Authenticate This PROENZA SCHOULER

[rebeccakao]

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Hi @Elliespurse,
I just purchased a medium PS1 bag from Farfetch and received the bag yesterday. This is my second PS1 bag. However, I found some details that were different from my previous bag. For instance, I couldn’t find the cloth tag inside the bag. Also, all the zippers don’t come with the leather knots. I have only 3-4 days to decide whether I shall keep it or return it. Would you please authenticate this bag?
I really appreciate your help and wish you well.

 

[Elliespurse]

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Hi @Elliespurse,
I just purchased a medium PS1 bag from Farfetch and received the bag yesterday. This is my second PS1 bag. However, I found some details that were different from my previous bag. For instance, I couldn’t find the cloth tag inside the bag. Also, all the zippers don’t come with the leather knots. I have only 3-4 days to decide whether I shall keep it or return it. Would you please authenticate this bag?
I really appreciate your help and wish you well.

Hi, this is the PS1+ and it looks ok. The differences is what to expect from a PS1+
Perhaps @IntheOcean knows more about the PS1+ style.

 

[IntheOcean]

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Hi @Elliespurse,
I just purchased a medium PS1 bag from Farfetch and received the bag yesterday. This is my second PS1 bag. However, I found some details that were different from my previous bag. For instance, I couldn’t find the cloth tag inside the bag. Also, all the zippers don’t come with the leather knots. I have only 3-4 days to decide whether I shall keep it or return it. Would you please authenticate this bag?
I really appreciate your help and wish you well.

Hi, this is the PS1+ and it looks ok. The differences is what to expect from a PS1+
Perhaps @IntheOcean knows more about the PS1+ style.

OK, I am not particularly knowledgeable about the PS1+, since all of my Proenzas are the classic PS1, BUT:
This one is a very weird bag. This isn't a PS1+, at least I don't think it is.
1. The PS1+ has the flap in a single piece of leather, i.e. it's not comprised of two pieces like the classic style.
2. The hardware on the strap is different. This one has a coil in the middle, but the coil was abandoned for the PS1+ redesign.
3. There should only be one stud on the side of the bag instead of four.

Here's a picture of an authentic PS1+ from Lyst:

 

[Elliespurse]

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Hi @Elliespurse,
I just purchased a medium PS1 bag from Farfetch and received the bag yesterday. This is my second PS1 bag. However, I found some details that were different from my previous bag. For instance, I couldn’t find the cloth tag inside the bag. Also, all the zippers don’t come with the leather knots. I have only 3-4 days to decide whether I shall keep it or return it. Would you please authenticate this bag?
I really appreciate your help and wish you well.

Hi, this is the PS1+ and it looks ok. The differences is what to expect from a PS1+
Perhaps @IntheOcean knows more about the PS1+ style.

OK, I am not particularly knowledgeable about the PS1+, since all of my Proenzas are the classic PS1, BUT:
This one is a very weird bag. This isn't a PS1+, at least I don't think it is.
1. The PS1+ has the flap in a single piece of leather, i.e. it's not comprised of two pieces like the classic style.
2. The hardware on the strap is different. This one has a coil in the middle, but the coil was abandoned for the PS1+ redesign.
3. There should only be one stud on the side of the bag instead of four.

Here's a picture of an authentic PS1+ from Lyst:

Thanks @IntheOcean - It now looks like the regular PS1, not the PS1+. The regular PS1 now has different style hardware and the Farfetch PS1 style is also on the PS website. Thanks.

 

[IntheOcean]

Also, I checked the PS website again and just like I thought, the bag in question reminds me of a regular PS1 (with the updated design, the one that came for FW 2013, I believe?), but the thing with those is, they are different in the classic colors - Black, Midnight and Smoke, - and the seasonal colors.

The updated PS1 in black resembles the old style closely minus the font and the interior material. But the updated PS1 in seasonal colors has a different hangtag (all metal), the four studs on the side, the coil, the interior that is mostly blank with the brand name.

So basically, had the bag in question been any other color than the classic ones, it would've been fine, it would've been an updated PS1 (not PS1+). But it's black. So it's weird.

Here are the links to the official PS website: PS1 in Black and PS1 in a seasonal color, Yellow

 

[IntheOcean]

@rebeccakao, could you please post a closeup picture of the paper hangtag open?

 

[rebeccakao]

@rebeccakao, could you please post a closeup picture of the paper hangtag open?

Hi guys, thank you all for helping to authenticate this bag and I agree this one is very tricky...
@IntheOcean, here’s the closeup pic of the paper hangtag:

 

[IntheOcean]

Hi guys, thank you all for helping to authenticate this bag and I agree this one is very tricky...
@IntheOcean, here’s the closeup pic of the paper hangtag:

I'd say this bag's authentic since there really is no discrepancy that I can see between this and the bag shown on Farfetch or the official PS website (in a seasonal color).

After FW 2013 we got the updated PS1 bag with the spaced-out logo and lining with the triangle pattern; back then all colors were like this, it didn't matter if they were classic or seasonal (see this Teal bag from a while ago).

Now, the PS1 in classic colors - Black, Midnight and Smoke, - are still like this. But the new seasonal colors all have the all-metal hangtag, simple light gray interior with the logo, different hardware on the strap and no leather pull tabs on the zippers.

I believe Proenza Schouler simply updated the PS1 bag once again, and soon the official website will show the new bag as well. Sometimes their website is a bit behind on listing new collections, and the official resellers list them first. It does say on Farfetch that this bag is New Season.

 

[rebeccakao]

@IntheOcean, thank you so much for authenticating this bag and providing us a lot of updated knowledge of PS1 bags! I really appreciate your help and wish you well and stay healthy

 

[IntheOcean]

@IntheOcean, thank you so much for authenticating this bag and providing us a lot of updated knowledge of PS1 bags! I really appreciate your help and wish you well and stay healthy

You're very welcome! I hope you'll love your new Proenza bag.
You stay safe too, wish you and your loved ones all the best

 

[Handbaglover11111]

Hi, this looks ok but I'd like to see closeup pics of the interior with the stamped Made in Italy.

Hi! I’m so sorry for the late respond. Here is a picture of the stamp

 

[Elliespurse]

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Hi, this looks ok but I'd like to see closeup pics of the interior with the stamped Made in Italy.

Hi! I’m so sorry for the late respond. Here is a picture of the stamp

Thanks for the pic, everything looks ok and I'd say it's authentic.

 

[Bagnoobsg]

Hello again. Could anyone help authenticate this? It seems real to me but seller says there's no authenticity card and the dustbag looks different.

Also what will be a good price to sell it for?

 

[Elliespurse]

Hello again. Could anyone help authenticate this? It seems real to me but seller says there's no authenticity card and the dustbag looks different.

Also what will be a good price to sell it for?

Hi, some pics shows a fake bag, it could be pics from different bags though.

 

[Bagnoobsg]

Hi, some pics shows a fake bag, it could be pics from different bags though.

May I know which pics are telltale?