Bag Your Style, Fashion as well

1,Classify methods
2,How to identify replica LV bags
3,Small tips for distinguishing genuine LV and replicas
4,Tips for Chanel Handbag identification

Watch. Watch means to check bag’s outlook, if condition allows, you should check the patterns and styles, or find some website pictures and books which can distinguish clearly. One thing I must stress here is you’d better not to find second-hand bags foreign magazines to compare, information on them are not accurate. I will explain the reasons later. Another thing you should check is the stiches, unless you can find a expert in this field explains those specific standards for you, or you must judge them by yourself. But there is one thing for sure, the more pleasant the bag looks like, the better of its quality.

Touch. Touch means to feel bag’s material, normally speaking, better feeling of touching indicates better materials(Pay attention, not means the softer the better). Some styles are made from hard material, even those genuines, many of their material are hard, it depends on style. But as long as the bags are genuine or good AAA, the longer you use them, the softer their leather will going to be, besides this, there will be a nice shiny sheen on leather.

Smell. If a bag has pungent smell, well, it certainly isn’t a good one. The more pungent it smells, the worse it is. Poor quality PU leather has an unpleasant pungent smell. In addition, lots of glue will be used in bag making, these AAA bags manufacturers usually use imported glue which basically don’t have any pungent smell. Further more, the leather that genuine bags and those good imitations made from is good, there is a kind of faint scent on those leather, it comes from discolored fragrant leather. Good LV leather itself has a kind of unique smell. If a bag smells bad, wow, it’s definitely not good.

Hardware and zippers. Hardware is an important criterion for judging whether a bag is good or bad. Generally speaking, good imitations’ hardware has bright shiny metallic luster, without burrs on them, especially their zippers, good manufacturers’ zippers can pull smoothly and lubricatedly. Good manufacturers use imported glue, volatile a little acidic material, so hardwares will not change their colors. Genuine bag’s hardware will not fade obviously in 1-2 years, AAA bags’ hardware, if made by good manufacturers, also can be used for half and year or even longer.

Glue head. Glue head generally refers to the glued part of the leather incision on leather straps or bags, it’s usually the thick part on bags. In the process of bag producing, in order to stick this part, manufactures must use glue, good producers uaually use imported glue, which with faint smell and also more environmentally friendly. Besides this, good glue are a little limpid with a little red, if the glue head looks very muddy, well, it could not be a good bag !

Shape. The shape here means each style’s unique special of their outlook and curve shape. The higher similiarity degree with the genuine, the more similar it looks like them. If you had never saw the genuine ones, you can check those special parts on bag, such as: radian, flips, sharp corners, symmetrical parts and three-dimentional parts, etc. Besides, you should check whether those parts coordinate with the whole bag, the better those parts coordinate the bag, the better the shape is. Take M41526,M41528 for example, this style bags, if made by good manufacturers, even you take out all of the paper inside the bag, the empty bag in your hand also looks like full and fashional, if bag’s quality is not very good, it will not seem full.

First, there will be less texture if material is not good, because this style using soft leather, defective material clearly is not stiff enough, although imitation’s leather imitates genuine’s softness, the imitation’s leather could not get the stiff of the genuine’s leather. Good material should be both soft and stiff, only got both of them, can it seem stiff, large and stylish.

Second, problems of making shutterings. Good manufacturers of course have good shuttering makers, if shutterings were made well, the bags they made surely are stylish, in the process of imitating, things are more like this. A good imitated bag, besides its outlook, the angle magnitude of its special parts are as same as the genuine ones, even the stiches position and number on the bag should be as same as the genuine, all of these can be achieved through one way—shuttering making. Only through making sure the shutterings, materials, patterns, stiches traces, needles number, hardness and thickness of wire as same as the genuine bags, can manufacturers asure their imitations’ style will be as same as genuine. Only made in this way, the bags can be called the fine imitation, also called AAA bags.

Lining. Lining also is a very important factor for judging the quality of a bag. Generally speaking, in this part, poor quality imitations do not do well enough. Because most of customers haven’t seen genuine bag before, as ordinary people, most of us judge bag’s quality depends on their appearance, seldom pay attention to details of their lining. Most of imitations’ style are not as same as genuine bags, even those AAA imitations, their styles might be different from genuine, less than poor quality imitations, of course. Because AAA imitation styles’ shutterings are made on the base of those genuine bag’s style, except some lining, whose materials are not easy to imitate, most of AAA imitations’ ordinary lining are made depends on the genuine, this also is the reason why AAA imitations so expensive. In fact, if you pay attention to checking the materials of lining, even you have never seen the genuine bags, it’s not difficult for you to judge the quality of lining. Good bags use good lining, looks stiff, smooth and thick, when touching it, feel fine. The connected parts of lining and bag are smooth, too, without too many folds and accumulation, especially in the combination parts of lining and leather. Generally speaking, the leather cut of the good bags are straight and smooth, you can judge this part of the poor quality bags easily, because poor quality bags’ lining are rough, even has degumming and disconnection. There is another simple way to judge, see whether there is fake spacer. Some of bag styles have a lot of pockets, in order to save cost, instead of making solid bags, some A imitations manufaturers will make fake spacer, or sewing on the leather directly, you can judge on base of this easily. Furthermore, if you are familiar with a certain style, or if condition allows, you can comparing the lining’s texture and color, the real AAA imitation bags are so sme with genuine, where needs rubber, they use rubber, where needs canvas, they use canvas, where needs velvet, of course, they use velvet, and the color are 100% as same as genuine. The size, propotion and style are definitely same with genuine, while ordinary A imitation can not reach this level, not to mention those poor quality imitations, they even change the inner style.

