Posted: August 31st, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: General | 14 Comments »
The problem of fakes has been prevalent as long as you can imagine. Chanel was quoted saying “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”. Chanel most likely could not have envisioned the market for counterfeit luxury goods growing into billions of dollars in sales, often damaging the long deserved reputation of a design house.
A true Chanel collector can expect quality luxury products. Fakes are made of pleather with metal that chips and tarnishes, cheap zippers that break and seams that come unsewn. If you dare to try to shop on the internet for luxury goods these days, you have to be properly armed with knowledge and caution. With some helpful tips you can proceed with carefully into sales done from non-authorized Chanel boutiques or department stores. Some lines of Chanel goods that are widely mimicked are the classic flap bags, the travel line, the cambon line, the bowling bag line, heart chain link classic flap bags, many quilted CC tote bags not to mention jewelry, sunglasses and the J12 watches. It’s best completely avoid all websites such as ioffer.com or any other internet website with dealers passing off large quantities of Chanel purses. Chanel makes most lines of purses in very limited runs to keep up exclusivity. Make any purchases online with a major credit card. Document all transactions with receipts and copies of auction listings as well as emails from the seller. This will be for your protection if you end up mistakenly buying a fake item.
With the help of burburry_princess on Ebay, you can now try to authenticate Chanel purses on the internet before you purchase them from a non-authorized Chanel boutique or department store.
Here are some good points to help you spot fakes:
All bags should have serial numbers on a tab or sticker inside the purse. The number should correspond with the authenticity card. Newer looking 2.55 purses will not be missing these serial number tabs. Fraudulent buys have been trying to sell bags off lately saying they come from the mother manufacturing company, and serial tags are not attached till much later. Do not believe them! Run the other way!
Vintage purses should never have a metal “Chanel” brand tag plate on the inside of a purse.
Purses will not have any black paper hand tags. All hang tags are price tags in white from the Chanel boutique or department store.
Purse hardware will match the metallic Chanel(R) imprint on the inside leather strip sew to the interior.
Quilting should be symmetrical with the front and back of the purse. Be weary if there is a whole diamond on the left edge of a purse, but a 1/3rd of a diamond on the other side. If the quilting looks to diamond shaped, with the corners of the quilts not at a right angle, be weary. Quilting on the separate side pieces of purses are not always lined up with the quilting on the front.
In an authentic CC logo, the top portion of the right C overlaps the top portion of the left C and the bottom portion of the left C overlaps the bottom portion of the right.
Chanel does not wholesale to anyone. If a internet dealer is trying to tell you they do, they are lying.
For more tips, please visit burburry_princess’s Ebay *ME* page.
Posted: August 30th, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: Purses | 1 Comment »
For a sophisticated mature look, Chanel brings us this lovely beige surpique caviar leather shoulder bag. Flap-front entry with complimenting golden CC clasp and chain strap makes this a great choice for the lady who needs a larger easy entry purse. Wear this with black, beige, brown, burgundy and other warm fallen leaf colors. This bag retails for $1725.
Posted: August 29th, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: History | 1 Comment »
“The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!”
Posted: August 28th, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: People, Purses | 3 Comments »
Paris Hilton toted a brown tweed and fur trimmed Chanel purse for the Teen Choice Awards this year. While not an ideal coordination with her outfit, at least it’s Chanel! Later that week Paris was seen out on the town with the velvet version of the Precious Symbols purse. It compliments a vintage looking red polka dot dress perfectly.
Posted: August 26th, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: Purses | 2 Comments »
Here is a great twist on the Chanel classic flap bag. It is a lambskin shoulder bag that has decorative quilting of circles and star shaped diamonds or flower shapes depending on how you look at it. How interesting this is if you are tired of the same old diamond and square quilting. The purse has classic chain and leather woven purse strap. This purse measures 9.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 and retails for $1295. It is also available in black. Photo courtesy of Kimchi Chigae.
Posted: August 26th, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: History | No Comments »
“I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little – if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”
Posted: August 25th, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: Clothing, Events | No Comments »
In Shanghai, China Chanel hosted a special 2005-2006 Fall/Winter fashion show. Guests were escorted visa maglev train August 19th to the train station in Pudong International Airport where the show took place. Luxury brands have recently rushed to establish a foothold in China, seen as an irresistible and under-exploited market of 1.3 billion inhabitants. In a pseudo communist country, I guess your quite privileged if you can come to afford luxury goods.
Posted: August 23rd, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: Costume Jewelry, History | 4 Comments »
Chanel has a long history of costume jewelry. Coco starting making it in the 1930′s. They were cheaper than real gems, allowing a woman to purchase more pieces to properly accessorize all her outfits.
Chanel costume jewelry covered a wide range of styles over the years. Chanel was influenced by Indian, Baroque, Renaissance and Art Deco styles for her costume jewelry, which was designed with her by many artists. The most recognizable pieces are the pearl necklaces, sometimes interspersed with other glass or crystal beads. Also very noteworthy are poured glass jewelry. Square shaped pieces of poured glass look like highly polished sea glass. These pieces are often arranged in a cross motif. In the 1960′s Chanel even used chain interwoven with fabric or leather for belts that we have come to know as mostly being used now for purse straps.
Now if you like vintage like I like vintage, you’ve tried to hunt out old Chanel pieces hoping for a deal. You’ll soon find out that vintage Chanel is highly collectable and nearly as expensive as the modern day pieces. You’ll also see, that like Chanel clothes, the new costume jewelry is inspired by the old.
For those interested in vintage Chanel, I have compiled a set of costume jewelry dealers who have some pieces to offer.
http://www.jewelfever.com/
http://www.jeweldiva.com/signednew.htm
http://www.vintagejewelrycollect.com/c-signed-Chanel-1.html
http://www.pzazjewelry.com/chanel.html
Posted: August 21st, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: General, People | 2 Comments »
Some only dream of being able to afford one Chanel tweed suit, well Corey Gelman has eigthy five! She started collecting on a measly summer job salary of only $10,000. Over the years she became an investment banker with a much more substancial salary to splurge on Chanel with. A collection that started with two coats grew to be a closet full of them, thirty four purses and numerous other accessories. Read more about Corey
here
Posted: August 20th, 2005 | Author: Administrator | Filed under: History | No Comments »
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