After sorting through all the photos on here and reading your critiques on the real vs. fake, I am able to authenticate a Colin make up case I got at a thrift shop yesterday for $1.60 !!! How exciting !!! I wasn't able to find photos of it anywhere to compare it but your advice on checking labels, #'s, noel studs, threads, etc. helps a LOT !!!
*CLOSED* Authenticate This KATE SPADE
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You would show me pictures or give me an auction number, and I would tell you.
In all seriousness, I can't really describe in words. If I can help you authenticate a specific bag, please let me know.
~Kat
okay i will post the pics . thanks Kat!
I think I bought a fake 
won the ebay auction last night. I really should have done more research; usually I do... could someone help me out with this and let me know for sure that it's fake? Please don't laugh... I think I already know the answer. At this point I'm trying to cancel the transaction before it ships.
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won the ebay auction last night. I really should have done more research; usually I do... could someone help me out with this and let me know for sure that it's fake? Please don't laugh... I think I already know the answer. At this point I'm trying to cancel the transaction before it ships. Item 120613337037
I think I bought a fake
Item 120613337037
Yes, this is absolutely fake. Kate Spade has never used this particular plaid pattern. The shape of this bag is wrong . . . it's like a Pia, but longer on the bottom than on the top? The label and strap attachments look pretty bad. Sorry for the bad news.
It's from the Dot Noel collection, color Stucco, and it looks like a "Henry" bag.
Thanks for the info.From the ties on the side, I thougt it might be a Gramercy.
Thought so i know better than this. Thanks for confirming! Now I play the ebay waiting game... at least I'm not out a lot of $ (which should have been my first clue...)
off to the local flea markets, now that I am much better educated!
i know better than this. Thanks for confirming! Now I play the ebay waiting game... at least I'm not out a lot of $ (which should have been my first clue...)off to the local flea markets, now that I am much better educated!
My mom's friend gave her this bag and Im pretty sure she received it with a tag from Nordstrom's but I just wanted to make sure....
It has the kate spade NEW YORK embossed in the leather
inside is a black leather tab with no writing on it, sewn into the liner. It has a made in china tag sewn into the liner seam. The liner is beige with black squares.
It has the kate spade NEW YORK embossed in the leather
inside is a black leather tab with no writing on it, sewn into the liner. It has a made in china tag sewn into the liner seam. The liner is beige with black squares.
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It is not authentic. This is a counterfeit copy of the "Abstract K" collection from 2001. The blank leather tab on the interior is one giveaway. Another problem is that the "K" pattern in the leather is curved, not angled. Here is a picture of an authentic one for comparison:
http://ihatecounterfeitbags.info/images/2001abstractkbyrd.JPG
Sorry for the bad news. ~Kat
From the ties on the side, I thougt it might be a Gramercy.
I think you're thinking of the Gramercy Park collection, which all have side ties regardless of shape. This is a small or medium Henry, obviously not the Henry diaper bag!
Yeah I have seen that bag online before... labeled as the 2002 abstract K. I have not ever seen another bag from the same collection though, to know if they all had angled Ks. The stamp in the leather seems pretty close to every picture I've looked at online. The leather tab inside is odd but I've never had a kate spade to know if thats something thats done.
I called kate spade today and they couldn't tell me anything about this bag specifically, but they did tell me that some bags were made in china at one point, that not all bags have more than one ks label, and not all bags have ks on the metal hardware or the zipper.
I talked to my mom today, however, and the bag was a gift from a friend (my mom is doing ok for herself, but her friend is loaded)- new with all the mumbo jumbo from the store (tags dust bag gift wrapped etc etc)... sooo I dunno what to think.
I dont particularly care except i would rather get 50 bux for it than 10
I called kate spade today and they couldn't tell me anything about this bag specifically, but they did tell me that some bags were made in china at one point, that not all bags have more than one ks label, and not all bags have ks on the metal hardware or the zipper.
I talked to my mom today, however, and the bag was a gift from a friend (my mom is doing ok for herself, but her friend is loaded)- new with all the mumbo jumbo from the store (tags dust bag gift wrapped etc etc)... sooo I dunno what to think.
I dont particularly care except i would rather get 50 bux for it than 10
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