Sunday, November 5, 2017

Signs You Have An Authentic Vintage Chanel Handbag

By Barbara Turner


Designer purses are quite expensive, but there are some advantages to buying. They are usually impeccably made, so you are likely to have it the rest of your life due to the high quality. They also appreciate in price if you take care of them, so you can make a profit later. But before you buy, you need to make sure you are getting an Authentic Vintage Chanel Handbag instead of a fake on being passed off as real.

It is amazing how some fake bags look almost real from the outside. Counterfeiters really try to make them look real by using real leather, which many Chanel bass are made of. But other authentic purses are made from PVC or cloth, so do not assume they are fake.

The easiest way to see if the bag you want to buy is real or not is to open it up and look inside. Chanel has a very famous CC logo, where the C letters interlock. That logo should be stamped inside and raised, so you can feel it by running your finger. The universal symbol for a trademark should be at the end.

Quality craftsmanship is one of the biggest priorities for a designer of this caliber, so they would never put out a bag that has bad stitching, so look for perfect stitches on the inside. The liner material should also be perfectly smooth, without a single wrinkle. Material that wrinkles or fits badly is a sign of a fake handbag.

This brand has what are called colorways that designers use to distinguish their good from fakes. The stamp on the bag should have one of these colorways. It should also have a holographic sticker, although this could have been removed or fallen off from an authentic.

This brand always includes a certificate of authenticity with their bags, so ask the seller if they have it. If they do, there should be a serial number on the card. If the bag still has its holographic sticker, then the number on that should match the number on the certificate. Not having a certificate does not necessarily mean a fake, especially where vintage bags are concerned.

You can also do some detective work on the internet to see if a bag is real by looking up its material. Very thorough records of past Chanel offerings have been cataloged on the internet, including what materials they are made of. Check to see that your bag material is the same as one of the materials that have been used in the past to produce authentic bags, a sign of a real one.

You can also look into the seller, whether it is an individual or a website. You should be able to see their reputation by doing a simple search. Look for ones that validate the authenticity or use a third party to do it for them. This helps ensure that what you are paying top dollar for is the real thing and prevents you from getting ripped off by a dishonest seller.




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