How to Know if a Chanel Bag Is a Knockoff
If you purchase your Chanel bag from a flea market or the trunk of an old car in an alley, chances are you already know whether or not yours is a fake. But if you find a 'great' deal on vintage Chanel on eBay or any other discount retailer, do your homework before purchasing; manufacturers of the fakes are getting pretty good at copying the originals. Does this Spark an idea?
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Authentic Chanel bags will have a serial number. The serial number will feature 7 numbers if made in the 1980's and 8 numbers if made in the 1990's. Newer bags have a plastic shield protecting the serial number; there is no shield in older bags. The serial number card should be black with gold trim and white or gold lettering!
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Authentic older Chanel bags will have a white sticker with gold CC's on it.
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The logo is a huge tip-off; original Chanel logos have interlocking CC's with the top portion of the right C overlapping the top of the left C, the same is true for the bottom C's. Look for mispelling as well!
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All of the hardware will match on authentic Chanel bags, including the chains, zippers and eyelets. The logo stamp will also match the hardware; this stamp will indicate where it was made on the opposite side of the bag in block letters or in an oval.
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On one side of the zipper there will be the Chanel stamp, the other side will have the logo.
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The stitching on a fake will be uneven and sloppy.
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The most common counterfit Chanel bags feature the serial numbers:
#7244764, 8947749, 9316391, 9395451, 9395455, 9675223, 9777617: all made in the 1980's.
#10218184, 10380486, 10501946, 10995820, 11062948 and 10803549: all made in the 1990's.
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Tips & Warnings
Just remember: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! If an original is $1600 and you found it for $250, chances are it's a fake- use caution and common sense!
