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Fake Jimmy Choo

  In this guide we have illustrated some details about that will help you weed out the fakes. This is in no way a conclusive or complete guide to every detail about Jimmy Choo, but it has enough information to highly increase you chances of spotting the fake Jimmy Choo handbags. Combining some of these brand specific points with the universal tells we have listed should help insulate you from many of the fake Jimmy Choo handbags in the open market.
Note: Many of the images we use to highlight a specific tell, may also have another tell within the same photo. When this occurs we will try to point out the secondary tell. However, on occasion we may miss some of the secondary tells in the photos. So we encourage you the reader to inspect the images for other tells, this will help increase your spotting skills.
We recommend that you read our tutorial: Spot Fake Handbags first, to learn the universal tips essential to building a solid foundation of fake handbag spotting knowledge, and then reinforce that foundation with the brand specific tells we highlight here.
  As we get more details we will add them. Also, if you the reader have anything else to add, please email it to us, we will be glad to add it to the site, info@spotfakehandbags.com
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1. Label: The label is a combination of metal and leather, with a silver or gold logo font and a lilac color for background. Often times the counterfeiters get this detail wrong, and have a color close to the Jimmy Choo lilac, but slightly off by a shade (as demonstrated later).
Two part label: Leather backing, with mounted metal within the leather. The metal mounted must always be centered within the leather backing, with the same distance between the metal and the leather edge on all four sides. This is a common tell with most designer handbag labels. Often times, the fake labels will have all the correct details, but they will lack in quality, and one of the most common quality errors is uneven label stamps and impressions. The font is also a key factor in determining a fake Jimmy Choo: [Below is an example of just the font itself, not the logo within a handbag label]. The purpose of the image below is to showcase the unique features of a Jimmy Choo font. The handbag label will be shown further below.

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Font: The most notable feature of the Jimmy Choo font pertains to the H. Specifically the cross connector in the H that has a unique feature singular to Jimmy Choo. The cross bar in the H sits about 75% of the way up the H, instead of being exactly in the center of the letter (50% of the way up).

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Below is a diagram of the Jimmy CHoo H Font feature:

Note: The font displayed is not the authentic Jimmy Choo font, the purpose of the diagram is just to illistrate the position of the cross bar on the H.





Below is an incorrect font, as seen on many Jimmy Choo counterfeits:






Below is an image of a real vs. fake Jimmy Choo label: Generally the Jimmy Choo logo is presented in silver or gold on the metal mount with a specific lilac color.


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Note: Notice the thickness of the "MM", and the "C", in the fake Jimmy Choo label font. Both letters M have an almost equal thickness on both legs of the letter. Now compare that to the real Jimmy Choo font, where the right most leg of the letter M is clearly thicker, and the left most leg of the M is much thinner. This is consitant with the picture earlier of the authentic Jimmy Choo font. However, the fake font is clearly incorrect. The same goes for the C and the J, both are too thick in the phony Jimmy Choo logo, when compared to the real logo. These are very subtle tells but with some inspection and comparison they can be spotted. Also, notice the "O's" in the real Jimmy Choo, they have an almost slant to them and are slightly wider that the "O's" in the fake label. Almost like they have been tapped down from the top, squishing them down and creating a wider O. The fake does not have this look. [The Y on an authentic Jimmy Choo font will have the left most prong thicker than the right prong. The fake (above) has this detail correct for the most part, although it is a little sloppy].
Note: And it is in these ultra subtle tells the story is told. The better quality the fake is, the more you must rely on the subtle tells.

Below is another fake Jimmy Choo label:

Note: Also note the signature Jimmy Choo high crossing "H". The fake (below) has got this correct for the most part, (the cross is still a little high).



Note: This label (above) also has a problem with the legs of the M, the C and the letters O in Choo. Also, the lilac color is slightly off by a shade, and the made in Italy stamp impression below the metal label is also slightly crooked, trailing off on a downward slope towards the end of the word "Italy". Also, the Y in the fake does not have the correct thicker left prong, and thinner right prong as in an authentic Jimmy Choo font. The fake Jimmy Choo font showcases both prongs incorrectly having an equal width.

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On the left is a Jimmy Choo H&M Video with many font examples: The first clear "H" font comes at 0:12. Again at 1:31, 2:00 ect. Also note the event producer has on a pair of Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses. For info on spotting fake Ray Ban Wayfarer sunglasses, check out our Ray Ban tutorial. Watching this video is not essential for the purposes of this tutorial, it simply has some font examples. Feel free to Skip ahead and continue to section 2.

