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#159 - Blue - Handbags and Gladrags
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hendo77
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#159 - Blue - Handbags and Gladrags

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Looks matter. That's what we're told about Earth, anyway. In fact, the only thing that matters more is money. So, if a girl's got to have the latest fashions but can't afford them, certain compromises have to be met in terms of quality...

Which designers are the inspriation for these wonderful - and affordable - 'homages'?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:22 pm
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hendo77
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The only one I know straight away is...

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E - burberry


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Hunting4Treasure
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Yep! Wink
And I think 'A' is:
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Louis Vuitton

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hannah
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Confirmed solve:

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A- Louis Vuitton
B- Fendi
C- Coach
D- Prada
E- Burberry


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Scott
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so i glanced at the spoilerated answers, and thought to myself "Hm, I dont know any of these." But i'd like to work out the solve on my own. So like, someone in the know: Any chance of a hint fFor researching answers? I've attempted ebaying and random googling fFor similar patterns, but I'm seeing that's just not going to work. I could look at purses all day and not see anything close, I think. Is this card simply a matter of trivia? Either one knows what brands are represented, or one fFails at this card? Or is there a good way to work it out?
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GuyIncognito
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Well, it certainly helps a lot if you can identify some of the signature patterns, logos or adornments...and some basic knowledge of fashion labels would give you a few options for more effective googling.

A random search for "handbags" just gave me this link, which should get you started...

Of course, if you were to venture into the open, you could also check out some shop windows. Who knows what you might find... Smile

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Scott, I had a similar problem. I had some idea of two of them, two more I found by spending far too long looking at websites full of handbags, and C had me totally stuck.
The puzzle's probably really easy if you're a handbaggy type of person, but otherwise it's really difficult finding the blessed things.
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dragonskeep
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I solved this pretty simply just by typing descriptions of the bags into google. OK, my daughter helped too...

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Scott
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Can't say I'm not devoted. I went to a fFashion expo in search of answers. HA! Exhibitors at the show completely did not understand what on earth I was talking about, so I had to really simplify the question. Liek I was sort of hoping to maybe rope some people in to pxc, but no, it became a sort of "what brand does this look like? yes I know it's not exactly like the real thing. What does it look like to you?" I was hoping to get pictures of bags fFor comparison purposes, but that's quite taboo. In all it was a very fFrustrating time. Smile
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I showed this card to my old english teacher, and in 30 seconds I had a correct answer.

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forensick
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I found 5 of the 6 here.

I came upon the link by googling 'designer handbags.' It's easier to look at the patterns than trying to find an exact match.

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clahey
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Handbag A
Random passerby

I was walking home tonight and looked over to see a random college student carrying handbag A. I asked her what brand it was and I got the answer to A. I used other suggestions from this thread to finish the card.

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Gauntlet
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I recognised three of them then showed the card to OH. She knew the all instantly. For her this is a red (although she stopped looking at those after I soved Cow cow cow cow cow).

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Colanne
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Gauntlet wrote:
She knew the all instantly. For her this is a red


So true Laughing This has been the easiest to date for me!

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