Karl Lagerfeld Says He Can't Tell The Difference Between Real And Fake Chanel

Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld has admitted there are so many convincing Chanel fakes around he has trouble telling the difference between a real piece of merchandise and one that's been copied.

The 79-year-old, who's famous for his bizarre media quotes, asked a journalist this week if the jacket she was wearing was authentic Chanel, to which she responded it was.

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"I thought so, I thought so," Lagerfeld replied. "It looks like [Chanel], but there are so many copies, so it could be a copy you know."

It's not the first time Lagerfeld has questioned the authenticity of a Chanel item - he caused controversy recently when he stated that Jackie Kennedy's infamous pink Chanel suit was actually a copy.

"It was a fake, a line-by-line copy by Cassini," said Lagerfeld. "She did have real Chanels, [but] her sister ordered them. We have all the proof.”

Chanel takes the issue of counterfeiting seriously, with the brand stating in 2010, "we are watching and we are taking action."

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In 2011, the brand seized the domain names of more than 600 websites that sold counterfeit products thanks to a series of unprecedented court orders.

"Search engines and social networks have also been ordered to "de-index" the infringing sites," reported gizmodo.com.

Watch Karl Lagerfeld interview himself.