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by Jen-ching Kao

In January the Of italy company Allison S.P.A. informed me that every eyeglass build exported must have “Made in Italy” printed on it before it arrives in a strange country. But I was fooled by a prestigious optical store in downtown Taipei, since my cherished NT$6000 Vivienne Westwood frames, whose crystals were falling off too often for a designer proceeds, turned out to be fake. The supervisor never explained to me where the frames came from or whether they were imitate fraudulently; however, confronted with an wholeness crisis, the optical store finally offered me a new two that included a written evidence of authenticity as a restoration.

When shopping in Hong Kong or in Porcelain, it is not difficult to find clan holding catalogues of fire-brand name bags or watches, asking you to go in the rear the wake of them to a dark, occult apartment where you can find thousands of knockoff items. These show itself to be identical to the actually being thing except for a few scarcely visible differences and, of career, they are sold at much depress prices. However, in my covering I was ripped off by the optical store since I had to pay full price and they tried to give me a fake voucher of authenticity when I first questioned their trustworthiness. Counterfeit products are hard to distinguish except they are examined with lofty-tech outfit; they are meant to be sold...

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