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These are wonderful jeans on men and women.  Diesel jeans have an inside tag that contains and American Indian head with full feather headgear.  The tag also contains faint numbers above the NA head and at the bottom contains a seperate silver or white threading which may or may not have very faint Diesel lettering on it.  You can view all the washes at the Diesel website, as well as other higher end department stores' online websites.

I hope to have a link for you later regarding more information on how to spot a fake pair.

CLOTHING

CHANEL CLOTHING:       Courtesy of Burberry_Princess:

Chanel 101:

Chanel comes in both white label and black label. Black is more expensive, but I do find some white just as expensive.

The year and season made are on the label sewn to the CHANEL label unless someone cuts it off. I call this the content label. People tend to cut that label off because it bothers them when they wear the garment. Without this content label, it is difficult to determine the size, especially if alteration was done to the garment. And in this case, seller has to provide the specific measurements. Examples of the year and season are:

05P - Spring 2005 Ready-To-Wear line
05S - Summer 2005 Ready-To-Wear line
05C - Autumn/Summer 2005-2006 - Cruise line*
05A - Autumn 2005 Ready-To-Wear line

* Chanel only makes one cruise line per year.

If you see 93A on the label, it means Autumn 1993 Ready-To-Wear. 88P means 1988 Spring/Summer Ready-To-Wear.

These are readily available at the Chanel Boutique and specialty stores. Alterations may be needed. The other lines are:

Spring/Summer Haute Couture line
Fall/Winter Haute Couture line

Haute Couture lines are very expensive and are only made to order at Paris, France. You should check out chanel.com for the latest Fall/Winter, Haute Couture, and Cruise lines.

Also included in the content label is the style number. An example is P25511V15975 and will be found directly below the year and season. It is a 12-digit alphanumeric and numeric combination. A useful number to have handy for ordering extra buttons or for locating matching pieces.

Directly below the style number are the color number and size. The color code is 94305 for black, M2943 for pink, M1819 for white, etc. The size would be 34 (smallest and equivalent to 2), 36 (equivalent to 4), 38 (equivalent to 8), 40 (equivalent to 10), etc. From my experience with Chanel, it tends to run small for jackets than dresses and skirts. It runs bigger for sweaters and pants. But then again, that's just me. One can always have it altered for a better fit.

The composition of the fabric is printed on this label as well. For example, 50% sole - silk, 50% coton - cotton.

Chanel jackets, most but not all, have a chain on the hem to hold the fabric down. This is one attribute to look for. Cardigans and sweaters do not have this chain.

As for price, this will give you an idea of the retail price, but not all inclusive:

shoes - range from $150 to $800 (boots are more expensive)
handbags - $700 to $3000 (exotic skins are more expensive)
jackets    - $2800 and up. Some are $4500.
skirts       - $900 and up.
jeans       - $500 and up.
tops         - $700 and up.
twin sets or cardigans - $1800 and up. Cashmere is more expensive.
The sports line is less expensive.

Juicy Couture

Look for tags:

• small - orange
• medium - tan
• large - green
• xl - lt. blue

Courtesy of SPARKLEFLUFF

The tops definitely have fabric tags.

There's a lot of misinformation / contradictory stuff floating around about Juicy. Here's what I know from experience to be true of Juicy. If anyone has further info or knows something I've stated is wrong, let me know.

*Juicy has color coded size tags for American made items. These include tees, velour, linen, sweat and terry pieces. Chinese made pieces all have pink tags that say "Have A Juicy Day" (vs Made in the Glamorous USA) regardless of size. These are found on more expensive pieces such as parkas, silks, and cashmeres.

*Exception. Older Juicy has white tags for all sizes. They're white with black type face and just say JUICY COUTURE. They're rectangular tags with no graphics.

*Regarding tags: please keep in mind that there are interior tags and hangtags and one needs to specify which "tags" they are referring to or it just makes thing more confusing.

*Interior tags. As long as the item was not purchased as a sample (in which case it may not have any tags) authentic Juicy jackets and tops will have a tag at the neck and the side seam will have either 3 or 4 tags. The top tag is the largest, made of fabric, and has the fabric content. The second tag is paper, the second largest, and has a cut number, style number and the size written out. It will have either 1 or 2 small tags underneath, one with the size and it may or may not have a small tag with a number on it. The bottoms are generally the place to spot fakes. Fakes usually are sold in sets and do not bother to put the interior tags right on the bottoms. Authentic bottoms have a color coded waist tag but also tags underneath with fabric content, cut# style#, etc. Fakes almost always have the color coded waist tag but not the rest of the tags.

*The RN# is 92918

*Juicy bought at less than retail often has a cut in the tags. The cut does not mean it isn't authentic but be extra careful of flaws in these items. For some reason, Juicy uses really crappy zippers, which tend to separate when zipped or not zip at all.

*Hangtags. Juicy is sold as separates. Both pieces have hangtags. The hangtags are gold cardboard and have a sticker with information, size, and color. The numbers on these should match those inside the piece. The color is a Juicy color name like "poolside" or "jane" not just blue or pink.

*It's definitely true that Juicy isn't the greatest quality but if you have real Juicy and compare it to the fakes, there's no contest. The real stuff isn't great but it's standard department store quality at minimum. The fake stuff feels like it came for Rave or Deb or something. The seams are crooked, the threads are loose, the tags are sewn in crookedly and not sewn down right. The letters on the real pants or sweatshirts may crack a little with time but they do not rub off.

*Juicy is cut for tall people, like most expensive items. The shortest inseam you'll find is 32" and that's not really common. Most inseams are 33 or 34", even 35" (unless you're looking at a capri.) Fakes are almost always too short, 31" or 30" even 29"

*Please do not buy Juicy from Hong Kong other Orient-located sellers.

*Certain Juicy items are favored by counterfeiters. These include Royalty, Yo Juicy, the striped band velour, and the Cherry Sweet set. Be extra careful purchasing these. Basic terry and velour "sets" are beginning to show up, especially in basic black and white terry.

*Juicy is sold as separates. If a seller has "sets," be wary. Authentic sets will be fully and separately tagged both inside and hangtags (if they're new).

*Juicy is reasonably readily available in the wholesale markets and Juicy below retail is quite possible on Ebay. However, be reasonable. You will not get a new authentic juicy set for $50.

*If a seller has 20-50 Juicy items, in a full size range and several colors, be wary. Juicy wholesale is like most expensive wholesale: what you receive tends to be somewhat broken in terms of full size ranges, color ranges. If a seller only has the "sets" I mentioned above in this type of quantity and depth, it is probably best to choose another seller.

*If you can confirm anything the seller has is fake, most likely, it's all fake. Look for counterfeiters to also have fake Seven Jeans, Dior, and Louis Vuitton. These tend to be easier to de-authenticate than Juicy and if these are fake, so is their Juicy.

Ralph Lauren Label Information

http://home.kc.rr.com/dwelch2/ralphlauren.htm

TOMMY BAHAMA (HOW TO SPOT FAKES)

http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=faketommybahama

Here is MY short list of trusted authentic sellers of designer clothing and handbags:  (Please note this is my list of sellers that I (or someone very close to me) have had dealings with for higher end items)

Tilcia (myself)
*godfreys*
style310
killerheels
dieselofmiami
ourfashionhouse
windexmama
shar_jr
rheablueeyes
haute_girlz
ig311
hiediandbob
mamahip (she does add crystals herself to nearly all her jeans)
almlg
piwykit
oceanview712
chic_bags
hermesgoddess
lauras*luxuries
rochellesells
nena-1
daniellli
betty*blackbent (vintage)