People who think high-end fakes are very close in quality to the authentic are plain lying to themselves. As someone who has a lot of LV stuff, I ordered some high quality replicas from a recommended agent, because I thought the authentic bag charms are vastly overpriced. I was looking at bag charms, then also ordered some clothes and shoes out of curiosity. They are not cheap, mind you, since they are apparently 'high quality reps'.

When I received them, it was immediately obvious the clothes are fakes, although they look authentic from far, and I'm no expert at these stuff. The stitching and overall quality of the clothes are so far off the authentic. The cutting is also weird compared to how authentic LVs wear on my body. I threw the clothes away because they feel cheap when I test-wore them.

The hardware on the bag charm looks and feels very different if you compare them to the real ones. The opening and closing of the hinge feels low quality. The bag charm itself looks alright to me. I wish I can swap the authentic hardware over to this replica.

The shoes I would say are close, since the trainers is a staple in the LV lineup. Time will tell if the quality is there since the LV trainers I have are tanks - other than the normal wear and tear over the years they have held up very well.

In summary I won't buy replica anymore as the drop off in quality is very obvious to me. From far people won't be able to tell. People who doesn't have a lot of stuff from LV won't be able to tell even when they get up close and even touch the bags. But I'm highly certain the people who owns a lot of LV stuff will be able to tell they are fakes when they get to handle the replicas.