Hello, how are you? I am a huge fan of your blind items and I would like to share this fraud story with you.
Seems like posers, fakers, pretenders in the fashion industry are getting to be more and more fearless and notorious by the day.
There is some graduate of an exclusive girl's school CG who is bold enough to call and label herself as a high-end fashion and bags designer. She also says that she does her work alternately between New York and Manila. CG misrepresents herself big time by claiming to have done internship in a world famous American fashion and lifestyle magazine. Likewise with other world-renowned fashion designers.
Apart from that, CG also claims to have studied fashion design at a famous design school in New York. Her social media accounts scream of photos of her alleged bags and fashion collection - all proven fake! Bold and shameless, those photos she claims as her creations were actually stolen from different websites! What's mind-boggling and laughable (to some) is that she only buys her stuff from online wholesellers which source them from China! Then she does some magic and goes around passing them off as her creations!
But her most preposterous claim is that the international designer Valentino got interested in her designs and bought them! Really? Where are the photos of that milestone then? Given her propensity for notorious self-promotion supported by (fake) photographs, why did she allow such a Valentino breakthrough to just pass unceremoniously? Go figure.
CG is so successful in her fabulous claims and making people believe her tales. In fact she was just recently featured in a national broadsheet with those stolen photos of bags and dresses given prominent exposure. Is she so good at Public Relations to have successfully sweet-talked or hoodwinked an unwitting, no nonsense columnist CV to write about her? This girl CG is really something else.
My heart goes to the people, the poor buyers of her overpriced bags. Oh those bags from China she claims to have made and designed from Manila and New York! How much and how long will CG profit from the miseries of her victims?
But fret not, there's still some good news. Looks like more and more people are taking notice of this fraud woman, even the broadsheet where she was given prominent exposure has gotten word of her scam and is now looking into it. Hopefully it won't be long before she gets exposed.
Thank you very much, FP for giving me space in your widely-read blog.
Sincerely yours,
Dotty
Note: Letter edited for brevity.
thank god i'm not into expensive bags. i use eco-friendly bayong during my weekly trip to talifafa.
ReplyDeletesinetch itech?
ReplyDeleteOoh i remember reading the column about her.. She said she had an internship with a very well known magazine.. I was in awe of her while reading the article pa naman, too bad its just a scam pala.. Its amazing what people do just to get attention and popularity..
ReplyDeletemagpakilala ka ateng sender para hindi ka mapagkamalang fake din... as in Ingitira. lol!
ReplyDeleteDotty nga daw
Deletehindi mo ba nabasa? Dotty ang name niya
DeleteIntriguing. Still don't have a clue.
ReplyDeletehmmmmm more clues, please?
ReplyDeleteIs this AA? :O
ReplyDeleteAfter a 15 minute research online, nailed it! Bullseye! She is still not that famous yet. Indeed, her achievements-so to speak- are kinda questionable if not impossible. If you'll ask me, those bags are indeed your typical made in china, just rebranded. CLUE: sampung centimo (name of brand)
ReplyDelete*juan uwagan*
clues naman what to research online
Deleteoo nga! :)
Deletegoogle real name of time giver. start from there then bag designer
DeleteOMG! You got it wrong, she's not the one. Please take note that she was just recently featured in a major broadsheet. Consider that and the clues above so you'll be accurate. just saying ..
DeleteClues please! Anong broadsheet! Kanina pa ako hirap na hirap!!' Sige na!!! Clues!!
Deletemali ka
DeleteName names na para ma expose ang fake.
ReplyDeleteClues are found on the title.
DeleteInitials on the title???
Deletenag research din ako but im not sure if tama yun nahanap ko. charade tayo. 3 words yun name nya. first name tagalog ng curtain, 2nd syllable. second name 4 syllables, 3rd and 4th syllable tagalog ng textile. hahaha.
ReplyDeletesya din naisip ko
Deleteang gulo mo te!
DeleteClues on the title.
Deletepuro ka sylables syslaban kita dyan eh! kahilo ka!
