Tell replicas from authentic without careful examination.
But recently I manage to find some differences after the comparison with authentic Louis Vuitton bags. The following is only examples showing you the easiest ways to distinguish, not all methods. You on longer have to feel jealous if someone shows off their newly bought designer handbags in front of you, and you can immediately expose their lies—it is only a counterfeit, what’s to show off?
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Method 1. Smell
In fact all of Louis Vuitton’s leather products have a unique smell. If you are really familiar with Louis Vuitton, you will immediately know if a handbag is authentic or counterfeit. The smell mentioned here is like the one you smell once you walk in a Louis Vuitton exclusive shop, very special odor. But not every people can distinguish it by mere smell, there is certain skill and experience is required.
Method 2. Monogram
In the past, people think that by checking the monogram on the fabric can give us a hint, but this method is now much too outdated. The monogram on the replicas nowadays is almost the same as that on authentic handbags and so this is not applicable any more. But if you have sharp eyes, then you will find that the monogram on a replica is coffee color and that on an authentic handbag is deep and light coffee colors mixing together.
Method 3. Stitching
Stitching is also an important clue. The thread used by authentic Louis Vuitton handbag is made from resilient fiber, so friends with attentive eyes can find that authentic Louis Viutton bags have striped stitching and replicas use general threads with poorer flexibility so the stitching is different.
Method 4. The fabric of the lining
Authentic Louis Vuitton handbags use canvas with clear texture for the lining, but the canvas used by replicas has less apparent texture.
Method 5. Number check
Inside an authentic Louis Vuitton handbag, there is a small piece of leather and a unique number only recognized by Louis Vuitton is printed on it, which can’t be found on a replica, even though you can find a number, the place is not right. Besides, the leather used by authentic ones, including this small piece, have natural texture, which the leather used by replicas doesn’t.
Method 6. Light print
On the authentic Louis Cuitton handbag there prints “Louls Vultton Parls made in France” on a small piece of leather. Pay attention that the characters are evenly and lightly printed on. Yet the letters on a replica is not as nicely printed (for example, there may be misprint of LV and U).
Method 7. Metal accessories
Besides the leather parts, even the metal fasteners have replicas. Authentic Louis Vuitton metal accessories are dull bronze in color while the replicas are in shinny gold color and glistening.
Method 8. Buttons
Moreover, even the buttons are printed with the letters of “Louls Vultton” in gold color. If there is no letter on the buttons or only abbreviation is printed, then it is replica without question. Additionally, the zipper of authentic Louis Vuitton handbag is of certain thickness.
Method 9. Bag size
Finally, there is a secret many people may not known that on the other side of the small piece of leather where printed “Louls Vultton Parls made in France”, the size of this particular handbag is printed. As for the leather accessories, there are hidden serial numbers on the seams’ edge which denote the manufactured place and date of this handbag. The product code has been greatly changed since 1990. The present code is arranged according to the factory name, year and month of production, which results in a new interpretation of the serial numbers that the first and third odd numbers starting from left hand stand for the month of production, and the second and forth even numbers stand for production year. For example, MI1021 means the product is made in a French factory in December, 2001.
In addition, limited editions use another set of product code, and so do those custom-made leather products.
Production place implied by product code:
made in France：AN. AR. AO. AS. A1. AC. CA. CT. FL. FR. MB. MI. NO. ND. RA. SL. SP. TH. VI. VR.
made in U.S.A：FH. FF. OS. SD.
made in Spain：LM. LO.
made in Italy：SA.
