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Roxane · Sep 3rd, 2006, 01:54 AM

LG, let me add my appreciation to what you are doing on this thread. It is so heart-breaking when someone buys a fake without having the required knowledge to spot it, or when someone buys a genuine article but loses sleep over what she thinks are fake details!

ikaesmallz · Sep 3rd, 2006, 02:14 AM

aww that's so me roxane. the one who buys a genuine article but loses sleep over possible fake details. this thread really did help reassure me.

tulemar · Sep 3rd, 2006, 04:09 PM

Great thread and really helpful..thanks!

NWpurselover · Sep 3rd, 2006, 04:59 PM

ASL, Thanks for taking the time to do this, this is a great learning tool to have the bags side by side for easy comparison

NWpurselover · Sep 4th, 2006, 01:12 AM

I felt the need to "research" the new chocolate shoulder strap paddington. Pics to follow

minicoop · Sep 4th, 2006, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by NWpurselover

I felt the need to "research" the new chocolate shoulder strap paddington. Pics to follow

Looking forward to seeing your pics. Purely in the name of research of course ...

MuzMars · Sep 4th, 2006, 12:25 PM

Wow, the fakes have gotten good. Thank you for your great info. maggie

chicky · Sep 4th, 2006, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by NWpurselover

ASL, Thanks for taking the time to do this, this is a great learning tool to have the bags side by side for easy comparison

I agree

chicky · Sep 4th, 2006, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by NWpurselover

I felt the need to "research" the new chocolate shoulder strap paddington. Pics to follow

lol!!!!

+sonja+ · Sep 6th, 2006, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by +sonja+

This is such a useful thread, great idea!!

I'm adding here few points with pictures of my authentic taupe paddy:

The rings on the zippers are thicker in authentic paddys, and they get a bit narrower on the part that they attach to zip. The rings in fakes are thin all around (without any narrower part) - sorry the pic is a bit blurry but as you you can see there's definitely a narrower part on a thick ring in auth paddy

Also he handle looks different in most fakes I've seen, they have somekind of "leather ball" or something if you look inside the handle - as you can there's nothing inside there in auth bag, there's only a wrinkle!

EDIT / Gosh I just read about hallmarking - chloe-babe is right! I dunno hw to do it

This is such a great thread and I'm messing here around making things more difficult to understand - sorry

But I'm adding here a picture of fake whiskey bag and you can see there's something weird inside the handle - that's the weird "leather ball" I mentioned. I hope this clarifys my explonation a bit.
Here's again my authentic taupe paddy for comparisor and it has only a wrinkle inside the handle, that's how it's supposed to be

aerin · Sep 7th, 2006, 06:47 PM

Just saw this, great thread LG. Thanks so much!

Roxane · Sep 9th, 2006, 03:44 AM

Originally Posted by lordguinny

11) External Tags: Chloe purchase tags (the rounded tags you get with the bag) should tell you the serial number, what the brass & leather is made of and the color of the bag. The description comes in English and then French.

I got 2 medium Paddys recently from the FW06 collection: one orange and one navy, and both had tags only in French and says "Made in Italie", rather than the usual "Made in Italy" that is on the tags with both Fench and English. Since the bags came directly from Europe from LVR and are definitely autnentic, I suspect that bags for European distribution may not come with English. After all, I am sure women outside of English-speaking countries buy Chloes.

sratsey · Sep 9th, 2006, 09:04 PM

This is an awesome thread.

hmwe46 · Sep 12th, 2006, 11:35 AM

Hey LG, is this your whiskey?

Thanks to your thread I think Ifound the answer to the question I posted on the s/n thread: are the datestamps (serial numbers) ever sewn with the threads showing. This one is! Cool!

I had never seen that before on a real paddy- good to know

Originally Posted by lordguinny

Picture 1: Authentic 9 digit Serial Number
Picture 2: Authentic Date Stamp
Picture 3: Corduroy Lining

Notice the Corduroy Lining

chloehandbags · Sep 13th, 2006, 10:49 AM

Big hugs to lordguinny and everyone else who has taken the time to contribute to this thread!

Not to be too pedantic, but I just thought I should mention that I'm pretty certain that the lining fabric is cotton twill (not corduroy). Modern corduroy is generally a tufted pile (velvety) twill fabric.

Here is the encyclopedia definition for cotton twill:

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Twill

...and corduroy:

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Corduroy

Sep 3rd, 2006, 01:54 AM	#46
Roxane Horange! Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,783	Re: Paddington Authentification Tips - Add to the List! LG, let me add my appreciation to what you are doing on this thread. It is so heart-breaking when someone buys a fake without having the required knowledge to spot it, or when someone buys a genuine article but loses sleep over what she thinks are fake details!
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Sep 3rd, 2006, 02:14 AM	#47
ikaesmallz Bal & CL addict Joined: Aug 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 702	Re: Paddington Authentification Tips - Add to the List! aww that's so me roxane. the one who buys a genuine article but loses sleep over possible fake details. this thread really did help reassure me.
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Sep 3rd, 2006, 04:09 PM	#48
tulemar Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 76	Re: Paddy: Fake vs Real ... how can you tell? Great thread and really helpful..thanks!
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Sep 3rd, 2006, 04:59 PM	#49
NWpurselover Member Joined: May 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,453	Re: Paddy: Fake vs Real ... how can you tell? ASL, Thanks for taking the time to do this, this is a great learning tool to have the bags side by side for easy comparison

Sep 4th, 2006, 01:12 AM	#50
NWpurselover Member Joined: May 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,453	Re: Paddington Authentification Tips - Add to the List! I felt the need to "research" the new chocolate shoulder strap paddington. Pics to follow

Sep 4th, 2006, 12:25 PM	#52
MuzMars Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 415	Re: Paddington Authentification Tips - Add to the List! Wow, the fakes have gotten good. Thank you for your great info. maggie
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Sep 7th, 2006, 06:47 PM	#56
aerin Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 289	Re: Paddington Authentification Tips - Add to the List! Just saw this, great thread LG. Thanks so much!
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Sep 9th, 2006, 09:04 PM	#58
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Sep 13th, 2006, 10:49 AM	#60
chloehandbags KIABGGTH Joined: Mar 2006 Location: England, UK. Posts: 11,141	Re: Paddington Authentification Tips - Add to the List! Big hugs to lordguinny and everyone else who has taken the time to contribute to this thread! Not to be too pedantic, but I just thought I should mention that I'm pretty certain that the lining fabric is cotton twill (not corduroy). Modern corduroy is generally a tufted pile (velvety) twill fabric. Here is the encyclopedia definition for cotton twill: Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Twill ...and corduroy: Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Corduroy
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