Article: Knock-off designer apparel gaining in popularity

Article: A trendy party is in the bag; Purses now beat plastic as fun way to meet, eat and sell at home.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
The Washington Times;  January 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Stephanie Sherwood, 35, of A Sow's Ear. Purse parties are an opportunity for all types of...of Fame are even starting to throw purse parties, says Gina Alexander, who heads her...free of high-pressure sales pitches. Purse parties often are coupled with cocktails. They...

Article: Alert Consumer: The dark side of purse parties
Sun, The: Bolingbrook (IL);  January 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......version of the old Tupperware party, purse parties mix forged fashion and fun. Trend-conscious...than felonious. Rhonda routinely hosts purse parties at her sprawling San Diego County home...GUCCIS GALORE Once very hush-hush, purse parties are becoming as bold as the colorful...

Article: Feds bag alleged knock-off purse ring.(News)
The Boston Herald;  November 4, 2005 ;     250 words ......women gather around at home-thrown purse parties where they get a designer look at a...boyfriends were allegedly behind 230 purse parties in the state before police found them...wares at a Revere flea market and at purse parties, at which a host invites friends over...

Article: 'Purse parties' part of a tangled illegal web: Knockoffs offer bargain buys, but there can be legal consequences.
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH);  December 7, 2006 ;     546 words ......counterfeit designer purses. So-called purse parties are like Tupperware parties in which...York City and sell them for $4,000 at purse parties, that's quite a nice tax-free profit...counterfeit check? A lot of women hosting the purse parties don't know they are doing something...

Article: Virginia Men Face U.S. Trial In Peddling of Phony Purses
The Washington Post;  January 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ...They are known as "purse parties," modern-day Tupperware parties...of counterfeit handbags for the purse parties and also selling them at kiosks...purses on street vendor carts, but purse parties -- though perhaps more underground...

Article: Colorado Vendors under Fire for Selling Counterfeit Handbags.
The Denver Post (Denver, Colorado) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......table, chair and couch. Such genteel purse parties in Boulder, Highlands Ranch and other...to people who attend, or even host, purse parties. Many claim not to know what's legal...Schroeder, 34, had been invited to five purse parties -- some selling counterfeits -- since...

Article: THE BUZZ ABOUT THE BAG LADY; LILIPAD CREATIONS' FUNKY FASHIONS ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER TOWN.(CNY)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ......School, began her local business through purse parties, which friends and acquaintances would...Making enough bags for about a dozen purse parties a month put a serious strain on EischenAEs...lilipadcreations.com, and customers can now host purse parties at the Delavan instead of in ...

Article: HEADLINE HERE.
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  February 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ...`Purse parties': Fun on fringe Photo by Susan Tripp...Spade are turning up by the dozen at purse parties. (Answer: The real bag is the large...purses had been sold, and dozens of purse parties had been booked at homes in Lamorinda...

Article: Gucci Madness; Faux designer purse parties are hot, hot, hot.
Coast weekly;  March 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ......But I think that so long as we're not smoking pot at our purse parties--another underground activity that the feds claim is supporting...should push come to shove over a hot little Kate Spade. Purse parties only sound like an updated version of the Tupperware party...

Article: CACHE OF KNOCKOFF BAGS TRIGGERS FEDERAL CASE
The Boston Globe;  November 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......and Louis Vuitton for $40 apiece at "purse parties" hosted by suburban moms and at a weekly...last November, after more than 200 purse parties over 16 months, one of the sisters...market for two years and at some 230 purse parties where people gathered to eat, drink...

Article: KNOCKOFFS' SUBURBAN SPRAWL WORRIES VENDORS.(luxury brand counterfeiting)
WWD;  December 5, 2005 ;     599 words ......is not only an urban one as a desire for luxury spreads. Purse parties, at which women gather their friends and sell designer knockoffs...brand crop up both in the counterfeit districts here and at purse parties next to fake bags from Gucci and Prada, he said. The evolution...

Article: Your Photos are the Life of the Party.
PR Newswire;  September 20, 2006 ;     525 words ......of independent consultants that host purse parties . Chic Pursenality changes its product...and featured at Chic Pursenality's purse parties, in its tri-annual catalogs and consultants...now. For more information about local purse parties, visit http://www.chicpursenality.com...

Article: Shooting from the hip
Central Penn Business Journal;  August 26, 2005 ;     687 words ......her sales so far have come through word of mouth and local "purse parties," which are similar to Mary Kay or Tupperware gatherings...following in Lancaster County She wants to continue with her purse parties. "(The market) kind of re-energized me for that," she said...

Article: Business in the bag
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA;  August 5, 2005 ;     630 words ......luggage bag which she will test out at some of her next purse parties. "I just kind of play around with things," says Burchstead. Burchstead sells most of her bags through the "purse parties" which she describes as "a night of shopping and socializing...