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Phony Valentino Bag Guide

How to Spot A Fake Valentino Bag

This guide should help steer you towards the by offering some specific points, as well as some universal problems to look for.

Valentino [1]
Valentino [2]
Valentino [3]

A - B: The authentic Valentino labels in images a and b (left) illustrate a detail that is consistent with most high end designers. Here you can clearly see that the stitch count for the top stitch of the interior red label is the same on both labels. Also notice that the V logo rests directly under the 11th stitch in both cases.

Note: **This stitch count may not act as a template for all Valentino bags. We have see some labels with 21 label top stitches. However, what this illustration should reveal is that Valentino maintains consistency and quality.

F/N: The 22nd stitch line in image A is difficult to see in this compressed image. We lost some photo quality detail when we resized the image. Image B shows that the 22nd stitch is in a tight corner.

**Below is a red label on a small clutch bag. Here there are 14 horizontal stitches. It would seem that on the small items, the labels are shorter and thus a lower SPI.

Valentino calf evening bag

C: The image (left) is a fake Valentino label. The initial red flag was the amount of top stitch lines the label had in comparison with images A and B. We then ran the numbers through our SpI filter:

Spi_Pass ⇔ .833*22 ≤ 27 ≤ 1.2*22

* 22 = authentic top stitch from images A-B
* 27 = top stitch from unknown bag in image C
* 1.2*22 = 26.4.

The SpI filter spit this label out (off by .6 on the upper bound), and our suspicion that the bag was counterfeit increased. We then inspected further, in greater detail, the rest of the handbag images. And we discovered another clue. This being more a smoking gun. An error detail. This error detail pertained to the tag:

D.The image (left) is the same fake Valentino bag as depicted in C. After the bag was rejected from the SpI filter, we predicted a conclusive detail might be found, confirming our suspicions. At first glance, nothing in the picture (left) seemed out of place. But it is blurry, and the red Valentino tag is at distance and most of the details relating to the tag are out of sight. But something caught our eye. A small detail. The bit of plastic by the zipper. A close up below:

E. In this close up shot of the zipper (at the point of the retail tag clamp) the plastic zip tie is clear as day. This is an error detail. Valentino, as with most high end handbags, utilize strings to fasten their tags to the handbags. Unless this was an outlet tag, fastened to the handbag after the retail distribution, this should be a black string. Valentino generally uses a black string to tie on their red Valentino tags.

Note: This handbag is a very good fake. Everything at first glance looked in place. This is a premium example of how important the tiny details can be, as the SpI filter had illustrated. It was off by only .6 of a stitch line (according to our Spi filter). But this subtle variance was just enough of an indicator to call for an increased scrutiny of the handbag.

Note: The SpI filter is a rule-of-thumb gauge, not a 100% conclusive test.

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