What makes a fake

[geargrrl]

I've had some "good ones" here in the shop... so I took some photos to illustrate why you want to avoid forgery goods. You are most likely NOT getting what you pay for.

This is from the inside of a purported "Steep Tech"jacket. No seam sealing, large stitching, overall poor construction:

The same "Steep Tech" is just falling apart at the seams:

some examples of crappy embroidery: (crooked and rough looking, letter crammed together, not "clean")

An example of non-authentic hardware. Putting the logo/name on everything does not make it real.

More crap construction. Note the flimsy lining fabric that is actually sewn to the exterior of a shell coat!! No seam sealing, etc. This coat here was labeled "Summit Series".

 

[Jilly]

That uneven stitching looks like it came from my Kenmore!!

Thanks GG.

How about a good pic of a sealed seam for everyone that doesn't know what you're talking about?

 

[geargrrl]

oh, good idea, will do as soon as I open up a coat that is appropriate!

 

[Robyn]

Great post Geargrrl! You are a true resource for Divas, thank you! I would love to see the same series of photos of an authentic similar type jacket (or similar to what this jacket purports to be).

 

[missyd]

Thanks for the information about fakes .... happily I never got a fake with all my stuff I bought on eBay!

 

[bklyn]

Great thread! Very informative.

 

[Yvette]

Shocking... especially the first photo. Thought the fakes are usually louder (more logos) but less obvious.