While the bag used to be a strong status signal, now it signals inauthenticity.

虽然这个包曾经是一种强烈的身份标志，但现在它发出了不真实的信号。

Now, let's say that someone starts to make knockoff versions of this bag and sell them for cheap to less wealthy people who want to send a similar status signal to their peers.

现在，让我们假设有人开始制造这个包的仿冒版本，并以低价卖给不那么富有的人，这些人想要向他们的同龄人发出类似的地位信号。