General guidelines to spot a fake handbag:

• Beware of the source. For example, purse parties, or those selling from the trunk of their cars are usually fake.
• Kiosks in shopping malls selling for a fraction of the original cost are most likely not selling genuine goods.
• Garment districts in big cities,flea markets and Chinatowns are also not a reliable place to shop.
• Look for shabby workmanship – material not lined up right, stitching that’s pulled in places.
• Made in China or Taiwan (dead giveaway). Better yet, know where each designer purse should be from.
• Handbag’s lining is glued instead of being stitched.
• Since Louis Vuitton may be the leading seller in counterfeit handbags, let’s look at some specifics to watch for when buying a Louis Vuitton handbag.
• Classic LV monogrammed bag will usually sell for $400 – $1000 dollar price range.
• Snaps are monogrammed on authentic bags.
• Handles are made of a whole strip of natural leather.
• Handles of light tan leather color will darken naturally after a few weeks – fakes are often painted.
• Handle stitching is yellow and will be even looking.
• Zipper is heavy and made of brass.
• The canvas will be neither too soft or stiff and not shiny or oily appearing.
• LV pattern will line up on both sides consistently.
• Id cards are not issued in yellow or green, like a lot of fakes come with.

Another word of advice, if you’re thinking of forking out a lot of money for a handbag you should do your research and shop at a reputable source.

Fake Louis Vuitton items can be found everywhere, be it online, or on the streets. Of course, the best method to keep away from fake Louis Vuitton merchandise is to purchase fashion items carrying the signature of the famous designer, only from authorized stores. However, from time to time, good deals may come your way, and, under such circumstances you need to know how to tell if the cheap Louis Vuitton items you’ve just spotted are the real thing or not. Here is a short guide on how to identify fake Louis Vuitton merchandise.

1. Do your homework. In case you love Louis Vuitton merchandise, you need to know more about the product you are about to buy. Did the designer make those shoes in that color? You may be tempted to buy what seem to be cheap Louis Vuitton shoes, when they are actually nothing but fakes. If you knew they were just replicas, would you have spent so much on them?

2. Pay attention to details. Fake Louis Vuitton items are sometimes executed so well that they may just pass as originals. Pay a visit to the official Louis Vuitton site, and check out the listed merchandise. Anything that you notice being not identical with the items from the official site should trigger the alarm. Cheap Louis Vuitton items do not exactly come cheap, do they?

3. Look at the monogram. Since these are designer’s items we are talking about, the placement and the look of the monogram is very important. This is where fake Louis Vuitton items fail to perform to the task at hand, since manufacturers of such fakes are well aware of what copyright infringement is, and they want to be somewhat shielded against lawsuits. By changing the appearance of a letter, or the placement, they can say that the Louis Vuitton replicas they make are not intended to be exactly as the original. In other words, if you pay too much for fake Louis Vuitton merchandise, it is actually your fault.

4. Stitching and fabric. Real Louis Vuitton merchandise looks sturdy and feels sturdy. You will never see bad stitching or low quality materials in a designer’s item, so, if the product you want to buy feels cheap and looks cheap, then it probably is nothing but a cheap Louis Vuitton replica.

These are a few essential steps for learning how to identify fake Louis Vuitton merchandise. Use your eyes and trust your gut, they are your biggest ally when you want to spot a fake.

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Louis Vuitton was the original creator of ‘designer bags’ and ‘designer luggage’. I have designed this page to help you find a genuine designer bag, designer handbag or designer purse and also to show how to spot fake designer bags. It is claimed that 99% of ‘Louis Vuitton’ goods sold are fakes!

HOW TO SPOT A REPLICA LOUIS VUITTON BAG

Replica Louis Vuitton Bags – Take Care – It’s a MINEFIELD !
How to Spot a Replica / Fake Louis Vuitton Bag

First – take care, if the seller has a lot of designer bags, Louis Vuitton restricts purchases of designer bags specifically to prevent re-selling, so be wary of men with big stocks.

