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IKEA Responds To Balenciaga’s $2,145 Bag That Looks Exactly Like IKEA’s 99-Cent Tote Bag, And It’s Hilarious
For those of you that don’t know, pricey fashion brand Balenciaga recently released a new bag. Worth $2,145. But that’s not the funniest part. No. The funniest part is that it bears a striking resemblance to another bag, namely IKEA’s iconic Frakta tote bag. You know, the big blue durable one that costs 99 cents.
Needless to say, the internet had a good laugh about the whole thing, but now IKEA has also joined in the fun by mocking Balenciaga’s new bag in their own special way. Enlisting the help of ACNE, a Stockholm-based Swedish creative agency, the furniture giant has released a hilarious advert that helps people to differentiate between IKEA’s original Frakta and Balenciaga’s expensive impostor. See for yourself below.
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Pricey fashion brand Balenciaga recently released a new bag worth $2,145
The only problem is that, well, it looks a lot like IKEA’s iconic Frakta tote bag
You know, the big blue one that costs 99 cents
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The internet had a good laugh about it, but now IKEA has also joined the fun
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They made an ad designed to help people differentiate their bag from Balenciaga’s expensive impostor
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And as you can see, it’s pretty funny
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The advert was designed in collaboration with Swedish agency ACNE
Image credits: Ikea
Which one do you prefer?
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Lua boots 8 years ago
Let's have a round of applause for IKEA :) well done!!! 2200 bucks for a Schtroumpfs bag??? wtf...
Veronica Niechajczyk 8 years ago
I'm tired, and I read that as: Let's have a round of applesauce for IKEA.
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Nancy E 8 years ago
What idiot at Balenciaga thought up this blue bag ? Proves snobs will buy anything with a designer label
Aurelia Grey 8 years ago
Nancy E, I don't believe we're allowed to post things in the comment section here so.....Nordstrom is selling jeans, caked in mud, front and back, for men and women. Only 425.00 USD!!
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Bridget Smith 8 years ago
But at least Ikea's bag want originally intended to look fashionable. It was just a cheap way to haul all your c**p cuz the regular reusable shopping bags are a joke. You need like 20 of them to do the job of 1 blue Ikea bag
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Malgorzata Walkowska 8 years ago
OMG thanks to Balenciaga, Ikea got FREE, worlwide advertisment! hahahaha. well used the situation:)
person (i think) 8 years ago
My only hope is that Balenciaga is making these as an inside joke to see how many rich dofuses they can sell these to.
Jenny Jozwiak 8 years ago
For any douche who would actually buy this...I also recommend the Caked on Mud Jeans at Nordstrom's for $450. OR you could get yourself an IKEA bag for $.99 cents and use the remainder to give 7 children in India their sight for $300 a pop! Just saying.
Tango Delta 8 years ago
They do it because they know there are just enough dumb rich people that will buy it. It's just like the $3,700.00 blanket bag they have that looks like the bag a comforter set comes in.
David Blackmore 8 years ago
Isn't "fashion" a joke. Anyone for a US$150,000 Hermes crocodile skin bag, you know, to show the world you have WAY MORE money than sense, or good taste for that matter ...
Brian McLean 8 years ago
Please stop telling us when to laugh. Ban the word "hilarious", tell the story, and we'll laugh or cry as we feel inclined.
Claire Kidd 8 years ago
This just shows you how ridiculous fashion is. I mean have you seen some of the sh!t runway models wear?!
Kira Thesloth 8 years ago
From my understanding runway outfits are really just for the wow factor and to promote the designer...they didn't usually intend those designs to be worn as everyday clothes, but people started doing it anyway.
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Erika Haynes 8 years ago
The bag is not "worth" 2100, that is only what the pricetag says. Silly people.
Stephani Pribangun 8 years ago
Balenciaga has done it before! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3486244/It-looks-like-plastic-bag-Thai-fashionistas-expose-rainbow-striped-Balenciaga-bag-Paris-Fashion-Week-similar-1-50-holdall-s-used-laundry.html
Peter Matuszak 8 years ago
The story says the bag is worth $2,100.00, it more accurately should read that it sells for that much, what it is cost to make being leather is obviously substantially less, the name is what is worth the price to some people, a funny skit from a Scottish comedy show called chewin the fat has a designer take an ordinary plastic grocery bag and turn it into the must have item to wear on your head, but he searched high and low to find the exact bag that would work it was hilarious and showed the absurd lengths people will go to for a status symbol.
AnnieLaurie Burke 8 years ago
Someone asked, "What's wrong with people?" What's wrong is that people are stupid. The amount of money someone has to waste has no correlation to one's intelligence. I laugh hysterically every time I hear someone say that man is the only rational animal.
Margarita Morales 8 years ago
Those Frakta bags can be used for anything, they last forever. I think I have about 15 of them that get used for laundry, groceries, kids' toys, beach stuff, even automotive c**p. Best .99 cents you can spend. I am betting every rich person who can afford the Balenciaga will happily get one; just to be able to make the statement they can buy it and laugh at us peasants.
