Nob Hill Knock Offs

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Would you, or wouldn't you, sport a knock off handbag? How about fake jewels? A writer for the Nob Hill Gazette posed the question to some fancy San Francisco society ladies. Several declined to comment, but a surprising number of them responded that yes, indeed, they'll tote a knock-off handbag and donate the money they saved to charity instead. [Nob Hill Gazette]