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I find Coach bags are not worth the money, but for a different reason than most. Being a long-time devotee to high street fashion, I am no stranger to astronomical price tags. For people like me, fashion is a hobby and owning a piece like a beautiful pair of shoes or a bag gives a rush equivalent to an art collector hanging a rare Picasso or O'Keefe for the first time. The perk of fashion, however, is that you get to feel good all day carrying your art around or traversing the city in it.

I disagree with the argument that discount stores like Target produce all one could ever desire in fashion. Very often, the bags carried in these stores are legal (and sometimes illegal) rip-offs of an original runway design. Flip to the back of any tabloid to find a photo of a celebrity carrying the newest Kooba, Hermes or Chloe "it" bag, and next to it, another several photos of suspiciously similar bags and where to buy them for a mere fraction of the costof the original. Most of these similarities are impossibly coincidental. In purchasing a bag for $20 from Wal Mart, there is the possibility that you are encouraging the theft or "borrowing" of creative property from designers, who spend millions every year to come up with these designs, only to have fast-money companies ride on their backs for profit.

The argument that Coach bags are too expensive is moot, because most people have hobbies that they spend their money on. If you enjoy music, chances are you would pay good money to see your favorite artist. The same goes for other live entertainment. Having an appreciation for cars will certainly cost you, as will any item that merits a collection. Hiking requires loads of expensive equipment, and cultivating an appreciation for fine wine and dining will set you back. A passion for video games is no different. Basically, most everyone spends their money in ways they probably shouldn't. It simply comes down to what is your poison. For some people, this is high-end fashion, and such individuals should not have to apologize for their spending habits any more than anyone else with a costly passion (and they are all costly).

Having said that, Coach bags are not worth the money to me because they do not constitute any type of art, and are more like expensive marketing tools for a company looking to make a solid profit. I say this because most Coach bags (and I say most because there are certainly exceptions) are splattered with the highly recognizable Coach logo. This logo works

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