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Scottish Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Popular supermarket launches £20 dupe of £11k Birkin bags Victoria Beckham & Olivia Attwood love – it comes in 2 colours
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) IF your bank balance is getting in the way of your true style, don't worry. You will soon be able to replicate the iconic Birkin bag look with a new budget-friendly dupe. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 Tu is launching a £20 handbag that is similar in style to the iconic Birkin bag Credit: Tu 5 Victoria Beckham is often seen carrying her pricey Birkin bag when out in public Credit: Alamy 5 The popular supermarket also has added a similar purse in cream - and it's already become a hit amongst fashionistas Credit: SAINSBURY'S Often spotted on the arm of Victoria Beckham or Olivia Attwood, Birkins have become a staple in celeb wardrobes. Even Kylie Jenner's daughter sported one when she was just learning to walk. However, at £11,000 a-piece, Birkins are not exactly a go-to buy for most people. But now you can pick up a similar style handbag at a much much cheaper price, and it is available in two colours. Fashion brand Tu have announced the re-launch a popular handbag style. The belted bag is will soon returned to UK shelves, reimagining the classic silhouette with sculptural lines. And this stylish and chic buy will only set you back £20, making it ideal for everyday use. In fact, the timeless design means it can be worn "season after season". Tu's Belted Bag is due to launch in late July and will be available from a variety of platforms. You will be able to order it online from as well as from I get stopped in the street by people asking where my perfume's from - it's a dupe of a designer scent & saves me £135 And most excitingly, it will also be stocked in select Sainsbury's stores. If black is not your colour and you're after something else, the supermarket is also adding a new Neutral Faux Leather Tote Bag in a classic cream shade. Priced at a wallet-friendly £20, this bag is sure to become a major hit - and you certainly don't want to miss out on it. Made of a faux leather material, the chic purse has a handle, adjustable strap, as well as multiple compartments for you to store away your daily essentials. One thrifty fashionista wrote: ''Really nice handbag for the price, nice large size but light in weight. ''Can use with handles or strap. Love it, beige or black. Nice every day bag.'' Someone else chimed in with their review, writing: ''For the price I had my money's worth and I will buy more as a back up. Great cheap bag for work.'' Tu clothing items are available in over 400 Sainsbury's locations across the UK. Birkin Bags remain highly sought after by celebrities and collectors due to its craftmanship. While a Birkin's exclusivity and rarity make it a hot commodity the style is actually quite relaxed. The classic Birkin silhouette is constructed in Hermès' signature retourne style. Why you should always buy a dupe over designer... Fashion Editor Clemmie Fieldsend says it's time fashion snobs stopped looking down their noses at affordable versions of designer buys. Bargain US supermarket Walmart became a social media sensation when its £60 dupe of Hermès' Birkin bag, dubbed the Wirkin, went viral. Influencer @styledbykristi gushed: "Eighty dollars (£60), you can pretend that you got a Birkin. I mean, everyone will probably know it's not, because who the hell has the money to spend on the real Birkin? Not me.' Me neither. And why bother? I would never spend that on a designer bag (although if someone wants to buy one for me, that's a different story). Plus, if I splashed that much, I'd feel I was being ripped off... We've all been told how the leading brands use the finest leather, thread, dyes and craftsmanship in the world. But all that is inflated by fashion houses to create the desired illusion of exclusivity. Just last year, Dior came under investigation for paying £44 to assemble a bag that sells for £2,000. So while you might think you are paying for top-level craftsmanship carried out by a true artisan, chances are the poorly paid workers are not seeing any of your hard-earned cash. Dupes — not to be mistaken for knock-offs that copy everything from the logo to the inside label — are a more practical and all-round sensible way to go. I bought my first when I was 18. It lasted me four years and only broke after I wore it in the shower. And these days, British high streets have plenty of dupes. In the past three years, Marks & Spencer, H&M and Mango have all seen huge spikes in sales thanks to their canny copies. They use the same viral, must-have marketing tactics that pricey brands have. Fashion folk will tell you that you are making an investment and buying a 'heritage piece' and will turn their noses up at a high street equivalent. But we've been wearing looks inspired by catwalk designers for decades. If we can buy a bag that's the spitting image of the pricier version, but doesn't mean you have to remortgage, why not? This means the bag is stitched inside out and then reversed, giving the piece a less structured and more relaxed shape M&S previously stocked a dupe for a Birkin bag that was over £10,000 cheaper than the original. Meanwhile, New Look has a dupe of the iconic Bottega buy, but £8,400 cheaper. And BooHoo recently slashed the price of a Molly-Mae bag dupe. 5 Olivia Attwood is also a fan of the iconic Birkin bag Credit: Instaggram / @olivia_attwood