Deletetina tela?
Deleteayusin mo nga clues mo
DeleteKa surname Nya Si diet
Deletetina tela hahahahaha!
Delete-A
tagalog ng curtain ...
DeleteCARteyn?!
i googled her, ka first name ni time giver in real life at last name ni diet coke yun na!!!!
Deletekapangalan ba to ni time giver? yun real name ni time giver ha
ReplyDeleteMga teh, kapangalan nya yung isang Kanguso star na gf ngayun ng anak ni direk G. Yun na!
ReplyDeleteAno daw???
DeleteOMG! Isang search ko lang sa Google and the article about her appeared. It's from the website of a very popular daily in the Philippines. Her name is composed of three words.
ReplyDeleteFrom the way the article describes her, it seems like she already made her mark in the fashion industry. ;)
Clue naman dyan !!
Deletei think si 3A iniisip mo, not her
DeleteDb meron cyang label dati na nalugi din. The B Shop? Hehehehe
DeleteOh my....finally nahanap ko na rin ang designer na ito (Kung sya nga ito). I checked her website and I saw tons of designer inspired pieces. I saw an obvious LV Lockit looking bag there made from iridescent exotic skin na parang hindi natural ang pagiging leather : ( Meron din na Alexander Wang Emile looking na bag. Haaayyyyy!!!! I even saw a Bayswater looking bag with lace like edges. Kalungkot : ( Meron pang Dior looking clutch done in the Cannage quilt pero saddle shape ang flap. Ang sakit lang sa head!
ReplyDeleteClue on website pls
DeleteIs this one of the couple na wanted daw sa China? How sad nman...
ReplyDeletesus, wag nang magulat na may mga ganyan na bigla na lang susulpot to "make their mark" sa industry. sa sobrang dali magkalat ng info now, through social media/ internet, wala nang background check na kelangan-- lahat tinatanggap na guru and experts kahit wala naman talagang talent. basta may money lang na pambili, camera to post pictures, at opinyon, nakakalusot na.
ReplyDeletemadali lang sya mahanap, if the letter sender's allegations are true, she doesn't seem so "saintly" at all.
the minaudière lady.
ReplyDeletewrong
DeleteSecond rate trying hard copycat ni Judith Leiber -parloristang tomboy
DeleteOh yes! It's Niel .....!
ReplyDeleteRow 28 ako today
ReplyDeleteIto ba yung na deport from Europe because of her fake LV luggage?!
ReplyDeletetingin ko hindi. matanda yung girlaloo na yun na may midget na asawa. Pero di ko din mahulaan to!
DeleteSya yung nagpapaengrave ng Hermes Bag nya, and when the staff returned her bag to her, slashed na sya becoz it's fake...
DeleteBet ako sa hula mo, 2:39
Deletewrong... though totoo ung H incident. hahahaha bsta pa ung B.I. C nga
DeleteMore clue naman po.. Plsssss.. Bago lng ako dto FP.. =p
ReplyDeleteshe is married to a man na feeling ko bakla. meron din silang shoe store before na ang name is makikita sa dagat.
ReplyDeleteYun din hula ka.. tsaka diba may store sila dati na parang Muji ang dating?! Diba ANONYMOUS 11.14 ;)
Deletemali! bata pa toh, mga 20s
DeleteJust saw her website, grabe!!
ReplyDeleteShe seems to be living in a make-believe world, so kawawa naman :((
People, FP will not post very revealing clues. Kaya use your resourcefulness and the clues here on the thread plus some investigative skills to get to her. Good luck!
the owners of the now defunct "suking tindahan" store. Their stores don't seem to have the longevity of other filipino retailers.
ReplyDeletewrong
Deleteif this is 3A then i'm watching her video right now and laughing so hard ahahah
ReplyDeleteHindi Si rags to riches
Deleteok then my apologies then. thanks for confirming
DeleteOmg! Gets ko na! Yung last name nya ay isang lugar sa Maynila, two words, na may connect sa mga banal
ReplyDeleteClue pa! Santos???
