Authenticate Those SHOES
- Thread starter Swanky
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OK I’m home and here are my bits. I have a 3 on the pink and it’s definitely straight across but again, that I noticed and everything else looked fine to me and I’ve seen font variances for many different reasons on authentic luxury product. I wish I could have them in hand. Please forgive my call of authenticity and I’m also passing on these. I’ll leave them to Audreylita or others but if they’re counterfeit, they’re frightening good IMO. Apologies!
Hi Audreylita, thanks for reviewing and so sorry for the delay in getting back to you! The seller claims these were purchased in Sept 2017, so they should be fairly current. I've attached additional photos to view the horsebit
Woops, the photos didn't post...here you go. THe first photo is of the other shoe bit as requested. Second photo is of both together (sorry it's quite blurry). Also, I noticed the flap on top of the foot is quite "flat"--on my other princetowns, I've noticed they have retained their "curved" shape even with wear and even when I'm not wearing them. Maybe they were stored flat or with something heavy on them to make them look deformed this way? Lmk your thoughts.
LASTLY, the 3rd & 4th pics below are from a really obvious pair of fake Gucci princetown on eBAY that has a curiously similar font to these in question (rounded 3s) but in really bad gold foil.
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That second pair is awful. Your first pair looked to me to be fully leather lined. Yes?
No prob and glad you’re feeling better.Thank you very much
Apologies for the late reply have been down with the flu.
Item Name: Gucci Princetown fur lined slippers
Link: https://www.mytheresa.com/euro_en/princetown-fur-lined-leather-slippers-594119.html
Seller: mytheresa
Comments: Dear Authenticators. Can you please help me authenticate these shoes? Bought them on mytheresa, but I am worried that someone has made a "switcharoo". They do not have the R under the sole, and I am also a bit puzzled about the horsebit detail. Should it be like that?
Thanks.
Link: https://www.mytheresa.com/euro_en/princetown-fur-lined-leather-slippers-594119.html
Seller: mytheresa
Comments: Dear Authenticators. Can you please help me authenticate these shoes? Bought them on mytheresa, but I am worried that someone has made a "switcharoo". They do not have the R under the sole, and I am also a bit puzzled about the horsebit detail. Should it be like that?
Thanks.
I have issues with several details on these and I would not keep them. I have also never seen a pair without the R. Out of curiosity have you done a burn test? Pull out a couple of hairs and throw them in a dry sink and burn them. If it turns to ash you’ve got real fur. If it burns to a hard ball it’s synthetic.
Let’s see if Audreylita has a chance to check in. I still see several things I don’t like and that missing R is an obvious one. May I see under the tongue?
I’m going to break rules and do a bit of chatter and if the mods remove this post, please accept my apologies in advance.
As luxury footwear is getting so incredibly expensive, there’s enough margin available for counterfeiters to up the quality of the materials used and still be profitable. In the past, it was easy to call out the counterfeits from pictures alone but IMO that’s not always true anymore and in some cases I, for one, need to have the item in hand to feel the skins and know what kind of leather is used, etc. I see at least 3 issues with these that I don’t like and would not personally keep them but without having them in hand I can’t make a definitive call.
That missing R is glaring and I’ll address it since the OP already has but, I’ll also add that misses can happen. I know this all too well as I own a luxury bag bought preowned that’s missing both store and year stamps. Counterfeit obviously, right? Wrong. It’s genuine and has gone back to the house twice-once for a strap lengthening and once for a spa treatment. They can’t explain it and laughed it off and put a store stamp on it but not a production year as they said that they didn’t know which year it was made so I now have a bag that’s still missing one expected stamp.
