative acted as a “secret shopper” and purchased a “Coach” handbag for $18 and a “Chanel” handbag for $24. Both vendors were arrested and 351 “Coach” bags were seized. On an earlier visit to the Market the same representative discovered several of the 300 vendors were selling counterfeit products in plain view.

It looks like Coach is trying to make an example out of the City of Chicago just like they did Kmart when they sued the company for selling luggage with a print similar to theirs. My thing is, fakes are faux fabulous and you’re doing yourself a huge disservice by buying and carrying but so is buying knock-offs. People that carry the real version of what you bought for $24 know that yours is fake. I say if you can’t afford the real thing go without. Not only are you making a bad fashion statement, you’re also contributing to terrorism. Harper’s Bazaar has a campaign against knock-offs that goes in to great detail.