How to identify replica LV bags

I have talked about the methods to classify replica handbags a few days ago. Well, today I will continue to share my experience on how to identify replica LV, though two topics seem similar, the ways I will share today will be more detailed. Because though I know LV bags are so expensive, instead, there are people want to buy a genuine one. I do hope my experience can help you guys identify those replicas from genuine and get your favorite LV bags, after all, many AAA LV and those so-called external LV are so similar with genuine ones.

Methods to identify details

LV bag has its unique pattern and material, these two things are the two most difficult problems those manufacturers can not solve.

1. The classic monogram part on LV bags are made of special canvas, the reason makes these canvas special is there is a kind of special paint on them, makes canvas very hard-wearing. This quality even bothers those LV owners a little, because it’s so hard-wearing that even when matching hide is worn-out, the canvas is still brand-new, so, to many girls, they lost a reason to change their bag.

There are many replica LV, the pattern on them are almost the same with those on genuine, but if you watch carefully, you will find the differences, still. As the figure shows below, grains on the genuine LV are deeper and more clear, especially the hollow part, you can see hollow lines on it clearly. Though very tiny, when you watch carefully, you can feel they are totally different!

Besides, although the pattern are similar, replica LV’s leather are harder than genuine, the most important thing difference from genuine LV bags is replica LV’s grains are shallow.

2.Identify from hardware

Usually speaking, the hardware on those genuine LV, which, of course, from special counter, are not very shining, on the contrary, they are a little dark, the dark of metal. Well, there are exceptions, too. For classic monogram, many of hardware are golden yellow, not green bronze.
Take zip for example, check the two pictures below

Do not be surprised if I tell you the shining, bright one left picture shows is a fake one, we can not deny that the color of zipper on this fake is very good, not golden, really close to the green bronze of genuine’s zipper, but it’s still too shining.

The zipper on the right with a little dark is the genuine one. May be because of the lightness, the real zipper is not so polished like the picture shows, it’s shining, but not so shining too much. The most different part genuine LV bag get is the LV logo on zipper, the logo on genuine is three-D, neat, and edges and corners are clear. On the contrary, the replica’s zipper, except are too shining, the LV logo on it are blrered, not clear enough.

3. Check the matching hide.

To be honest, this part is not easy to identify. But we still can distinguish genuine from replicas from two aspects: stitches and color of leather.

Though stitches on replicas and genuine are almost the same, it’s not hard to find the filaments on replicas are light yellow, not like filaments those genuine bags use, are yellow, not so bright.

Besides, the cover color of matching hide are different, the edge of genuine bag is light brown, the color is smooth. Replica bags cover color is not brown enough or is a little red, not match with the leather color very well. Even worse, the paint on the connected part of replica LV bag might be not neat enough, if you are careful enough, you may find the flaw.

Tips for Distinguishing the Authentic LV Bags and replicas

1, When you get a new LV bag, smell it, because the leather of an authentic LV bag has a natural leather scent, not pungent.
2, Serial number is hidden at the seams of every authentic LV handbags, every bag’s serial number describes its producing area and production date.
3, For an Authentic LV bag, all of its accessories have the “LV” letters.
4, Although the serial number hidden at the seams are not the only basis for distinguishing the authentic LV and replicas, many replica manufacturers ignore this.
5, Letters of the LV serial number represent the producing area
France: A0.A1.A2.AA.AN.AR.AO.AS.Al.AC.BA.BU.CA.CI.CT.ET.FA.FH.FL.FR.
LM.LO.MB.MI.MO.MX.NO.ND.OS.OU.RA SD. SL SN..SP.SR.TH.VI.VR.VX etc.
Spain: LM.LO.MO
USA: FH.FF.OS.SD
6, Serial number locates different places according to different LV series, but there are three common places which are listed below:
On the ring at the bag’s front

Bottom part of the bag near the suing line

At the joining of braces approach the bottom

Tips for Chanel Handbag Identification

Chanel handbag’s style is simple and elegant, makes it a magic weapon for dress matching. But most of customers shrink back from the sight of its expensive price, in this condition, many pirates grasp people’s thinking, produce lots of cheap fake Chanel handbags. Here are some knowledge

1. Leather. Most of Chanel handbags are made of lambskin(or cowhide),the leather texture is a little dim and concavo-convex. Chanel handbag’s shape is firm and broad, won’t has denting feeling. Especially those lambskin handbags, besides having good texture, they also get a smell of original leather. In contrast, fake Chanel handbags are not made of sheepskin, leather is too reflective and its elasticity, worse than genuine, either. The Cambon series of Chanel has double C logo made of snakeskin, it’s very strong.

2. Logo. The logo on genuine Chanel handbags mostly are gold-plated, besides, the gold-plated layer is very thick. Gold plated on fakes is thinner, although the color looks very shining, its easily to fade.

3. Zippers. On every genuine Chanel handbag’s hook chain part, there is a jewelry hook, usually it’s a lion head or famous double C. The genuine zipper is a little heavy, at the end edge there is a lambskin separated, further more, it’s two-seam. At the end edge of fake Chanel, by contrast, you will find traces of glue.

4. Linings. You can find gold-plated “Chanel” and “Made in France/Italy” letters on the linings of genuine Chanel handbags. There is a small sticker on the linings, on the sticker is a number printed by computer, this number is same with the number on bag’s identity card and its original case. The number on the sticker of fake Chanel handbags usually gets altered trace, and you can find it’s printed by electric typewriter.

5. For those lambskin Chanel handbags, you can identify from the smell of leather and whether its stiches are neat or not.

6. In Chanel handbag there is a number on anti-counterfeit laser sticker, check whether it’s as same as the one on pledge card.

7. In Chanel handbags, lambskin and litch pattern are two materials imitated mostly. No matter check pattern handbags or CoCo classic handbags, the leather of them is silky smooth, and the hardware are not coarse, either.

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