Marine Modena 8 years ago
May be , balenciaga's designers never go in Ikea , they prefer Rochebobois oor something else !
Jeanie Tara 8 years ago
what kind of designers they have? highly paid monkeys? 1472918335...11b5b6.jpg 
Joan Nutter 8 years ago
An idea: perhaps I will have a garage sale and put this in for sale. Maybe at last I can make it worth while having the sale after selling it to a fashionista at a ridiculous price.
Nicky Roberts 8 years ago
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/prps-barracuda-straight-leg-jeans/4457245?origin=coordinating-4457245-0-1-PDP_1-recbot-also_viewed2&recs_placement=PDP_1&recs_strategy=also_viewed2&recs_source=recbot&recs_page_type=product
Max Bekhov 8 years ago
Louis Vuitton done that in 2007.
Recipe: stamp to mass produced dirt cheap bags and here is price with four figure louis-vuit...4830d5.jpg 
AnnieLaurie Burke 8 years ago
"worth $2145"? Ummm, no. That's just what they charge insecure fashion groupies that are stupid enough to pay it. It's worth less than a dollar.
FullSpectrum Survivalist 8 years ago
The price for that tote bag is completely ridiculous. I read an article about a guy that had a custom fully hand made expedition pack made out of leather, complete with brass buckles, a bunch of detachable pouches, the whole 9 yards. I mean this was a big pack with enough room to carry everything you would ever need it too, and I don't think he paid much more than 3k for it, and it was a one off custom pack that you could pass down to your Grand Kids if you took care of it. Some people have more money than sense.
Marylou Sakosky 8 years ago
No worse than this for the price of these jeans I could have a 55' inch tv and throw the tube out the window http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/prps-barracuda-straight-leg-jeans/4457245
Marylou Sakosky 8 years ago
And give me some jeans...I am sure I could get them dirty ...omg..fashion?
Load More Replies... Mary Kavanagh 8 years ago
IKEA should sue for copyright infringement. Now that would be funny!
Marty Sunderland 8 years ago
The Balenciaga bag may be priced at $2145. But that doesn't mean it's worth that. It's an important difference.
Kira Thesloth 8 years ago
I thought that too but things are worth whatever someone is willing to pay. So if someone bought one, it was worth it to them at the time. Value is a different story.
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Dank_to_the_MEMES 8 years ago
Wow, overpriced plastic bag. You could get it for literally one dollar at ikeas.
Bridget Smith 8 years ago
Well, I mean it's leather. But it's made to look like crappy plastic so I don't get the point...
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Shin Jorai 8 years ago
I think if youre stupid enough to pay 2K for a bag you DESERVE to get ripped off. Some people have more money than brains.
Shin Jorai 8 years ago
I feel like if youre dumb enough to spend that much on a bag you DESERVE to get ripped off. Thats rediculous.
Dafne Delgado 8 years ago
My IKEA dress! https://www.instagram.com/p/BSwCWPcD7dQ/?taken-by=dafnedel
Sweep the Leg 8 years ago
I think you missed the point... As Ikea's bag is the original, I think Balenciaga is the expensive version, not the other way around.
Load More Replies... Lua boots 8 years ago
Let's have a round of applause for IKEA :) well done!!! 2200 bucks for a Schtroumpfs bag??? wtf...
Veronica Niechajczyk 8 years ago
I'm tired, and I read that as: Let's have a round of applesauce for IKEA.
Load More Replies... Nancy E 8 years ago
What idiot at Balenciaga thought up this blue bag ? Proves snobs will buy anything with a designer label
Aurelia Grey 8 years ago
Nancy E, I don't believe we're allowed to post things in the comment section here so.....Nordstrom is selling jeans, caked in mud, front and back, for men and women. Only 425.00 USD!!
Load More Replies... Bridget Smith 8 years ago
But at least Ikea's bag want originally intended to look fashionable. It was just a cheap way to haul all your c**p cuz the regular reusable shopping bags are a joke. You need like 20 of them to do the job of 1 blue Ikea bag
Load More Replies... Malgorzata Walkowska 8 years ago
OMG thanks to Balenciaga, Ikea got FREE, worlwide advertisment! hahahaha. well used the situation:)
person (i think) 8 years ago
My only hope is that Balenciaga is making these as an inside joke to see how many rich dofuses they can sell these to.
Jenny Jozwiak 8 years ago
For any douche who would actually buy this...I also recommend the Caked on Mud Jeans at Nordstrom's for $450. OR you could get yourself an IKEA bag for $.99 cents and use the remainder to give 7 children in India their sight for $300 a pop! Just saying.
Tango Delta 8 years ago
They do it because they know there are just enough dumb rich people that will buy it. It's just like the $3,700.00 blanket bag they have that looks like the bag a comforter set comes in.
David Blackmore 8 years ago
Isn't "fashion" a joke. Anyone for a US$150,000 Hermes crocodile skin bag, you know, to show the world you have WAY MORE money than sense, or good taste for that matter ...
