Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton handbags were not the first line of products manufactured by Vuitton when he opened his luggage store in France during the mid-1800s. In fact, it wasn't until about 1900 that his company began selling purses. However, all of the company's products, at least for the past 100 years, have displayed the same type of "signature" or "monogram" on their fabric, which makes Louis Vuitton items very recognizable.

Because of the huge popularity of Louis Vuitton purses among celebrities, and the fact that non-celebrities want to own them, there are a large number of knock-off Louis Vuittons Bags on the market. Real Louis Vuitton purses sell for between several hundred and several thousand dollars, and the fake ones cost about 90 percent less.

It's no wonder that this brand is so commonly counterfeited.

In fact, counterfeiting is such a huge problem for the Louis Vuitton handbag brand, it is estimated that almost 99 percent of the so-called Louis Vuitton purses currently owned by people around the world are NOT authentic. Compared to other high-end brands, Louis Vuitton bag make up almost 20 percent of all imitation purses and accessories that are manufactured around the world each year.