To be honest, Lier had had one concern when he said they should pick out clothes:
Although the mission was to impersonate the Peralez couple, and in theory nobody would check whether their clothes were fake or real, he was still pretty nervous about having V wear fakes to a banquet. What if something went wrong?
Just imagine that this clueless girl wore a set of fakes to her first banquet, got recognized, or even had a seam split and got laughed at for the rest of her life. That would be quite a spectacle.
Although it was necessary for the mission, Lier didn't want that to happen.
Now that they'd figured out Walker's background, he could put that worry aside-
Walker was a professional counterfeiter. He'd once been a technical expert working for a corporation, so the ten fingers on his hands hadn't originally been used for tailoring, but for operating corporate-grade circuits.
With his skill, making knockoff clothes was a piece of cake. More accurately, his craftsmanship was on par with that of a high-end fashion designer; he just wasn't a corporate employee.
"Heh, the stuff in the Glasses just now was made by recycling scrap materials. Most people wouldn't notice anything wrong, and there wouldn't be any problems wearing it, but some devious 'fashionistas' could use advanced visual recognition systems to spot the flaws. I mean microscopic magnification, Spectrum, and stuff like that.
"But these few sets are different. Top-notch craftsmanship, handmade replicas, and they look exactly like brand-new originals!"
Lier took a quick look. The clothes displayed in the second pair of Glasses were indeed more detailed, and there was more data, too:
Aside from lacking official authorization, these clothes were in every other way indistinguishable from the originals.
Walker had even added the same anti-counterfeit