Designer Handbag Bible

I must admit I am not a designer bag detective that can spot every fake and real bag. As a frequent traveler between London, Los Angeles and Hongkong I store up many tax free real designer bags and see many fake in purse parties in LA, eBay and Shenzhen (cross the border of Hong kong). I know bags so I wanna share my knowledge here.

It is the classic Hermes Birkin again. Most Hermes Birkin bags are made of lambskin lining: textured soft lambskin. I recently found one online with very smooth and shiny lining.

From the circle it looks like the leather (or so-called man-made leather) is not only shiny but also very smooth. I would say it is a fake one. As far as I know there are many fake Birkin bags using textured lambskin already. I would assume this is an old or cheap fake Hermes Birkin!

Here is what real Hermes Birkin lining looks like: textured and soft, non-shiny lambskin

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A few years ago I wrote an article regarding real and fake Hermes birkin. At that time the easy way to find out if a Birkin is real is to check out the font on the metal plate in front and the handle shape at the back.

Replica factories picked it up very quickly – it seems most fake Birkin got the right font metal plate now. What Hermes and other designer brands do is to change their design from time to time. Somehow I think it is their strategy to make sure replica factories can never get it right.

So if you see different font on the metal plate, it doesn’t mean it is a fake. Make sure you check the year and the font.

Regarding the shape of handle-end, avoid very rounded ones.

How many stitching on handle end? Some said 7 and some said 8. I have seen both 7 and 8 stitching on real Hermes birkin. I also see 6 stitching on Birkin bags that were made after 2010. No matter how many stitching it has the top 3 stitchings are always double stitched.

Authentic – 7 stitching: slightly rounded shape

Authentic – 7 stitching: diamond shape

Authentic: 7 stitching

7 stitching: fake! It gets narrow down.

7 stitching: fake!

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Mulberry Neely Tote has two handles and no long strap. Mulberry Neely messenger bag has one handle and long strap.

The Mulberry Neely Tote replica:

What did it get wrong? The color of the handles! Authentic red patent Mulberry Neely tote and messenger bag match dark brown long strap and handles. Red patent Neely replica has BLACK handles and strap!

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