The tissue paper included in the Chanel box may be more convincing than the cards. Authentic Chanel bags come with soft, high-quality tissue paper that is hand-folded.

You can sometimes tell a Chanel bag is fake simply by the quality of the leather or the dust bag, the crooked logo, or the rigidness of the hardware. 

Chanel is the French luxury fashion brand we all know and love. It was founded on 1910 by Coco Chanel and today it focuses on woman’s high fashion, ready to wear clothes, luxury goods, perfumes, accessories and leather goods. And Chanel’s most iconic bag is the Classic Flap Bag!

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Eight digit serial number printed on white sticker covered with clear tape with two Chanel logos."X" cut-lines prevent sticker from being removed without damage. "CHANEL" appears on rightright side of the sticker. Dark line appears on left side of sticker. Gold speckles appear throughout sticker.

The placement of the CC lock should be centered both vertically and horizontally on its leather flap, with misplaced locks indicative of replica locks.

) The date codes that begin with a single digit indicating the year are seven digits long. Those with the first two digits indicating the year are eight digits long. If your bag has a date code with nine digits, it is a fake. The chart below lists the date codes by year. Chanel Date Code Chart

It may not look like it, but the CC lock hides so many interesting details. In an actual Chanel bag, the ‘C’s overlap perfectly, maintaining equal width.

Authenticating Chanel bags is a process we take very seriously, and we work with highly reputable third-party authenticators to verify that each bag in our collection is genuine.

Check the back of the lock for brand stamping, which can indicate where the bag was made—France or Italy. The font should be legible, pristine, and beautifully embossed without any raised areas or leaks.

This lead to the reincorporation of the Mademoiselle lock, the original lock that Chanel bags were designed with.

Since graduating in 2013 with a BA (Hons) in English history of the Chanel flap bag and contemporary media, she’s worked as a feature writer for an independent publication and a contributor for Quill’s creator network. She now marries her passion for words and style, writing for some of the most esteemed fashion and lifestyle publications, Who What Wear UK and Stylist.

Date codes: Introduced in the mid-1980s, date codes act as unique identifiers that can be used to authenticate Chanel items.

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