Knock Yourself Off: Rafe's jelly bag.   (Photo: Peter Berson)

Sorry, Canal Street—one hot handbag designer has gone and knocked himself off. Beginning this week, Rafe will feature a limited number of yellow, hard-plastic versions of this season’s favorite Lilianne buckled tote. Originally made for a select group of editors and friends, the $85 jellies perfectly mimic the originals (which come in pebble-grain leather or deerskin for $595). Even better than the price: Because design and production of these “tributes” were done in-house, you are, in fact, still snagging a real Rafe—at a “fake” price. (Rafe, 1 Bleecker Street; 212-780-9739).

Related:

• Archive: “Sales & Bargains - Deal of the Week”
• Articles by Sandra Ramani
• From the Mar 22, 2003 issue of New York