<p>We do not have a daughter so we have no idea about this.
DS mentioned that, at one time his girlfriend could tell that a lady at a veggy burger place near his college town carried a quite expensive handbag.</p>
<p>Do the majority of young ladies, especially those at a private college, have some knowledge about this?</p>
<p>Granted the veggy burger place is kind of yuppy place - even though it is not a very expensive one.</p>
<p>I am just curious.</p>
<p>I doubt if it’s a majority but many of them would know. Of my five Ds, I would bet that 2 or 3 would recognize certain designer bags. :)</p>
<p>Mine does.</p>
<p>Depends note designer and how mnrem /he is and what the bag looks like. Some have logos splashed boldly all over the bag and are pretty blatant. Others are much more subtle. (Some are fakes but look pretty similar to the real thing–often much cheaper). </p>
<p>D is 25 and knows a significant # of brands, as do many of her peers and friends. </p>
<p>“Do the majority of young ladies, especially those at a private college, have some knowledge about this?”</p>
<p>Majority? Private college? Probably not, because they are either on fin. aid or have drained the bank of mom and dad… ;)</p>
<p>One can definitely learn a lot about purses from looking at photos, but some superfakes are so good, one needs to have hands-on experience with the real stuff. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I do not know what “designer” bag she referred to. She herself may not own one. But it seems her circle of friends may have this kind of knowledge. (I heard she attended private schools for her secondary education and college.)</p>
<p>I am not judgmental here. I am just curious. It appears this is something that only the parents who have a daughter would know.</p>
<p>We even did not know North Face jackets before our child attended college. So you could say we kind of “live under the rock” and do not know a lot of things.</p>
<p>mcat, there are purse forums, believe it or not. 
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<p>Our S is fairly aware of popular brands of young adults, males and females. He is 27. I think it depends on whether they think it worth their energy to learn this stuff. It’s pretty easy to figure out for the most part, if they care. </p>
<p>Actually, S is more aware of high end brands than we are and shops at them. He’s decided he will pay more for items he likes and uses often. As it’s his money (and happens to match our philosophy), we simply smile and nod. </p>
<p>For what it’s worth, both my kids went to private HS and U. From what I can tell, it’s more a matter of awareness than public vs private schooling. </p>
<p>Unfortunately yes. In fact at one college (which shall remain unnamed lol) she rejected after a visit D’s comment was “I have never seen so much Coach and Burberry in one place at one time”. At another college (Vassar) my D was very impressed that labels didn’t seem so significant. I am a Coach woman (I own a couple of the small bags, wink, wink) but D is anti-label and refuses in her words to “pay for someone else’s advertising”. This started with the GAP sweatshirt thing when she was a little girl.</p>
<p>Pretty much every brand has some
set of brand-specific features (e.g., Chanel’s mademoiselle lock, Goyard’s signature print, LV’s vernis finish, etc). Anyone who looks at TPF can get a handle on brands easily. Authenticity is a totally different issue: I can tell that a bag is a Goyard, but can’t tell if it is real or fake from a distance if it is not an obvious fake. </p>
<p>My kids mostly do not buy items emblazoned with brands either and greatly prefer subtlety. For recreational activities, they will wear some items with discreet logos. </p>
<p>Some do, some don’t. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t know name brands if they were paraded in front of me (nor would my mom). My sister could spot a name brand three stores away with her glasses off. </p>
<p>One does not need to own a brand name bag to know how it looks. </p>
<p>I went to a private college, and I am in my 20’s and a woman - I would have absolutely no idea.</p>
<p>My daughter could tell coach, tori burch, gucci, lv, michael kors, burberry from 100 yards. Other brands, I’m not sure. She has a tori burch back pack for college. It makes birthdays and christmas easy. She’s getting to the point where she doesn’t want the initials or brand all over it. </p>
<p>I have designer purses and won’t carry the ones with the c or mk all over it. I prefer the leather.</p>
<p>I think high schoolers are quite aware of brand names these days. Doesn’t matter if the school is private or public.
Everywhere you look you see northface jackets and ugg boots. Lots of vera Bradley and other name brand bags.
I’ve see high school girls with Juicy Couture, Tory Burch, Vera Bradley, and Coach bags just to name a few. </p>
<p>One does need to know her designers to get the humor:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.brianlichtenberg.com/”>http://www.brianlichtenberg.com/</a></p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Haha. BUt it does help ;)</p>
<p>one thing my daughter noticed when touring colleges was that all the girls seemed to have vera bradley totes for their books/computers. So, we got her one when she started college. She would not have any idea of any other designer bag.</p>
<p>Our D is not a Vera Bradley fan. Niece who went to school at Notre Dame is but none of the other extended family, so far. </p>
<p>Our D actually prefers bags with no logos. Her current favorite is a small leather clutch worn crossbody, that we bought at a street fair in Alexandria VA. I believe th artisan who sold it to me made the bag. </p>