*CLOSED* Authenticate This KATE SPADE

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Hello! Forgive me if this is obvious, but can you tell me if this bag is authentic or fake? I found it at a thrift store, and know pretty much nothing about designer handbags and spotting fakes. Please let me know if you need a better picture of anything. Thanks!

Kaiti
 

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jedikaiti said:
Oh well. Not unexpected.

If you don't mind my asking, what gives it away on this particular purse? Thanks!
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One quick give-away is the interior. There is a tab of leather or vinyl that is sewn at the top to the zipper pocket. This is a sign of an obvious fake. Inside every authentic bag, there should be a leather tab, embossed in gold that is either sewn evenly all around the tab, just under the zipper pocket OR the zipper pocket is entirely encased in leather (newer bags) and the tab with the label embossed in gold is part of that single piece of leather.

Another give-away are the pen holders. This is not something that kate spade does.

Next, the lining fabric itself. All kate spade fabric are custom; this is just some no-name lining with a Greek key pattern; this would never be used by any designer.

Most obvious, however, is the embossed label on the outside of the bag. The font is wrong. You can visit http://ihatecounterfeitbags.info/ for THE authority on how to spot a fake.

Mari
 
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Hi All,

Could I please get someone to authenticate these Kate Spade bags:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-K...816?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43ab05ff58

The following two are called the same name yet the dimensions that are stated are different. Did this style come in two different sizes, are the sellers measuring from different points, or is one real and the other not?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380378052061?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380384401496?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Thanks so much,
Katie.
 
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Katiegurl said:
Hi All,

Could I please get someone to authenticate these Kate Spade bags:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-New-K...816?pt=US_CSA_WH_Handbags&hash=item43ab05ff58

The following two are called the same name yet the dimensions that are stated are different. Did this style come in two different sizes, are the sellers measuring from different points, or is one real and the other not?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380378052061?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/380384401496?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Thanks so much,
Katie.
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Personally, I wouldn't recommend the first seller because the pictures (in all her listings) appear to be stock photos. I don't know which, if any pictures are the actual items. There's no way of knowing what you'll get.

The other 2 sellers both sell authentic.

The differences in measurements might be due to one seller measuring the bag flattened while the other might take a stuffed measurement. Both listings are the same bag.
 
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