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My pre-sale that ended on December 14th will be my last for the foreseeable future.

If you follow me on social media you may have seen that I have been fighting a losing battle against knock-offs for the better part of a year now. The counterfeit bags are available everywhere from Amazon to Temu and keep getting promoted on tiktok and instagram by influencers with millions of followers. My sales have suffered so badly as a result that I had to sell my house. Every single day I wake up to messages from people alerting me to a Temu ad or a tiktok shop selling copies of my bags, and the fight feels very futile at this point.

That being said, I am not entirely giving up. I would eventually like to find a manufacturer to help me create high-end, eco-friendly versions of my bags to offer in small batches. I'm not there financially yet, but it's a goal I have for 2025. And I still plan to pursue legal action as soon as I can afford a lawyer. Right now I'm still struggling to pay my bills so I don't see it happening any time soon, but I am not going to let this go. Even if I can't do it for years, I am very intent on making sure that my design is fully mine again someday. This idea was borne from a health crisis in which I found myself needing to carry water with me at all times, and it is so gutting to have had something so personal to me, such an integral part of my life story, be stolen. So it's not just about the money. It's about my dignity and fighting for what I believe is right.

I understand that halting production of my bags means that the only place to buy them will be from the people who stole my design. But I just am not selling enough bags per month to meet my manufacturer minimums, so I don’t have a choice. If you do decide to buy a knock-off, please consider tipping me on Venmo (@kategabrielle) or donating to my gofundme to balance things out.

Thank you to everyone who has supported my shop throughout this. I appreciate you so much!!