The Dupe Is the Point Now: How Fake Luxury Stopped Being Embarrassing and Became the Whole Personality
Remember when buying a knockoff meant hiding it in the back of your closet? Gen Z just put it on their main feed with the caption 'dupe check' and got 2 million views. The counterfeit has become the content — and what that says about aspiration, authenticity, and the total collapse of 'real' is genuinely fascinating.