DeleteLa Loma?
DeleteMalapit sa Quiapo ito. Hehehehe then may bayan sa Laguna na ganun din ang name.
DeleteAnd may I add the bags looked like they're bought from divi with a little bit of twang to it
ReplyDeleteHindi siguro si 3A to. Parang hindi naman sya nagmamalaki ng kung anu-ano sa mga interviews nya. Tsaka lahat ng achievements like yung schooling nya parang totoo naman.
ReplyDelete3A is nice in person... ADMU grad sya and she does not boasts of her achievements...
DeleteBwisit!! Tatlong Oras na ako nag google Hindi ko pa din alam!!!!!! Clues naman!!!!
ReplyDeletetama. wititit akez knowing sa fashown fashown na yan but the BI's juicy. ;)
DeleteMethod of operation (Latin term). PAKAK!
ReplyDeletehahaha.. nakakainis na... clue please.. Some people are saying sari2x, pero parang malabo na siya. hinahanap ko yung "recent" article na sinasabi, available ba sa net?
ReplyDeletekamag-anak ni fake designer si Tina Turner, Time Giver at di Diet! yun na! PAK!
ReplyDeletesorry I was born yesterday, who is Time Giver? plssssss !!!!
Deletemali!
DeleteSa blog ni BB (gay blogger) sinasabi nila na hindi sa kanya yung mga design ng anu ba yun, bag na kabibe. Inaangkin nyang siya nagdesign
ReplyDeleteFirst Name: Tagalog word of curtain. Last 2 syllables
ReplyDeleteSecond Name: Name of Ronnie Ricketts' name + tagalog of textile
Last Name: Same as Diet's
-A
at long last.... salamt sa clues..
Deleteisang malaking mali
DeleteThe Maiden One - yan initials ng name nya...
ReplyDeleteI doubt bec tmc is old and her features on broadsheet were so tagal na.
DeleteWrong po kayo.
Delete*trend-hunter*designer*former analyst* DAW
ReplyDeleteI have no clue who the BI's subject was. I tried the other clues but it's too difficult for someone who doesn't follow say TimeGiver outside of FP's blind items. But the clue above is the easiest way to find who the subject is if you're clueless like me hehe
DeleteSalamat at nakuha ko na din!
DeleteThanks anonymous 11:09
Deletekuha ko! :D
Thanks! Best clues. :)
DeleteBest clue! Salamat sayo ;))
DeleteCLUES yung last name niya lugar nga sa manila. tagalog ng saint na babae. search for the blog na nakafeature siya. un blog ay parang show dati ni time giver. kung san sha nagsimula na parang news host na joke time. pag tuwing babanggitin un show kailangan may matching hand gestures. anyway andun sa blog na yun un link ng kabalbalan niya. nasa comments sa pinakailalim. may i just say na grabe siya sa pagkaimbentor. sana naging scientist na lang siya hahaha nakakahiya siya
ReplyDeleteThanks teh! Ng dahil sau na kita ko na.. andami kng steps! Inuna ko muna sa wiki ung show ni Time Giver kng ano ung my hand related gestures. Nung nakita ko na title ng show plus bag designer based in 2 places given in the BI and came up with the right blog! :)
DeleteSa wakas! nakita ko din! hahaha salamat sa parang mala Dora the explorer na clues =)
Deletethis girl needs a SHRINK! ilusyonada numero uno! esp dun sa Valentino buying her design. Hay kakaawa ang ganitong mga tao!
Salamat teh! Ang galing ng istep istep tutorial para malaman ang salarin! Ikaw na! Hehe
DeleteYung surname Nya ay lugar sa Manila Kung Saan pwedeng magpagawa ng rebulto
DeleteWow ikaw Lang nagbigay ng tamang clues!!! Kapangalan Niya ung actress na gumanap bilang R
DeleteAng hirap nga for me nung una kasi im not from luzon kya ang hirap ung lugar.. buti nalang na wiki ko ung show ni time giver.. hehe! Hanggang ngaun shocked pa rin ako sa tumblr revelations.. esp ung sa bonfire ekek nya tska ung fake friend/supporter acct na nag upload ng family pic! Kaloka!