Leader Live
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Joe and Caernarfon looking to secure their spot in Europe
Former Cefn Druids player Faux now plies his trade with the Canaries in the Cymru Premier League and they are just two wins away from securing a spot back amongst the European elite. Caernarfon are at home to Cardiff Met on Sunday in their play-off semi-final, while the winners will go on to face Haverfordwest in the final the following weekend. Reflecting on the vociferous Cofi Army, Faux (pictured above) said: 'That's a huge bonus. We were having our eye on the Welsh Cup final, because if Connah's Quay Nomads were to win, we would have two away games down south in a row. 'They would be two very, very tough games. That's not to say Cardiff Met is not going to be a tough game, because it is. But having the Cofi Army behind us is a great advantage.' The format of the latter stages in the play-offs was only finalised following The New Saints' 2-1 Welsh Cup final triumph over Connah's Quay. Had Nomads repeated their triumph from last season's final, they would now be preparing for a European adventure. However, Craig Harrison's Saints were able to make sure of a domestic treble and this meant league runners-up Penybont automatically qualify for next season's UEFA Conference League. Caernarfon want to join then and goals are set to be a major feature if the Canaries do go all the way over the next few weeks. 'Some of the games it's if you score twice, we will score four!' admitted Faux, whose last Caernarfon appearance came in the 3-1 loss at Penybont on April 19. 'I think we are very lethal in front of goal. Louis Lloyd and Adam Davies are having good seasons.' Lloyd has finished as the top flight's joint leading scorer this season with 16 goals and former Airbus striker Davies has bagged six goals so far. Caernarfon booked their spot in the semi-final of the play-offs with a 5-2 win over Barry Town United, spear-headed by four goals from Lloyd. On the possibility of securing European qualification, Faux stressed: 'It will be such a great achievement. 'To do it once was amazing, but to do it back-to-back, it would be never dreamed of for Caernarfon Town FC.'
Miami Herald
21-02-2025
- Science
- Miami Herald
Odd-colored creature seen falling from tree turns out to be first-of-its-kind sighting
In a rainforest of central Belize, a wildlife ranger saw an oddly colored animal fall out of a tree. The fleeting glimpse sparked a larger search project — and revealed a first-of-its-kind sighting. Mark Faux, a field technician, visited Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society research station in March 2023 for a trail-cleaning project. While there, he saw a 'small group' of bats 'falling to the ground' when their roost 'was cut,' according to a study published Feb. 13 in the peer-reviewed journal Neotropical Biology and Conservation. One of the bats looked 'completely white,' an unusual color for the animal, so Faux reported the sighting to wildlife rangers at the station. Intrigued, the rangers decided to track down the oddly colored animal and, later that year, they succeeded, the study said. The team found a colony of Thyroptera tricolor, or Spix's disc-winged bats, with a 'leucistic adult male,' the study said. A photo shows the white bat inside its typical roost, a specific type of 'rolled' up leaf. Spix's disc-winged bats normally have 'dark brown fur' with some 'reddish brown' patches and a lighter underside, but this bat had 'uniform white' fur, researchers said. 'Although chromatic (color) disorders are widely reported in the animal kingdom, few reports of true leucism have been published in Neotropical bats,' the study said. 'Our observations represent the first documented case of leucism in Spix's disc-winged bat or any chromatic disorder in the Thyropteridae (disc-winged bat) family.' Leucism is often confused with albinism. Albino animals lack pigment in their fur and have eyes which 'appear red,' the study said. Leucistic animals also lack pigment in their fur, but their 'eyes retain their normal color.' Later, in April 2024, rangers documented another sighting of a male Spix's disc-winged bat with leucism. Researchers suspect all three sightings are 'the same individual moving between' roosting locations but don't know for sure. A close-up photo shows the pale Spix's disc-winged bat, which has 'adhesive discs' for hands and feet. The bat was fully grown and part of a close-knit colony, indicating its odd coloring had 'potentially little effect' on its survival and socialization, the study said. Spix's disc-winged bats are considered vulnerable in Belize 'due to its restricted distribution and specific roosting requirements,' researchers said. Their main threats include 'climate change and localized commercial harvesting of Heliconia leaves (their preferred roost) for tamales.' Belize is a coastal country in Central America, bordering Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the south and west. The research team included Vanessa Martin, Vanessa Kilburn, Mathieu Charette and Bruce Miller.
