In 2013, Alibaba signed an agreement with the Louis Vuitton Brand to combat counterfeiting of this brand in their stores, and the truth is that there are virtually no replicas of Louis Vuitton on AliExpress today. And as far as I know, there have never been any original Louis Vuitton bags.
In fact, if you entered Louis Vuitton into AliExpress, this is what you came across: This is the best proof that there are no genuine products of this brand on AliExpress. Well, although there is an exception …
Second Hand Louis Vuitton Bags on AliExpress
I didn’t see it, but a reader contacted us a few weeks ago to let us know that this statement was false: she told us that she had bought an original but used Louis Vuitton bag and that it was her relatively cheap (compared to the usual price of an original and new Louis Vuitton).
Unfortunately, the seller who was selling them barely had a few units and they were already sold out, and searching to date we haven’t found any other that have used Louis Vuitton bags.
But don’t despair …
We explain how to distinguish an original LV bag
In just a few months, AliExpress has greatly improved its platform and sellers now have many more options to describe their products. As we saw in the article on cheap iPhones, sellers can now more visibly highlight the condition of the product they are selling. Here is an example of an iPhone advertised as “used”: As you can see, the condition of the product (an iPhone 6 in this case) is listed just below the ratings and I can imagine that if there are authentic but used Louis Vuittons it will be displayed in the same way.
The only problem you’ll have with locating Louis Vuitton bags is that AliExpress “blocked” the aforementioned search for “Louis Vuitton”. Even if there are original products, no results will be displayed. It is exactly the same as with the cheap Ray Bans from AliExpress: there are original products, but they are so few and so new that they are practically invisible because AliExpress has not yet “understood” that they are in an original way and blocked the expression directly in the search engine.
And since you can’t find anything for Louis Vuitton, you’ll have to try doing partial searches that avoid that phrase, such as: B. “Louis Bag”. If you do this search now, you still probably won’t find any original Louis Vuittons, but maybe they are back.
Instead, you can find the handbags from Chinese brands, inspired by the design of Louis Vuitton, which we will talk about in the following section.
How to Find Cheap Louis Vuitton Style Chinese Bags
Although there are no original Louis Vuitton bags, we can find an excellent alternative at AliExpress: Chinese brands that take inspiration from the vintage style of Louis Vuitton to design their own bags and purses.
As? But aren’t they the old Louis Vuitton imitators?
Well, no, and I’m not saying it, a New York court says it, as Vogue reports. It emerged that Louis Vuitton was suing the Chinese brand MOB (My Other Bag) for “counterfeiting Louis Vuitton products”.
On the left you can see an original Louis Vuitton bag and on the right one of the MOB models that Louis Vouitton presented as an alleged fake. The fact is, the court approved of the Chinese brand and ruled that these bags were nothing more than “parodies of a brand”.
As a consequence of that ruling, AliExpress sellers who have bags inspired by the signature Louis Vuitton print for € 50 or € 60 (which you can see here) are doing something perfectly legal, and LV can’t do anything about it.
And how do I find these cheap Chinese clones?
Although what they sell is perfectly legal, they are not allowed to use the Louis Vuitton brand to advertise their products as it would be a crime, like Louis Bag.
Looking for other LV-inspired bag models
Cheap Speedy Bags
One of the most famous models from Louis Vuitton is the Speedy. Here is a comparison between the Chinese “equivalents” in AliExpress and the original:
As you can see, while inspired by the original idea, it doesn’t have nearly the same logos, making it a perfectly legal product.
Louis Vuitton Neverfull style bags
Here you can also see that although it is inspired by the original, neither the surfaces, nor the handle, nor the pattern have anything to do with it. Not the price, as they are worth $ 30 instead of the $ 1000 that the original costs. 🙂
Alma Vernis bags
More of this: there is an air, but it is clear that it is not a replica as it does not have the same pattern.
Damier Trevi bags
And the same for every other model
And if he’s looking for bags inspired by other Vuitton models, you can do the same: just enter the model’s name (not to mention Louis Vuitton) + bag / handbag.
And are these Bags made of real Leather or Plastic?
It depends on the price, but they are usually made of polyester or fabric and polyurethane (PU), a leather-like synthetic material that is by no means of poor quality. There are also some that have real leather bags and you will distinguish them because their price always exceeds at least $ 60 or $ 70 and because in the product file they indicate the material of the bag:
You will see that it means “leather” in English because it is the automatic translation of “leather”, which also means “skin”. Then you also find a salesperson who uses the word “leather” in a crazy way on their products, even if they are for a couple of twenty euros, but I wouldn’t pay much attention to them. It is better not to take any chances, especially since PU bags are usually of very good quality.