Delete-anon 9:32
Nakakaloka ang clues na 'to!!! Ironically, my dalawang blog sites pala na kapangalan sa dating show ni Time Giver. Yung isa, yung official, akala ko yun na! Then I just followed to go to the very bottom. Yung last blog dun, may 2 comments from nag-iisang jejemon, pero sinabi niya ang lugar! Weird coincidence!!! Ahahahahahaha, kahit hindi yun ang tinutukoy mo na site, pero nandun pa rin ang clue! Hahaha, meant to be talaga. -- Coco Paminta
Deletehirap hanapin cause she isn't so famous pero after this sikat na cya kasi meron ng Tumblr page exposing her. First name - same as one GMA artist, GF of showbiz royalty.. Last name- 2 words.. Banal
ReplyDeleteZiney itechuah???? Sakit sa bangs, umurong na ng mga 2 inches bangs ko di ko pa rin magets kung sino? Oh well, di naman kasi ako mahilig sa mga bag kaya di ko ma-grasp itoh!!!
ReplyDelete- Yagit pero saksakan ng gandang dyozah
sa mga naghahanap ng clues para isearch sa google, ang keywords na gagamitin ay nasa BI na. Take note of the gender, nationality, 2 places kung saan siya based and kung ano dinedesign niya. her initials are in the title. good luck! and oh, there's a tumblr account dedicated sa pagkafraud niya. makikita ang link sa isa sa mga blogs na nagfeature sa kanya.
ReplyDeleteMore clues please! Sino ito? Hindi ko mahanap kung sino
ReplyDeleteDi lang sa Manila may lugar nito. Meron din sa Laguna.
DeleteOmg nahula ko rin. Bakit ganun sila ka desperado?? Kapos na ba sila sa pera? E di magbukas uli ng sari sari store!
ReplyDeleteMali hula mo.
DeleteAy syet! She used to be my childhood friend. Family friends. It's been a while since I saw her. Maybe more than 10 years na.
ReplyDeleteFound her!
ReplyDeleteFirst name: kapuso female talent or the mom of dj
Last name, 1st word: female saint in tagalog
Last name, 2nd word: cara y _____
First name - kapangalan ng gf ni direk G
ReplyDelete2nd name - babaeng banal
3rd name - Pip, D*nna, Gen*va
Yung website, dating show ni time giver. Nas baba yung link.
shameless talaga!!!
sino naman si C??? o
Deletejust follow 3:38's advice...
ReplyDeletejust saw the tumblr blog....what a fraud....
ReplyDeleteKaninang umaga ko pa to nakita, kaninang umaga ko din sinearch, hanggang ngayon nagsesearch pa din ako, waley talaga, di ko knows. More clues pleaase!!!! Ang nakita ko lang yung designer na may C bags, siya ba yun??
ReplyDeleteHindi yun. Iba Siya. Halos parehas sila ng apelyido
DeleteHalos parehas sila ng tunay na apelyido ni maya
DeleteDi nmn kilala yung designer na nirereklamo... Nalito tuloy ako if si The Black Sheep eto. Ka name nga nya gf ni direk G, at kasurname nya yung announcer sa dzbb sa madaling araw...
ReplyDeletehindi nga sya masyadong kilala but it's very damaging sa reputation ng other filipino designers na legit. let's see what kind of damage control she'll do.. at kung may lawyer syang makukuha because I bet no one wants to be associated with this cray cray lady!
DeleteAng daming ganun bag sa 168 at 999! i swerrrrrr!!!
ReplyDeletei have a strong suspicion she's a he....what do you think?
ReplyDeleteLol! Natakot ako sa itsura nya sa FB, parang kakainin ka ng buhay!
DeletePwede. Mukang tranny nga,
DeleteYes. Masculine beauty itech.
DeleteWhatasheym!!! Bakit nya ginagawa yon? Parang she's living a double personality. delusions of grandeur ba ito?
