The trade-off...
I personally go for authentic goods. At certain level I do understand why people go for the fakes. I mean if the brand does not mean anything to you and you don't really care if it's fake or not, then it's just an accessory or a piece of clothing you wear like anything else. Especially if no-one else knows it's fake. I mean I know people who buy fakes and are not at all ashamed to admit that. But when working with authentic brands of apparel and knowing the effort that goes into making a pair of jeans for instance, you certainly tend to dislike the copycats. Then again, some of the authentic products today are produced much the same way as the fakes, and possibly even in the same environment. I mean take for instance the dimethyl fumarate fiasco Nudie went through, and the waste dumping of Levis' and Gap. The brands are switching the detail and quality into producing massive amounts at low cost to suit the market. As said, no fakes for me but I'm not blaming folks buying fakes either. Each their own, just need to keep it real IMO. Clothes are just fabric before the wearer "brings the clothing into life".