Authentic Vs Replica Balenciaga Bag
I love Balenciaga bags. Whenever I see people paying a few hundred pounds for a replica from some online auction sites, I feel sorry for them. Never pay an authentic-bag price for a replica!
Let’s do a straightforward comparison between my authentic Balenciaga box bag and some replica here.
Forget abut lampo zipper and tags because every replica bag can get this right. They differ in leather and hardware!
Authentic Balenciaga
A replica:
close-up of the authentic - the real bag leather is so cracked. Its crack pattern is blue leather with lighter color cracks. Also check out the hardware! The real bag has copper tone brass hardware.
Here are some fake. The leather is distressed, but it is in the same color distressed pattern! They are just the creases of leather, not cracks! And the hardware on fake bags are silverish brass, not in a copper tone!
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