How to spot a fake designer handbag

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How to spot a fake designer handbag. Elisabeth Bohler, Head of Merchandising at The Luxury Closet shares some tips on how to spot fake handbags.  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00The first thing is to make sure the place you buy your item is trustable and can guarantee

00:06you authenticity.

00:08We make sure to inspect every single detail of the handbag.

00:11It goes from the outside look to the inside look.

00:14The first thing I always do when I have a handbag in my hand is to touch it and to smell

00:19it.

00:20Why?

00:21Because there is nothing else more important than just smelling if it is leather or plastic.

00:27And trust me, this is very easy to recognize as well.

00:29Even though now some replicas start to use a lot of real material as well, there is always

00:34something on the touch that will give you your first opinion on the handbag.

00:38Now the lock as well.

00:39If you really look carefully, the CC engraved and the quality of the lock is not the same.

00:46When you open the item, the physical... did you hear the click?

00:50Yes, I did.

00:52There is no click.

00:55The quality and how the locks and the spare parts work is very important also.

01:00Then another thing you need to look at is the inside...

01:03The lining.

01:04Exactly.

01:05Why?

01:06If you look at this handbag, the lining is perfect and it keeps the shape of the bag

01:10inside as well.

01:11In a manufacturer, look at this item, the stitching is much more loose and I can just

01:18take it out.

01:20And finally, you also have an authenticity card with the exact same number that matches

01:27with the tag I showed you before and that's also very important.

01:32The card itself, you need to also look at it because the card itself has a hologram,

01:38has a specific lining here, the specific number and a specific test.

01:41You need to look at every single detail from the hardware, the stitching, the fabric, the

01:46manufacture code, the pattern sometimes.

01:48And it might seem very easy to replicate because they are very visible patterns, however, it

01:53is also one of the easiest to spot because these exact same colors, it's very hard to

02:00reproduce.

02:01The canvas from Louis Vuitton, this is most probably the most copied brand in the world,

02:06however, it is also the hardest material to fake.

02:11So this is all of the details.

02:13It's really a very tough process of looking at every single detail and knowing what you

02:18want to buy for.

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