ReplyDeleteOMG! i finally got it!
ReplyDeletemore clues!!! palibhasa ang tatalino nyo!!! bwahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteFirst name niya is Rica Peralejo's real name.
ReplyDeleteShe "made her mark" na mga teh! Yun na hahahaha!
ReplyDeleteNaloka ako sa mga facts vs fiction na nakalagay about her sa Tumbler. Eto clues : first name - kapangalan cya ng gf ng anak ni direk G ng kanguso. Last name - two words. Kilalang street sa maynila na may pagka banal. Google lang then un na!
ReplyDeleteWow. Wow. Wow. Syempre para naman akong nag research ng thesis sa B.I. na 'to. Isang malaking WOW naman ang nakita ko. Hindi parin ako makapaniwala na nakayanan niyang gawin. WOW.
ReplyDeleteDiba?! Pano ka pa maglalakad sa kalye ng taas ang noo nyan. Malamang di na maka isleep si ate ngayon sa kahihiyan!
Deletesc yun na!
ReplyDeleteFP, you didn't publish my comment, but I understand. ;o) New clues: (as others have mentioned) a place in Manila, also in Laguna, think of Flores de Mayo.
ReplyDeleteNakakaloka Siya! Sobrang mapag pang gap!!!!! Walang originality!!!
ReplyDeleteCurly fries plus Santa Claus plus crucifix
ReplyDeleteCare ala sane to cruise?
ReplyDeleteSearch nyo yung you be the judge
ReplyDeleteDapat walang magpa loko sa kanya! Be warned!!!
ReplyDeleteIs this really T? I can't believe it.
ReplyDeleteNo hehe..keep googling
Deletenope. not T. a lot younger. a little older than t's daughters lang. late 20s.
DeleteHahaha ka apelyido ni D! lahat ng business na pinasukan nito sarado na.. yun clothes store, in restau nya na "i*l*g"!! Scam queen!!!
ReplyDeleteC initials. mukha syang manloloko. itsura palang.
ReplyDeleteGirlfriend ni g**ff na nakatira malapit sa hometown ni S
ReplyDeletefirst name is nickname ng anak ni N. last name starts with O.
ReplyDeleteWrong!
DeleteSuper wrong!
DeleteMaka-"super wrong" naman tong si 10:48!! I also thought it was T till i found the tumblr site. This is C.
DeleteFemale variant of the name of the crush in he loves he loves me not hotdog commercial. Keep googling, type other relevant words. She's young. Yung fb at webpage nya were not professionally done. Halata na hindi original creations coz theyre too commo
ReplyDeleteFP, this is one article i had so much fun researching....
ReplyDeleteshe or maybe she's a he? has so many people fooled...people should start asking for refunds.
do any of you know how much her bags cost? really curious to see the price diff from the suppliers...
she's really good at lifting pictures all over the internet, pity she doesn't know there is google reverse image search.....
Her bags cost 8500 -15000 pesos. She said in her FB account na sa Vietnam at Shanghai na daw nya pinapagawa bags nya, dahil sa mga problems dito sa Pinas...
Deleteahhh... siya pala! nakakaloka siya. ang lakas ng topak niya ha. saw a tumblr account na naka-compile dun yung FB posts niya and links ng pinagkuhaan niya ng photos for her FB posts. lakas ng sira ng ulo ng fake designer na yan ha. pati friends niya sa FB siya lang din pala may likha? hahaha what an imagination!
ReplyDelete"Her name is C____, and she calls herself a L Artisan and Designer with offices in New York and Manila."
ReplyDeleteHahaha lakas maka sosyal ng L Artisan tapos sa China lng pala kinukuha yung mga bagelya! May mga croc at phyton skin pang nalalaman e mga synthetic leather lng pala iyon!
Deleteit isn't the shell or mee noo dyer lady, it is someone younger and not a model. i also thought it was her but i was wrong all along. this fraud was just feature in this popular daily this year pa and all her designs are made out of leather and her sites are i guess siya lang siguro ang gumawa herself.
