Originally Posted by totalwise:
“"Handbag expert" was a charlatan IMO. I doubt you can take her word for it.
Even by her own admission, these bags are extremely rare and you have to get on a list to be in line to buy one. So the bag expert probably has never seen one of these bags before. She's just inspecting it looking for obvious tell tale signs that it might be fake. that's just not good enough, Hong Kong fakes are very real looking.
It should have been authenticated by the bag maker. The risk is if it's a fake the maker will sieze it and "destroy" it.”
“"Handbag expert" was a charlatan IMO. I doubt you can take her word for it.
Even by her own admission, these bags are extremely rare and you have to get on a list to be in line to buy one. So the bag expert probably has never seen one of these bags before. She's just inspecting it looking for obvious tell tale signs that it might be fake. that's just not good enough, Hong Kong fakes are very real looking.
It should have been authenticated by the bag maker. The risk is if it's a fake the maker will sieze it and "destroy" it.”
Very few fakes are going to be hand stitched and high grade leather - both of which can be easily checked. If they were, then they would be too dear as knockoffs. Like watches, the good fakes can look the part but the internals are always cheap.
