Karama!

I remember promising to go to Karama for some field research on fakes but I still haven't gotten round to it. My Aunt however, gave it 2 goes! Well a lesson is to be learned here...Karma took over Karama. The whole idea behind Karma is "what goes around, comes around" Well it went something like this. A fake Louis Vuitton travel case was purchased and as soon as it got home, caused such severe dissatisfaction that another had to be purchased to pacify the offending object's distaste. The replacement was of better quality and less offensive to the eye but a counterfeit remains a counterfeit and as the say...You buy cheap, You buy twice!

I would still like to go to Karama, despite my research having been done for me already.

So as much as immitation is the most sincere form of flattery, fakes wouldn't be so offensive if they weren't so tarnished in craftsmanship and ethics.

Bedtime stories

My Favourite Fairytale! I've read it more times than I care to reveal and I enjoy it every single time as much as when I first read it in my childhood. It brings up the question..."what price are you willing to pay for fashion or luxury?"...furthermore, would you buy a fake/replica/counterfeit and strut around like the emperor?

..."and so the emperor just kept walking stiffly, staring straight ahead. He never even saw the two cunning rascals sneak away, laughing and clutching their bags of gold."

The demand for luxury goods is so huge that the industry will continue to thrive for as long as people are in the dark about the cruel reality that belies the manufacturing of these fakes, and off go the organised crime syndicates "laughing and clutching their bags of gold!"

There is an entire district in Dubai that is dedicated to the counterfeit industry. Having heard so much about "Karama", I've decided to take a field trip to see what its really all about...