ReplyDeleteSt. Cross in Manila:)
ReplyDeleteomg this is so ridiculous. i have seen the blog site dedicated to her and omg. i don't have anything to say but that, but, on the other hand, this girl is nakakaawa for doing all this things. could this girl have experienced something traumatic that affected her self esteem so much that could have resorted her to create a make believe world and convince others to believe that this is true?
ReplyDeleteand for the record guys, it is not the c m o woman, it is a younger lady.
IMHO, i don't think she's nakakaawaa. her customers are.
Deleteshe's just brazen and wants to get rich and famous the quickest way possible.
she also probably never realized there's such a thing as google reverse image search. i think she's starting to believe her own lies....
what i don't understand is, are her friends and people around her all in on it?
i dont think you have to experience something traumatic to be like this. some people are just compulsive liars. maybe this girl has delusions of grandeur combines with her compulsions. we have an officemate like her.. always always announcing the things she "has"... which no one ever sees :D sometimes she would say that somebody stole her money, just to cover up the fact that she ran out, then would borrow money from us.
Deletehahaha wild noh???
Deletesome clues. the first name is a female variant of a male's name popular in the 90's coz of a hotdog commercial, the surname has two words, first is a variant of a word found in ysl and the second one is always seen in holy places. that's it. too obvious? don't think so.
ReplyDeleteFirst name starts with C. same name as a kap actress who played rosalinda.
Deletehow come no one's calling her out yet???
ReplyDeleteisn't this calling her out? :)
DeleteC. grabecious! Illusyunadang manloloko! Thanks FP for informing us atleast hindi na makapanloko pa. Kwawa mga bumili sa kanya ng bags. China bags lang pala.
ReplyDeleteULTIMATE CLUE... 3 words yung namesung nya. 1ST WORD: Current asawa ng CURRENT President ng F*a**e , 3RD WORD: Last name ni Ingat. AYAN! BOOM! FINAL! FP ACCEPT MO TO!
ReplyDeleteC is her first name.
ReplyDeleteHer facebook page contains only photos of bags and leather, haven't seen a pic of her there. Also supposedly emails of happy clients, yet no photo of her in her alleged new york and manila workplace/office. This woman is delusional!
ReplyDeleteAnd her twitter page is protected with only 75 followers for such a self-proclaimed design guru.
ReplyDeleteFinally nahanap ko na!!! Eto pa, pag sinearch mo name niya sa twitter along with retweets of the said article from the "national broadsheet" merong isang tweet na galing sa isang "television host/model" endorsing her bags! #proudfriendtweet daw, so kilala niya yun! I wonder kung alam niyang peke o naloko din siya.
ReplyDeleteKawawa ang mga bumili ng bags niya!
C!
ReplyDeleteso cross naba talaga? infairnes mukha nga galing 168 mall mga bags nya! wala bang nakapansin na bumibili? basta't mahal ba okay na quality? hay
ReplyDeleteHave just read the blog.... O-M-G talaga..... There must really be something wrong 'up there' with this girl...
ReplyDeleteang effort nya magpaka delusyonal ha. in fairness!
ReplyDeletefirst name: ka-namesung ng junakis ni R last name: lugar sa manila at laguna
ReplyDeleteoi may bag akong nagustuhan sa site nya ha. LOL!!! ano yung sites na pinagkuhanan ng photos? gusto kong ma site yung J bag, baka mas mura dun sa original site if ever nga kinuha.
ReplyDeletegoogle mo name niya tapos lalabas isang blog post na nagfeature sa kanya. May nag comment dun na website (tumblr) kung saan galing mga bags and pics niya
Deletenalulurkey ako. I know the girl but I can't find the website. hint naman dyan. thanks :)
Deletenaku sobrang matagalan ako dito inferness! almost 1 month bgo ko mahulaan. First name: Kapangalan ng Nanay ni Nes*ye... Last name: Lugar kung nasaan ang Kapitolyo ng Lalawigan ng L. YUN NA!
ReplyDelete