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Fashion Designers Take on PiratesA bill pending in the Senate would protect the style of a garment, and not just the logo, under copyright.
The vendors on Santee Alley are going underground with the good stuff, the $300 knockoff designer handbags so close to the real thing, they could fool an Hermès salesgirl.
Most of the bags displayed out in the open on downtown L.A.'s most infamous retail street (the No. 1 hub for counterfeit fashion goods in the U.S., according to the LAPD), are half-hearted, vinyl versions of "It" bags, crafted on the cheap in Chinese factories.
And contrary to popular belief, these bags, bearing comical labels such as "Prawa" (Prada) and "Channel" (Chanel), are legal to manufacture and sell.
They aren't, under current laws, considered counterfeit goods.
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