Has anyone purchased from Taobao?

Has anyone living in the US or Canada purchased from Taobao before? I've been eye-ing a lot of the men's fashion for a long time now, but they didn't ship internationally before. Recently they've made some changes and you can now pay by Visa and apparently they do international shipping now. 
Anyone purchased recently? What was it like? how do you tell the difference between genuine and fake stuff? I'm looking at the Zara stuff and it looks nice. 

if its too cheap, they are most likely fake. also rule of thumb, assume 99% of things coming from china are knock offs.

as for shopping on taobao, id say itd be relatively safe. but because of the language barrier, there will always be some risk and possibly longer handling times. probably better to stick with shopping agents if unsure.

I suggest using panli if you want to shop on taobao :)Its safe and easy to use.