Brian McLean 8 years ago
Please stop telling us when to laugh. Ban the word "hilarious", tell the story, and we'll laugh or cry as we feel inclined.
Claire Kidd 8 years ago
This just shows you how ridiculous fashion is. I mean have you seen some of the sh!t runway models wear?!
Kira Thesloth 8 years ago
From my understanding runway outfits are really just for the wow factor and to promote the designer...they didn't usually intend those designs to be worn as everyday clothes, but people started doing it anyway.
Load More Replies... Erika Haynes 8 years ago
The bag is not "worth" 2100, that is only what the pricetag says. Silly people.
Stephani Pribangun 8 years ago
Balenciaga has done it before! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3486244/It-looks-like-plastic-bag-Thai-fashionistas-expose-rainbow-striped-Balenciaga-bag-Paris-Fashion-Week-similar-1-50-holdall-s-used-laundry.html
Peter Matuszak 8 years ago
The story says the bag is worth $2,100.00, it more accurately should read that it sells for that much, what it is cost to make being leather is obviously substantially less, the name is what is worth the price to some people, a funny skit from a Scottish comedy show called chewin the fat has a designer take an ordinary plastic grocery bag and turn it into the must have item to wear on your head, but he searched high and low to find the exact bag that would work it was hilarious and showed the absurd lengths people will go to for a status symbol.
AnnieLaurie Burke 8 years ago
Someone asked, "What's wrong with people?" What's wrong is that people are stupid. The amount of money someone has to waste has no correlation to one's intelligence. I laugh hysterically every time I hear someone say that man is the only rational animal.
Margarita Morales 8 years ago
Those Frakta bags can be used for anything, they last forever. I think I have about 15 of them that get used for laundry, groceries, kids' toys, beach stuff, even automotive c**p. Best .99 cents you can spend. I am betting every rich person who can afford the Balenciaga will happily get one; just to be able to make the statement they can buy it and laugh at us peasants.
Marine Modena 8 years ago
May be , balenciaga's designers never go in Ikea , they prefer Rochebobois oor something else !
Jeanie Tara 8 years ago
what kind of designers they have? highly paid monkeys? 1472918335...11b5b6.jpg
Joan Nutter 8 years ago
An idea: perhaps I will have a garage sale and put this in for sale. Maybe at last I can make it worth while having the sale after selling it to a fashionista at a ridiculous price.
Nicky Roberts 8 years ago
http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/prps-barracuda-straight-leg-jeans/4457245?origin=coordinating-4457245-0-1-PDP_1-recbot-also_viewed2&recs_placement=PDP_1&recs_strategy=also_viewed2&recs_source=recbot&recs_page_type=product
Max Bekhov 8 years ago
Louis Vuitton done that in 2007.
Recipe: stamp to mass produced dirt cheap bags and here is price with four figure louis-vuit...4830d5.jpg
AnnieLaurie Burke 8 years ago
"worth $2145"? Ummm, no. That's just what they charge insecure fashion groupies that are stupid enough to pay it. It's worth less than a dollar.
FullSpectrum Survivalist 8 years ago
The price for that tote bag is completely ridiculous. I read an article about a guy that had a custom fully hand made expedition pack made out of leather, complete with brass buckles, a bunch of detachable pouches, the whole 9 yards. I mean this was a big pack with enough room to carry everything you would ever need it too, and I don't think he paid much more than 3k for it, and it was a one off custom pack that you could pass down to your Grand Kids if you took care of it. Some people have more money than sense.
Marylou Sakosky 8 years ago
No worse than this for the price of these jeans I could have a 55' inch tv and throw the tube out the window http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/prps-barracuda-straight-leg-jeans/4457245
Marylou Sakosky 8 years ago
And give me some jeans...I am sure I could get them dirty ...omg..fashion?
Load More Replies... Mary Kavanagh 8 years ago
IKEA should sue for copyright infringement. Now that would be funny!
Marty Sunderland 8 years ago
The Balenciaga bag may be priced at $2145. But that doesn't mean it's worth that. It's an important difference.
Kira Thesloth 8 years ago
I thought that too but things are worth whatever someone is willing to pay. So if someone bought one, it was worth it to them at the time. Value is a different story.
Load More Replies... Dank_to_the_MEMES 8 years ago
Wow, overpriced plastic bag. You could get it for literally one dollar at ikeas.
Bridget Smith 8 years ago
Well, I mean it's leather. But it's made to look like crappy plastic so I don't get the point...
Load More Replies... Shin Jorai 8 years ago
I think if youre stupid enough to pay 2K for a bag you DESERVE to get ripped off. Some people have more money than brains.
Shin Jorai 8 years ago
I feel like if youre dumb enough to spend that much on a bag you DESERVE to get ripped off. Thats rediculous.
Dafne Delgado 8 years ago
My IKEA dress! https://www.instagram.com/p/BSwCWPcD7dQ/?taken-by=dafnedel
Sweep the Leg 8 years ago
I think you missed the point... As Ikea's bag is the original, I think Balenciaga is the expensive version, not the other way around.
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