Welcome back to EthicalStyle.com, the online capital of fashion thinking. Not everyone can afford to spend hundreds (or thousands!) on a designer bag or dress. But when it comes to counterfeits and copycats, we just say no to knockoffs. Seen a particularly egregious example of design theft lately? Tell us about it on the Behind the Seams blog.

No to Knockoffs
What designers are doing to protect their intellectual property

Book Review: Spent
Author Geoffrey Miller explains the appeal of the unreal

• Even Better Than The Real Thing
  Is there a case for buying fake?

Fake Out
A guide to getting the real deal

Seam Ripper
A sampling of five stories taken from Behind the Seams