{"id":14513,"date":"2022-01-29T19:31:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T19:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/?p=14513"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:18:56","slug":"knock-offs-banana-republica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/knock-offs-banana-republica\/","title":{"rendered":"Knock Offs-Banana Republica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republica.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republica.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republica-300x274.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A rare look at a verified knock-off item, these pants are labeled &#8220;Banana Republica&#8221; (California, Acapulco) with an otherwise accurate label design.  BR had a lot of trouble with knock-offs, bringing lawsuits against counterfeiters and shutting down copycat stores. The catalogues even warned against knock-offs from Mexico:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/decived-1024x778.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/decived-1024x778.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/decived-300x228.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/decived-768x584.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/decived-1140x866.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/decived-848x644.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/decived.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Wendy Joffe for bringing these to my attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants2-559x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants2-559x1024.jpeg 559w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants2-164x300.jpeg 164w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants2-768x1406.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants2-839x1536.jpeg 839w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants2-848x1552.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants2.jpeg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants-1024x780.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants-1024x780.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants-300x229.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants-768x585.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants-1140x869.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants-848x646.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants.jpeg 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3-1024x842.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3-1024x842.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3-300x247.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3-768x632.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3-1536x1264.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3-1140x938.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3-848x698.jpeg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/republicapants3.jpeg 1556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rare look at a verified knock-off item, these pants are labeled &#8220;Banana Republica&#8221; (California, Acapulco) with an otherwise accurate label design. 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