A Genuine Louis Vuitton Suhali L’Aimable ($1,730.00)

Study the awful Louis Vuitton website very carefully and see what genuine designer handbags look like (the bags may be good but their website is a disaster)- some so-called Vuitton bags such as the Cherry Blossom Speedy or Murakami Visor were never made by Vuitton

There should be no plastic or bubble wrap in sight!

If the price seems too good to be true then it is – genuine Vuitton designer bags are expensive because they require a lot of high-quality work

Look at the craftsmanship – a Vuitton bag is a “work of art” and should look like it – no creases, wrinkles, lopsided logos, poor quality stitching etc…
Certificate of Authenticity – this could of course be fake too – but if there isn’t one then that should act as a warning
Cheap tags made from a circular piece of plastic
Most genuine dustbags just have the plain LV or Louis Vuitton logo
Cheap plastic, cheap tan or cheap suede interiors
The patterns on Louis Vuitton bags are always correctly lined up
These are some of the signs, but even so distinguishing a fake from the genuine article is very difficult without a lot of practice (which rather defeats the purpose – unless you intend joining the bag police).

I have listed some bags that are for sale on Ebay, as the seller appears to be absolutely genuine and extremely knowledgeable, but of course the only way of being absolutely certain is to buy one from a Louis Vuitton store (or visit their delightful website of course) !

I hope this information has been of use. Louis Vuitton bags are extremely well-made and retain their quality and their value for years. Happy hunting

Genuine Louis Vuitton Handbags

by The Fine Designer
A Genuine Louis Vuitton Monogram Ursula ($2120.00)

If you are (like I am) the sort of person who doesn’t trust anyone, particularly not bank managers and Internet traders and other forms of rapacious life forms and if you really really absolutely want a genuine Louis Vuitton handbag, then the only place you are going to find one and be absolutely certain you are not being ripped off is in a Louis Vuitton store or on the official and absolutely awful Louis Vuitton website, (whoever designed that site should be taken away by men in white designer coats and made to click on it till he repents and promises to never touch a computer again !). The bags may be wonderful but trying to find what you want or buy one from their site is a disturbing experience. But I’m afraid, in my humble opinion, that it is the only way you will be 100% certain in your own mind that the bag you are buying is the genuine article.

This doesn’t mean that there aren’t genuine bags elsewhere, just that ‘how can you be sure’? There might always be that niggling doubt in the back of your mind. On their website Louis Vuitton state “Louis Vuitton products are available only from Louis Vuitton stores” or, if you would like it in the original French “Les produits Louis Vuitton sont disponibles uniquement dans les magasins Louis Vuitton.” In so far as concerns ‘online’ sales they say “Our Louis Vuitton products are also available via our Customer Department on www.louisvuitton.com for France and the United Kingdom and on www.eluxury.com for the United States.” So there you have it. Personally, I would choose that option, for two reasons. Firstly, I like to be sure about what I am buying, I hate buying things and then regretting it afterwards. Secondly, if you do find a genuine Louis Vuitton handbag somewhere else you are unlikely to get it at a massive discount. Louis Vuitton bags are expensive and remain expensive, if a bag is being sold cheap it is for a reason.

It may be, however, that you are not as fussy or suspicious as I am. You may be willing to take a risk for the sake of convenience, or because you want to find a bargain. In that case there are telltale signs you can look out for to try and reduce the risk as much as possible, which I will describe below, as Squidoo will only let me use 2500 characters!

COACH – AMERICAN LUXURY DESIGNER BAGS + LAPTOP COMPUTER BAG

Affordable Designer Handbags
Coach is a US company which makes leather goods. It was established as a family business in a loft in Manhattan in 1941. Although it is known mainly as a designer of ladies’ handbags and purses, it also manufactures luggage, briefcases, and other accessories (watches, belts, scarves, shoes, sunglasses, umbrellas, etc.), and even office furniture. It also makes an excellent laptop computer bag.

Its leather goods are expensive without being outrageously so, but they are also extremely well-made, and they are well-known for the high-quality of the leather they use and also for the sturdy metal rivets which are often solid brass.

Coach leather goods will easily last between 10 and 20 years if they are looked after properly. Some Coach bags from the 1970s are still in good condition and in regular use. The Coach customer service is second to none, they undertake to repair any Coach product, you just need to send it back to the home office, and include a letter detailing the problem.

