Balenciaga Now Sells A $2,145 Version Of Ikea’s $0.99 Blue Bag

Huffington Post: “Get ready to purse your lips, y’all. Balenciaga has come out with a designer bag that will look strikingly familiar to anyone who has ever been to Ikea. That’s because the couture brand’s new $2,145 Arena Extra-Large Shopper Tote Bag looks almost exactly like Ikea’s $0.99 blue plastic bags.

Both are electric blue, have a similar construction and are big enough to comfortably carry a four-pack of wine glasses that will break in a month, 50 packages of Swedish Fish and two weeks worth of sweat-drenched gym clothes.

The biggest difference between the two bags is that Ikea’s crinkly “Frakta” bag is made of recyclable plastic while Balenciaga’s consists of “glazed leather.” Oh, and that one costs $2,144 more than the other.

“We are deeply flattered that the Balenciaga tote bag resembles the Ikea iconic sustainable blue bag for 99 cents. Nothing beats the versatility of a great big blue bag!” a spokesperson for Ikea told Today.

The Huffington Post reached out to Balenciaga for comment but did not hear back by the time of publication. We will update this story accordingly.”