Train your eye to spot a counterfeit by looking at the real thing in person – at a boutique or an authorized dealer, Scafidi advises. Then, before you buy a bag from another source, give it the.
Look for fabric tags sewn or glued on leather purses. Kate Spade always embosses her name on leather rather than using the fabric tag she uses on microfiber, cotton or other fabric bags.Pay attention to the shape and size of the letters on the label. Go to the Kate Spade website to view authentic labels and compare the font on the suspected fake (see Resources below). If the letters vary in any way, this purse is not authentic as Kate Spade only uses one style of lettering.Be suspicious of color block purses, bags with two small front pockets and backpacks.
While Kate Spade did design bags like these, they were all produced over a decade ago and are hard to find. Most often, bags with these attributes are fakes.Look out for large metal feet on the bottom of Kate Spade purses. Big, pointy metal studs or ones wider than the size of a dime are signs that you're not looking at a real Kate Spade purse.Question any Kate Spade purse that looks like another designer's work. Purses that seem similar to ones made by Dior, Burberry, Coach and other high end designers, but have a Kate Spade label, are definite fakes.Rule out purses with a single large black stripe on top, sunflower prints, toile, camouflage, tie-dye or prints with the faces of celebrities. These are very popular fakes, and not at all similar to any authentic Kate Spade designs.
Coach. Coach Bag or wristlet usually have zipper that is made by YKK, but some of the other Coach products don’t have YKK as their zipper but it doesn’t mean that it is fake already. You will feel and you can see whether your Coach is authentic or not. Some other zippers used by Coach. Talon or Coach.
The MADE IN CHINA tag inside, does these mean its fake? Actually no!!, Some Coach products are manufactured in China and the other countries and the materials they used came from the country of origin which is ITALY. Other countries where Coach Bags are made US, Costa Rica, Hungary, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Turkey, Italy and India.
The Credo Patch, The last 4-5 digits of the serial number is the style number of the bag. Hang tags should be EMBOSSED not INGRAVED. Always buy from reputable Sellers and they are willing to meet you in person for you to see the bags personally. USA, China, Taiwan (straw bags), Italy (leather), Indonesia and the Philippines (straw bags up to 2002 only). You read it right CHINA and the PHILIPPINES (straw bags only)!. Nylon bags are usually made from the US until 2002. Look at the brand tag, for leather it should be embossed and never glued.
For fabric tags it should be sewn not glued again and look at the letters it should be in LOWER CASE. Always take not that Kate Spade does not have metal brand tags. The only brand tag that in metal is from the palm beach collection way back 2001. Always check the stitching of the bag. Smell and touch the leather of the bag, it should smell a genuine leather (this is a strong smell).
Leather also should be glossy. Check the brand tag of the bag it has only two colors either gold or silver.
Brand tag are either on the outside or inside of the bag. lets face it nine west bag are not like Michael Kors or Kate Spade bags. They sell Nine West much affordable than the brand I mentioned, you will distinctly know that the Nine West bag is original or not. Michael Kors bags have INSIGNIAS on every metal part of the bag.
MK uses only Silver and Gold Metal. if your MK has LARGE stitching its a FAKE. Take time to look at the tag it should be in light brown tag. Check the MK lettering it should be very close together. Never forget to check the inside of your bag, you will see a transparent tag indicating the 'MADE IN (BLANK)' part, mostly you will see made in China, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Then below it you will see a 2 letter and a 4 number, the 2 letters signifies the style of the bag and the numbers are the year and the month it was made. Most of MK bags uses YKK zipper. There are many knock off bag at this time so its better to buy from a reputable online shop, and if you have time to visit the mall check the item that you want to buy then compare it to the online shop that you want to buy in.
MK bags was originally made or manufactured in the US previously but in 2008 they move to CHINA. Yes you read it right CHINA.
MICHAEL KORS TOGGLE BRACELET/NECKLACE/EARRINGS. Most of the MK accessories that you can find in the online market are made of STAINLESS STEEL but when you check Michael Kors website you can see that most bracelets are made of BRASS. Brass is an alloy made of copper and zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other within the same crystal structure. (from: ). Most online sellers just offer plastic and an MK care card to the package inclusions.
Your package should be compose of a box, a tag, a pouch and a card, but few sellers can have these inclusions(if you want this better look for a seller who's getting her items in US or better buy at MK Greenbelt). So better to look for seller who has a pouch and a tag. Mostly, brass can fade but it will depend on the kind of brass used. Brass can last up to 5 years depending on the climate and the usage of the jewelry.
I also have read on how to clean your tarnished jewelry with ketchup. Your longchamp bag should have a diamond pattern in the outer flap of the bag. Flap should have a rich tan color and if you look much closer you will see the uneven color of the flap. Snap button should read LONGCHAMP 1948 not vice versa. On the back side of the snap button you should read ORIGINAL PYRM 6/4B if you read other than this specially GUANG TONG.
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Its definitely a fake. Way back then LONGCHAMP is manufactures in France but they need to out sourced some other country that manufactured LONGCHAMP is CHINA and TUNISIA. Zipper used should be YKK. Zipper pulls should have LONGCHAMP (upper) 1948 (below). But some of the older model has LONGCHAMP (upper) then Paris or France (below). Snap Button inside has a circle shape plastic.
Style Number. Check the tag, tag should have a rounded sides not square.
Some sellers removed the tags for Customs purposes. Always check the tags inside stating the 'MADE in CHINA'.
Yes you read it right 'MADE in CHINA'. Almost all of the bags are manufactured in China. I have also read one blog that some GUESS bags are made in INDONESIA. For newer bag designs, you will see a metal name plate sewn in the bag.
Online business is a matter of trust so it is much better if you ask the seller if we they can come with you to let the bag be check at the boutique. Check the dust bag the latest dustbag of GUESS is the white one with red GUESS print. (will show some pics later). Lastly always check the name of the product or check online if GUESS has that kind of bag. Dont be fooled by the cute and sassy looking fake designs. GUESS only design a Sophisticated bag. Burberry Nova Check Tote Bag.
Mostly Burberry tote bags are made in PVC also known as Vinyl Coated Canvass. It's a leather like texture and stain free. Another area that you should take inconsideration is the pattern of the bag it should be perfectly horizontal and vertical lines or stripes. Line should be clean or no smudge. Inside the bag, inside tag should match the lining color of the bag.
Zipper have two color, Gold or Silver only. The brand of the metal zipper should be: Lampo, Riri and YKK. Where does Burberry are made? China, Romania, Poland, Spain, India, Italy, England and US.