In 1960, Miles and Lillian Cahn, who owned a wholesale handbag manufacturing business, took the decision to create their own retail collection. They wanted Bonnie Cashin to be their designer, but she declined, as she was too busy at the time. The Cahns however said they would wait for her to be free, they had to wait two years but finally in 1962, Cashin became the designer for their new ‘Coach’ label of leather goods.

Cashin was an innovator and initiated a revolution in the handbag industry. Her bags were works of sculpture, dyed in her favourite colours of orange, pink, green and yellow, and lined with extraordinary linen from Belgium, Mexican cottons, or tweeds created by designer Dorothy Liebes. After years of handbags being either black or brown, clients were excited to see these new shapes, textures, and colors, and all Coach bags had the added convenience of wide openings and exterior purses and pockets for coins or other items.

It was Cashin who created the brass toggle that is the Coach hallmark.

Coach is unusual for a luxury bag designer in that produces large numbers of bags and can therefore save money and obtain better profit margins.

Coach’s success is also partly down its reputation for ‘affordable luxury,’ it produces luxury bags at a price that is accessible to a greater number of people.

It sells a lot of bags abroad, particularly in Japan. In Asia its main competitor is Louis Vuitton.

Coach makes an excellent laptop computer bag called the Connor Brief :

Details

Padded zip-top compartment for notebook computer
Front gusseted compartment with two multifunction pockets, three pen/pencil loops and card holder
Inside zip pocket
Inside trigger snap key holder
Four multifunction pockets for accessories and two pen/pencil pockets
Front buckle tab closures with hidden pushlocks
Weather resistant glovetanned leather
Padded top handle
Can be worn on shoulder or cross body
40″ adjustable strap with pad detaches
16 3/4 (L) x 11 (H) x 4 1/2 (W)

Gucci Designer Handbags
Gucci are the Leading Italian Designer House

The House of Gucci was started in Florence in 1906 by Guccio Gucci (1881 – 1953) the son of an Italian merchant, as a small, family-owned saddlery shop. Guccio was a very talented craftsman who soon became well-known for the quality of his goods.

Indy Large Top Handlebag $3,890

He opened his first shop in Rome in 1938. He also designed many of the company’s most famous products, in 1947 Gucci introduced the bamboo handle handbag, still one of the most recognizable of the company’s products.

After Gucci Gucci’s death in 1953, his son Aldo helped to make the company a major international brand. The first boutiques were opened in Paris, London, and New York, followed by the Far East in the late ’60s, in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Korea.
In the late 1970s the company almost went bankrupt. In the 1980s Maurizio Gucci took sole charge of the company, the first time in years that the company was controlled by a single person. Gucci has now transformed itself once again into one of the most prestigious designer labels in the world
Revenue in 2006 was over US$7 billion and Gucci was shown as 46th in the Business Week annual “Top 100 Brands”. Gucci is the 2nd fashion brand after LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) for sales, but the no. 1 Italian brand. House of Gucci is owned by the French group Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR). It has over 450 stores worldwide and distributes its wholesale products through franchises and leading department stores.
Gucci Group is a leading multi-brand luxury goods companies, with a wide range of products, much sought after by stars and celebrities.

It owns brands such as : Gucci, Veneta, Bottega, Balenciaga, Stella McCartney, Yves Saint Laurent, Sergio Rossi and Alexander McQueen. Gucci sells high-quality and highly desirable designer goods, including handbags, shoes, luggage, watches, perfumes, cosmetics and jewellery.

Gucci manufactures all its products in Italy and has 219 directly operated stores.

The two official websites are www.gucci.com and www.guccigroup.com they are very well-designed and nice to look at but could be fasters! You can shop online at gucci.com which has a wide range of products. You can even consult a ‘personal shopper’. You can also rotate the bags displayed through 360° so you can see them from all angles.
Gucci Leather Handbags

Radley Bags, handbags and Purses

Radley Bags are the most popular UK designer brand handbags
Radley & Co was established in 1998 but has already becomethe most popular UK designer brand. Radley handbags are sold in the US in Bloomingdales and Lord and Taylor and also at the US website