Purchased this Charles Street Audrey from a reseller, but I can't make up my mind about whether it's real or not. Would appreciate help in authenticating this bag! Thank you! It smells like real leather, has all the spade marks in the pull tabs & studs but ...
- The handles have an awful sheen from glue or something. The picture turns out reddish but it's more of a dark brown, not noticeable unless you look closely. The seller mentioned that it is a factory reject/defect and got it from an outlet. I don't mind it and could touch it up with edge kote by myself if need be but do they sell such rejects like this at the outlets?!
- The handles are not stitched well and have a gap where it meets the bag, you can see the back side of the leather and it is pure white color. Sign of a fake?