{"id":102296,"date":"2017-04-27T11:56:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T18:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=102296"},"modified":"2017-04-27T15:12:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T22:12:48","slug":"ikea-balenciaga-tote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/ikea-balenciaga-tote\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikea&#8217;s Response to the $2,145 Version of Their $1 Tote Is Hilarious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we love all things fashion, it can sometimes be a little much to shell out $3,000 for a designer bag or $250 for a t-shirt. That&#8217;s when\u00a0we look to fast fashion brands for dupes on the latest trends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/static-blog.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27151322\/504889384_1_BagFront.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102359\" src=\"https:\/\/static-blog.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27151322\/504889384_1_BagFront.jpeg\" alt=\"504889384_1_BagFront\" width=\"600\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27151322\/504889384_1_BagFront.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27151322\/504889384_1_BagFront-283x222.jpeg 283w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27151322\/504889384_1_BagFront-293x230.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27151322\/504889384_1_BagFront-610x479.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, French fashion house, Balenciaga,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/2017\/04\/149940\/ikea-balenciaga-expensive-shopping-bag\" target=\"_blank\">basically created their own designer\u00a0dupe on Ikea&#8217;s $1 bag<\/a> \u2013 meet\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.barneys.com\/product\/balenciaga-arena-extra-large-shopper-tote-bag-504889384.html?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;cmpgntype=pla&amp;campaignid=345495075&amp;adgroupid=31880462475&amp;product_partition_id=231997171515&amp;product_id=00505048893855&amp;cmpntype=pla&amp;campaign=%5BPLA%5D%20-%20Product%20Types%20-%20Tier%201&amp;adgroup=Mens%20-%20Bags%20&amp;%20Leather%20Goods%20-%20Totes&amp;k_clickid=ef35f20e-344e-4843-9f6f-b11c95cc3c39&amp;gclid=COr72syGotMCFY1WDQod64oFAw&amp;ranMID=38359&amp;ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&amp;ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-EkFtYfEMEcb0MmQa13Ow8A&amp;utm_source=TnL5HPStwNw&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;siteID=TnL5HPStwNw-EkFtYfEMEcb0MmQa13Ow8A\" target=\"_blank\">Arena Extra-Large Shopper Tote<\/a>&#8230;it looks oddly familiar to the Scandinavian furniture chain&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/products\/17228340\/\" target=\"_blank\">iconic blue tote<\/a> (you know, the one you probably use to lug your laundry around).<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not even the best part, though. Ikea went to Instagram and dubbed the 99-cent FRAKTA bag as &#8220;the original&#8221; and went as far to show us how you can distinguish it from its $2,145 counterfeit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BTT6BfTAJhc\/\" target=\"_blank\">You know the original \u2013 you know the #FRAKTA bag. Our response to @Balenciaga is pick of the day at #CreativityOnline. Read more about it following the link in our bio.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by ACNE (@acnecollective) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-04-25T14:05:19+00:00\">Apr 25, 2017 at 7:05am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Ikea&#8217;s response? Weigh in on\u00a0the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"While we love all things fashion, it can sometimes be a little much to shell ...","author":1427020,"featured_media":102356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[185],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27115416\/shutterstock_565383235-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/27115416\/shutterstock_565383235.jpg","formated_date":"April 27, 2017","category_name":"News","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113842\/news.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#0d7696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1427020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}