Fake or Real (Authentic, Genuine, etc.) -- Official Authentication Thread

[Spruce Moose]

Well the POLO blazer he has is by Corneliani and that looks fine to me.

What looks off on the shirt?

 

[michaelvl]



Well the POLO blazer he has is by Corneliani and that looks fine to me. What looks off on the shirt?

The pictured label says Stripe Green, yet it is a Green Check shirt. It resembles and Ashton shirt, but there is no logo on the shirt, yet the label says Ashton Logo. I find it also peculiar that the printed label lists the MSRP of €325 but also a price of €129,99? I have never seen this before on any of the RLPL items I purchased from their site or from their brick and mortar stores. Al my previous RLPL items all came with a sort of glossy purple folded booklet with extra stays and an extra mop button included in a purple cloth envelope with Purple Label written across it all this attached to the item with a grey rope. The shirt that I purchased from this seller came only with a simple label attached with plastic (no stays, buttons etc. are included). The general feeling of the item is cheap and off. Here is the label on the shirt I purchased from the referred eBay seller:

 

[Spruce Moose]

If I had to guess, I would say it's outlet store. I believe they rebranded the black label to purple now too which could be the reduced quality you see.

 

[michaelvl]



If I had to guess, I would say it's outlet store. I believe they rebranded the black label to purple now too which could be the reduced quality you see.

Hmm, I have around 25 RLPL (mostly Ashton) shirts in my current rotation, this is the second one I have sourced from eBay, the rest all came from RL directly. I got into RLPL in 2012. The quality and feel of the material is something that I immediately recognise upon handeling the item. The material off a genuine RLPL shirt feels rich, tightly woven and soft, their poplin shirts feel slightly less high quality than their non poplin cotton shirts, the material of this shirt seems to resemble poplin somewhat. I basically have the same shirt in poplin and in regular cotton (see the blue checked shirts in the pics bellow). The check pattern within the checks has a different and complex pattern on all my other genuine RLPL shirts, say for example diagonal lines, stacked V's etc. The checks on this shirt are vey flat, there is little complexity to them. In my experience is RL does a simple pattern there is always is some complexity to the material. In this case the material as well as the check pattern is flat and simple. Here are some pics of my OEM RLPL shirts vs. the green one I got of eBay. I cannot believe this shirt is genuine, thank for your input though. I appreciate it.

 

[michaelvl]

I believe the pattern on the eBay RLPL shirt has been printed and the pattern on my other RLPL shirts has been woven.

 

[rezaeste]

Hello everyone, i wanna ask this TB tee, is it real one or fake?








Thanks!

 

[bpk1]

Doubt that TB is real...

 

[dad2bandm]

Burberry London tie legit? I think it might be..but I don't see many Burberry ties in these thrift parts.. It's here with some other legit ties...(Zegna, Brooks Brothers...).

 

[Cj52racers]

Looks fine to me. Any reason you think it's not?

 

[dad2bandm]



Looks fine to me. Any reason you think it's not?

Just wanted 2nd opinion. Burberry throws me sometimes as the ties sometimes just don't seem as nice as others.

 

[Wrong Crowd]

Burberry London tie legit? I think it might be..but I don't see many Burberry ties in these thrift parts.. It's here with some other legit ties...(Zegna, Brooks Brothers...).

I think it's legit. I see why you think it might be fake- it does look a little different than a lot of the other Burberry ties I've seen- but the tags and labels look the same as this one:




Which was owned by @bmulford , as seen here: http://www.styleforum.net/t/52167/burberry-ties/30#post_811350

 

[dad2bandm]

Burberry London tie legit? I think it might be..but I don't see many Burberry ties in these thrift parts.. It's here with some other legit ties...(Zegna, Brooks Brothers...).

Thanks guys.
I'm going to have to figure out what I will wear it with. I'm going to keep it, as it's only the 2nd Burberry tie I have found thrifting (which wasn't an obvious fake - or some hideous old wide tie).

 

[levku]

Is the jacket fake or real?

 

[rezaeste]

Doubt that TB is real...

How about this? I think this one also fake. Anyone can help?

 

[dreamspace]

Here's a fake Kiton I spotted on Ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kiton-Nap...D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

One (of many) huge giveaway with these fakes would be the huge space between buttons, and very high button-stance. It's something I see over and over again.

But just for educational purpose, here's the other sign (for this Kiton):

- The buttons have Kiton on them.
- No buttonhole on lapel
- Obvious machine-made buttonholes elsewhere
- Single-vent. Not a defining factor, but I've never seen single-vented Kiton outside their MTM program.
- Straight barchetta
- Flaps too small
- gorge too low for anything recent
- Lining w/pick stitching and contrast piping. Never seen that in my life on a Kiton, especially not with that form.
- Label looks off, and too large "Napoli" def. too large.
- Never seen a maker tag like that. They even got crafty enough to put the kiton URL on that.
- Structured shoulders. Looks like a off-the-rack $150 suit.