Authenticate This Balenciaga

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IMPORTANT READ-ME

Please see post #1 for complete Balenciaga authentication rules. All requests must be posted in this thread. Authentications are not done via private message or in any other thread.

See the link below for examples of the photos needed and the format they should be in (clear, close up, forward-facing, no angles, right way up, no bends in tags).

https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/required-pics-for-balenciaga-authentication.741442/

A link to the listing in question is required.

It is an authenticator’s right to ignore a request that is not in the proper format. If the listing you are interested in is missing photos it is your responsibility to request them from the seller prior to posting in this thread.

Thanks and be well!
 
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muchstuff said:
Authentic in my opinion.
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Thank you! I skipped on the Bleu Roi first as other photos showed it to be extremely faded. I would have had to re-dye the entire bag and that is not my forte at all. This style was not on my radar but the price is great and again, I can never have too many cross bodies. Totes and cross bodies always end up being my most used bags.

The leather on this hip is Agneau? Is there any way to know the year or colour?
 
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Asphodel said:
Thank you! I skipped on the Bleu Roi first as other photos showed it to be extremely faded. I would have had to re-dye the entire bag and that is not my forte at all. This style was not on my radar but the price is great and again, I can never have too many cross bodies. Totes and cross bodies always end up being my most used bags.

The leather on this hip is Agneau? Is there any way to know the year or colour?
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The colour is anthracite, and the bag is pre 2011. Hard to say what year because anthra was a staple colour. Probably 2008-2010. It would be agneau.
 
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muchstuff said:
Anthra was made in S/S 07 as well but I'm not sure what the first season for the Hip was. If it was 07 then it would be chevre, I have a hard time telling leathers apart with some of the bags online.
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I should have the bag in my possession soon. I would be very happy if it was chevre but I recall seeing the hip in the stores for the first time in 2008 as it was the same year I was finally able to buy my first city. However, it was at Holt Renfrew and not in an actual Balenciaga store so they may have been selling them earlier.
 
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Asphodel said:
I should have the bag in my possession soon. I would be very happy if it was chevre but I recall seeing the hip in the stores for the first time in 2008 as it was the same year I was finally able to buy my first city. However, it was at Holt Renfrew and not in an actual Balenciaga store so they may have been selling them earlier.
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The first post I can find in the reference section was for 09. Before then it was still the Shoulder with the shorter strap.
 
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muchstuff said:
The first post I can find in the reference section was for 09. Before then it was still the Shoulder with the shorter strap.
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Maybe I will be lucky and it will be a thick and smooshy agneau leather. I’ve always been a fan of the anthracite colour. For now my only Chevre remains an 05 black work.

The hunt for the special bags is half the fun.
 
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Asphodel said:
@muchstuff
Yes! But truthfully it’s a nice distraction during this lockdown we are experiencing in Ontario. I’d much rather go down the bag hunting rabbit hole than the news
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We’re not as locked down on the west coast but still under advisory to stay within a very small bubble. I suspect that’ll be the case into the summer so yeah, the internet and bag hunting are a good diversion.
 
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