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2. Hardware: Hardware should have the Jimmy Choo logo stamped on following the same font standards as the label. The "H" should have the signature Jimm Choo high cross and quality, clear impressions.

Below is an example of fake Jimmy Choo hardware:



Note: The "H" on the fake Jimmy Choo gold hardware (above) has a traditional cross in the middle of the letter, not the signature Jimmy Choo high cross as seen in the authentic logo. Also, the letters M in Jimmy are incorrect. An authentic Jimmy Choo font will showcase the right leg of the M as thicker than the left leg of the M. In this fake example, both the legs of the letters M are the same width [the same with the Y prongs] (more on this further below).

Below are image of real vs. fake Jimmy Choo snaps:

Note: Not only is the H the wrong font, but there are problems with the "O's" and the spacing circles. There are problems with the entire font, but the O and the spacing circles are more obvious because they are identifiable due to the poor quality. Sometimes spotting an incorrect font is difficult depending on how familiar the shopper is with the authentic brand, but spotting a low quality stamp or print impression is universal. No matter how well a shopper knows the brand or not, a buyer can always look for low quality errors. And the buttons (left) will showcase this.

Starting with the two "O's" in Choo: Under close inspection, the lopsidedness of the phony "O’s" becomes more evident. On the real Jimmy Choo snap, the O's are symmetric, however on the fake Jimmy Choo snap, the O’s are not the same size. They have different shapes, the lower right most O looks like is has a dent in it. This is something that can be spotted regardless of previous Jimmy Choo knowledge. And the spacing circles, (the circles between the Jimmy and the Choo on both sides of the snap), are also lopsided on the fake snap. The left most spacing circle on the phony side looks like it also has a dent in it, and a deeper, darker impression on one side of the O, and on the other side it looks lighter and more superficial. However, on the authentic Jimmy Choo side, the spacing circles are once again perfectly symmetrical.

Other notable inconstancies : This concerns the overall font impression in general. If you look at the fake Jimmy Choo side, the letters all appear to have darker and lighter areas within each letter, but on the real side, the letters all appear to have a consistent color shade. This is due to an uneven stamping of the fake buttons. The darker areas represent the areas where the stamping method used dug deeper into the metal, and the lighter areas represent areas that have been scraped down superficially. This is always the case when a counterfeiter manufactures handbags in a speedy manner. Everything is rushed, sewn and pressed quickly, and thus leaving behind plenty of evidence for the buyer to examine. The sloppy stamping is something that can be applied universally, to all top designer brands.
Note: The real Jimmy Choo button has a consistent coloring shade, evidence of a quality stamping job.

Ramona, Riki, Etc. front closure:
Note: Same signature Jimmy choo high crossed "H". Also, the screws on the back of the hardware will always be flat head (-), never phillips/cross screws (+).

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Below is an image of a fake Jimmy Choo closure piece:

Note: Again notice the center crossed "H". Also, notice the latch in the center of the image, there is clear space between the center block and the outer latch revealing part of the pin, where on the real Jimmy Choo image above, there is no space between the center block and the latch. This means that the fake hardware closure would "rattle", and the authentic Jimmy Choo closure would slide smoothly. Plus the "Jimmy Choo" is not centered perfectly between the rivets like in the above image, it is stamped slightly lower than center.


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Zipper: When an authentic Jimmy Choo zipper is closed, the zipper teeth will form a diamond/triangle pattern in the middle of the zipper. Also, the zipper pull will be engraved with "Jimmy Choo". The same high "H" cross standards apply.

Below is an image of an authentic zipper:

Note: Notice the diamond triangular pattern in the center of the zipper teeth:


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Below is an image of a fake Jimmy Choo zipper:

Note: Notice the center of the zipper teeth, there is no diamond pattern:


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3. Dustbag: Authentic Jimmy Choo dustbag should read, "JIMMY CHOO" and "LONDON" underneath. The font should be embossed on the dust bag and should be grey colored. The dustbag itself should be is lilac with a faint drawstring pull in lilac and roughly 3/4" inch thick.

Some further notes:

• Interior lining: Authentic Jimmy Choo lining should be moleskin. Many fakes have been seen to use suede, and other fabrics, all of which is a major red flag.
• Interior trim: Authentic Jimmy Choo interior trim is generally a lilac ribbon, with subtle feather edge.

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