Shock twist after 1000 'superfake' designer handbags were sold by popular luxury retailer Cosette Luxury retailer Cosette is cleared of selling 'superfakes' NSW Fair Trading worked directly with luxury brands READ MORE: Founder of popular US cookie chain Crumbl breaks his silence By Steve Williams For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:30, 4 October 2024 | Updated: 07:30, 4 October 2024 e-mail View comments A popular Australian luxury retailer has been cleared by a government authority of selling 'superfake' designer handbags. An extensive investigation by NSW Fair Trading found there was no evidence to support the 1,000 claims Cosette had been selling fake handbags. The company, which was founded in 2015, operates as an online multi-brand designer store and has a physical flagship store in The Rocks in Sydney 's CBD.

NSW Fair Trading was inundated by hundreds of disgruntled Cosette customers claiming they had been sold 'superfake' designer bags, the Daily Telegraph reports. Cosette has consistently denied claims it sold fake designer products. NSW Fair Trading has confirmed over 1000 complaints have been thrown out after working directly with European luxury brands to test the authenticity of the items.

Those brands include Prada, Saint Laurent, Gucci, Burberry and Balenciaga . 'Our investigation found no evidence to support allegations that the designer handbags sold by Cosette are fake – each item was tested and verified as authentic by the brand,' a NSW Fair Trading spo.