Authenticate This CHLOÉ

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I think a lock smith may be able to help, you'd have to tell him to be extra careful with the coating, maybe cover it with felt to protect it when you leave it. But they should be able to help. If you are feeling brave you could grab a flathead screw drive and have a look yourself. Also i have see padlocks for sale on their own on ebay.

I'm probably too lazy to bother bringing it to the locksmith lol but I will make an effort because the paddington is such a gorgeous bag! I carry it on days when I'm only heading to work and back so I don't get paranoid with the lock unlocking on its own. I'll probably scour eBay too! Thanks for your recommendation and advice!
 

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Thank you so much! I am in love with the bag but the padlock is acting up a little which makes me paranoid when using it...tends to unlock on its own at certain angle. Any idea how to fix this?
The most important thing is using the right small screw driver otherwise you might strip the head
 
Item Name: Chloé Paddington (color?)
Item Number: 154081130011
Seller ID: keepupwithit7 (ebay)
Link: I already purchased the bag, pictures below are taken by myself

I purchased this Chloé Paddington on ebay from a Japanese seller (for $81 & after reading information on how and why there are quite a lot of them selling designer bags, as I was wondering why there are so many Japanese sellers selling loads and loads of designer bags) and decided after carefully inspecting the pictures of the auction, that I will take the risk. They did offer other Paddingtons, but this was the only one that said it comes with dust bag, care card and authenticity card and was the color (although I do not know the name of the color that I was looking for a long time). In fact, it also looks like new to me/hardly worn.
Now that the bag has arrived, I did check all the authentication tips I found via strolling through this thread, the PADDINGTON Authentication Tips thread and some youtube videos that seemed to be helpful (e.g. ).
I think it is genuine or either a very good fake (nevertheless, my cat has approved the bag and wants to keep it haha), but I am not an expert at all when it comes to Chloé bags, and thought I'd ask for second opinions (based on my pictures)? :smile: Thank you!

I think its fine, there are 2 things that bothered me is that side buckle engraving and no 'made in Italy' under the inside Chloe emboss. I dont have any 2010 ones to compare with and neither did my Chloe posse. So if you can at some stage have paid authentication - just as that buckle and missing stamp bother me. Is this is change to the design of the later models? The rest of the bag is good. Please let me know if you get it authenticated elsewhere - i'd like to know.
 
The most important thing is using the right small screw driver otherwise you might strip the head

Thank you for the link! This looks super helpful! I'm going to attempt it later ;) will update on the outcome!
 
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I think its fine, there are 2 things that bothered me is that side buckle engraving and no 'made in Italy' under the inside Chloe emboss. I dont have any 2010 ones to compare with and neither did my Chloe posse. So if you can at some stage have paid authentication - just as that buckle and missing stamp bother me. Is this is change to the design of the later models? The rest of the bag is good. Please let me know if you get it authenticated elsewhere - i'd like to know.


thank you for coming back to me and getting second opinions on it! I'm looking into paid authentication (e.g. authenticate4u) now as I am curious as well, will let you know!

I looked for others to compare the "made in Italy" existence, but it is hard to figure out:
(same as mine, no made in Italy under the inside emboss, but on the serial number tag)
(same)

As far as I can tell, they are all 2010 ones... but that's no sign of authenticity of course...
 
thank you for coming back to me and getting second opinions on it! I'm looking into paid authentication (e.g. authenticate4u) now as I am curious as well, will let you know!

I looked for others to compare the "made in Italy" existence, but it is hard to figure out:
(same as mine, no made in Italy under the inside emboss, but on the serial number tag)
(same)

As far as I can tell, they are all 2010 ones... but that's no sign of authenticity of course...
Sounds good, 2010 my Chloe collection was looking to Marcie and Paraty, so we fell out of the loop with 2010 models. But it does seem to have changed as you see.
 
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