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Article: Gucci Madness; Faux designer purse parties are hot, hot, hot.
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- Monterey County Weekly
- Article date:
- March 26, 2003
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My sister, my best friend and I arrive right on time, at 11am--and we're always late to things. There's already a crowd in the room. Most of us women are wearing sunglasses and sitting on our hands to hide our dilating pupils and sweaty palms. Brunch food and wine wait untouched on the dining room table. Once we get the cue to start shopping, we don't want to be caught with our mouths full of mini-quiches and mimosas.
We've got business to attend to. Important business. All of us are eagerly waiting to spend lots of money--cash only--on designer handbags. Counterfeit designer bags, that is.
We're at a "purse party," buying knockoffs. But these bodacious bags are nearly identical to the real ...