Girl Did You Accidently Buy a Fake Louis Vuitton Bag?

The only good fake bag is the one you buy knowingly fake (and we all know there are some good fakes out there!). It sucks however when you pay full price for a bag thinking it is the real thing. These are the key 4 aspects of the bag I would suggest looking at to determine whether your newly bought or received Louis Vuitton bag is a knock off:

• Bad Hardware: Unless they are very high quality, most fake Louis Vuitton bags come with BAD hardware. And by bad I mean plastic hardware that is not going to last. The hardware on a real LV bag is usually a bit more weighty and you should pay attention to the printing of the name on the hardware. It is usually clearer on the real bag and not as crisp on the fake. I would like to once again mention there are fakes that meet the standard of the real bag, but most replica bags are garbage and don’t measure to such high standards.
• Bad Stamping: Once again unless you are buying a good replica bag, most come with terrible stamping. The font is usually off and the two t’s in VUITTON are touching. These are surefire signs of a fake Louis Vuitton bag. Make sure the font is also not awfully bold. Crooked stamping is also a negative sign as it shows the level of care that was put into the bag.
• No Serial Number: If your bag does not have a serial number it is 100% fake unless you bought it used and somehow the serial number tag was pulled out when the previous owner used it. Now if the bag does have a serial number you must take a look at the serial number to see if actually follows the coding system used by Louis Vuitton to see if it is a real. Many replica Louis Vuitton bags come with a generic code that is used in all bags.
• Bad Stitching: This is a big one! Sometimes the thread color on fake bags are totally off – it might be a very florescent yellow that they use which doesn’t match the dullish yellow used in the original bags. Not just the color matters, the way the stitching is done (tight or loose) can also let you know whether the bag is fake or real. If the threading is poor is either a defective authentic bag or just simply a fake.