Scam artists are great at creating fashion pieces that are completely useless rip offs of the original high fashion brand. What many people can’t see though is that these fashion duds are usually complete replicas of the real thing, minus the expensive and precious value. To spot a fake, become familiar with the real things.
Learn positioning and stitching techniques, authenticity stamps, and materials. These are the biggest indicators of what is real and what isn’t. Most top notch designers will not create their pieces with machines and will prefer to hand sew the pieces together – crafting the most quality items that can be purchased. This is often why designer items are generally more expensive.
Many high end fashion garments are handcrafted, and that reflects in the stitching. If you buy a handbag that is supposed to be handmade, you can observe the stitches and see that they are not 100% accurate. Fake designer pieces will either have really messed up stitching, or too perfect stitching that could only be done by a machine.
Be sneaky and savvy so that you can spot designer fakes instantly, and save yourself from being ripped off. This is especially important if you are bargain hunter that is always on the lookout for designer deals at a fraction of the price. In most cases, you get what you pay for, so if the designer piece is often too good to be true, it is. Once you learn how to spot a genuine designer piece as opposed to a fake – it can lead to less money wasted away on designer scams.