The 'Authentication' Thread

[Watisthis]

Other guy who sells luxury clothes in Czech Republic, told me BBCLOTHING is the biggest UK seller of luxury clothes and they own 40 shops in ireland and dunno how many in whole UK .
So I really dont understand it. I sent email to them.

 

[Legyviel]

never heard of bbclothing store, and I live in the UK. If one brand on the website is fake, I wouldn't risk and buy anything from there.

 

[Watisthis]

reply on my email :

Dear sir



Thank you for your email.



I see where you are coming from on this – the logo doesn’t look great when viewed very close up. I’ve looked at the garment in the warehouse and at normal viewing (ie not on a computer) they all look normal, so I think it is that the very high quality of the image is causing us to look even more closely than one normally would. True there’s an odd surplus thread but that’s not unusual.



Anyway, the product is the genuine article, without a doubt. I can say that as I personally bought from an authorised specialist distributor with whom we have dealt for many years. Our reputation and future business is totally reliant on us only having the genuine article so we take great care. As the biggest independent in the UK we simply can’t afford to risk fakes and we don’t.



I trust this reassures you.



Yours



David

 

[GetCloser]

Fake MARC JACOBS pen?

First of all, I'm not sure where to post or ask this, so moderator please feel free to delete or move this thread

Here's the thing, I got two Marc by Marc Jacobs pens on ebay from a seller with very positive feedback and over 3000 thousand transactions. But I'm not sure I got the real thing.

Marc's pen according to his webpage is this:

marcjacobs.com

and the pictures of the seller were two pens standing next to a paper with his name written (name of the seller i mean, like proving he sells and own exactly what you see). They were like this one above, white and grey font... but the ones i got they are all white letters, I mean MARC JACOBS written in white (both words) are these fake? can somebody please tell me?

I must say the pen I got is pure plastic, very bad quality... i was expecting it to be metal or something so I'd definitely appreciate any thoughts of someone who actually got the real pen. Thank you all in advance

 

[AD092717A]

they're not fake but i hope you didn't pay too much for them since they go for like 3 bucks at the marc jacobs specialty items store in the city (new york). i was just there about two weeks ago... pics are up on my blog. scroll down, you'll actually see the bin of pens.

http://shinyupsidedowncrosses.blogspot.com/2011/03/i-said-id-walk-you-home-after-our-third.html

hope this helps.

 

[GetCloser]

I think I see all white letters on pens? Thank you so much callagabrielle
I knew the real cost because I saw on marc jacobs' web, but yeah the guy is making a good profit by selling them on ebay. I guess thats the price I've got to pay for living in a small city. But it is a relief to know you haven't been cheated, even tho I haven't spent a fortune no one likes to be fooled.

 

[yadra]

How to tell original designer heels from imitators?

What is the best way to tell originals from knockoffs apart, at least at first glance?

Secondly, do knockoffs fall apart far easier? I know it sounds like a dumb question, but if the style looks the same and folks could get it for like 50% of the original cost, why wouldn't they go for an imitation version (unless they're designer purists)

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ We have a whole thread about why it's wrong to buy fakes ... you may find some answers there.

 

[thinkpadfan]

Hello everybody,

Can you help me and tell if this is a fake or real Burberry polo shirt?

I doubt the authenticity

 

[IndigoHomme]

This looks fake to me, polo shirts usually have the buttonholes sewn on, and this one doesn't seem to have them sewn on

 

[thinkpadfan]

OK, thank you for answer.