Ruffled Feathers

Photo: Courtesy of Canada Goose

Swiss watches, yes. Vuitton handbags, of course. Also among the high-value items regularly counterfeited are the jackets of Canada Goose. Inferior knockoffs from Asian sweatshops are regularly labeled with badly embroidered patches before traveling the world for unscrupulous sale. But Canada Goose had some revenge served warm this fall, when the District Court of Stockholm found five individuals guilty of felony fraud, chilling the fakes industry at least a little bit. Some counterfeit jackets had been filled with feather mulch, a waste product that can contain fungus and feces. So go with the streetcorner LV if you must, but go uptown for the down.