I'm curious.
1) Have any of you actually seen/felt a fake Lady Dior? How good/bad are they? Are the fakes getting closer (hopefully not)?
I know in the context of Hermes scarves, the fake ones were really obvious upon touch and when seen in person (though sadly, that's improving). I've seen and touched fake Chanels and it's very obvious.
2) There seem to be many sites in Thailand for the Lady Diors....I assume they're all fake because the sheer volume seems disproportionate. And I've got to believe the ioffer ones out of China are fake. Are these areas a categorical "AVOID"
1) It is not that easy to get the same plushness, rigidity, texture, and smoothness of Dior's lambskin, considering that most fakes are made of PVC made to resemble lambskin (even when the counterfeiters claim that their merchandise is made of real leather, it is actually not). Of course, that would mean that you would have had to feel the real thing first to be able to compare. Unfortunately for many people, they may not have felt that before, so there isn't anything to compare it to.
On top of that, some sellers claim that a bag has been used, so people who find that the lambskin feels a bit different may think it's because of the age/wear-and-tear of the bag rather than the fact that the bag is fake.
Visually, Lady Dior fakes have details that identify them as fake to the trained eye. But again, to an untrained eye, it's difficult to tell if the bag is real.
So it pretty much comes down to how experienced a person is with a real Lady Dior, because a fake will have details that make it look and/or feel fake.
As well, with Dior's superior craftsmanship, counterfeiters will never be able to make exact replicas where people can't tell them apart from the real thing.
2) Most Thailand sites that I have encountered sell fake Lady Dior bags. I would definitely not buy from them.