[peppy5]

i can pick up a burberry polo but i don't know if it is real. the price would indicate that it's fake, but there are real rl polos along with real hilfiger polos in the store. any ideas?

[freeier]

go to the real boutique. 8-P
if they want to fake it they can fake it till its 100% identical

[sunniefaith]

Totally agree with Freeier. i go to the real boutiques to get my real stuff. You'll never know with the other stores, especially if you're really looking for the real stuff.

[freeier]

but if fake is made till so real, then no point buying real just buy the fake one, no one even yourself can tell right!

[jaykay]

Originally Posted by freeier

but if fake is made till so real, then no point buying real just buy the fake one, no one even yourself can tell right!

Very true, and seems so much of the "real" stuff here (from the original shops, not markets) is made in China then what does it matter. Take a look at the polo shirts for example - always double stitched on the arms in Europe - only single stitched here. But it's the real deal. The quality is always suspect though which makes it harder to recognise the fake unles looking at something like Levi's!

[vanwilder]

Sometimes you can tell it's fake by looking at the buttons (how they're sewed and their colour and size).
Hope it helps!

[discobay]

Originally Posted by jaykay

The quality is always suspect though which makes it harder to recognise the fake unles looking at something like Levi's!

Not that I have any fake Levis but how CAN you tell?

[freeier]

alot of the fakes are probably rejects of the original anyway.. i.e. the companies contracted to made them made extra, or those that failed QC, gets sold into the market at cheap rate as fakes.

[jaykay]

Originally Posted by discobay

Not that I have any fake Levis but how CAN you tell?

Not so easy anymore, but check the buttons, zips and rivets. On the back of the top button there should be a number going across in line, usually 2 digits. Fakes usually have no number or the number is etched around the outside. Zips - Levi's do not use YKK zips! Rivets should shine - most fakes have dull rivets with a matt finish. The stitching, try and pull the legs at the sides. The Levi's label on the back pocket should have Levi's written in very clearly and the waist label can be different as well.

I've got a couple of pairs of 501's here, one original and another pair an extremely good copy from Turkey. The material is extremely good on the fakes - in fact they are very, very good copy and probably 95% of people wouldn't know they are not real. But put them beside the originals and start to look closely and you can actually see where they are different. Mind you I knew they were fake and they only cost me about 5 quid in Turkey so still a bargain!!

[jgl]

Originally Posted by freeier

alot of the fakes are probably rejects of the original anyway.. i.e. the companies contracted to made them made extra, or those that failed QC, gets sold into the market at cheap rate as fakes.

If you replace "a lot" with "a tiny fraction" then you're on the right track.