Comments on: (A Quick Guide to Spotting) Fake Abercrombie and Fitch…

By: Mo

Mo — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:51:34 +0000

Yeah, I reckon it’s fake. First of all, the seller’s based in Hong Kong, and is selling many items on eBay, and some of the shirts that they’re selling are black. A colour that A&F doesn’t make shirts in…

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:29:41 +0000

Is this fake? Thanks

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Cotton-Womens-T-Shirt-Blue-Shirts-A-F-POLO-shirt-/160435649295?cmd=ViewItem&pt=US_CSA_WC_Shirts_Tops&var=&hash=item6b1a5fa857

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 09 May 2010 05:33:26 +0000

Hello, i recently bought 1 shirt on e-bay and is not sure if it,s a real 1 or not. Based on the buttons u said, the real shirt it’s button will not have a different colour at the bottom as compare to the front? TKS!

By: Mo

Mo — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:48:42 +0000

Heya,

I’m not sure whether the poppers on the Abercrombie coats have writing on them (they could say A&F etc…) so I don’t know if it’s possible to verify its authenticity that way. However there are a few other ways like I mentioned. What about the seller on eBay, did they have a lot of Abercrombie items for sale? That wouldn’t be a good sign. Did the coat smell of Fierce (their cologne that’s sprayed in all of the stores) when it arrived? Did it come with a bag/receipt etc? Are the labels on the coat mis-spelled? Any of these little things can help determine authenticity.

Also, I have a few newish Abercrombie things that are from China, so no need to worry about its country of origin as a deciding factor.

Cheers,

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:20:30 +0000

Hi, I bought an Abercrombie coat on eBay and everything feels like its good quality etc…I am just worried because the label on the inside says ‘small- made in china’ and the poppers that attach the fur to the hood don’t have any writting on them. Do you think it’s genuine? I asked the seller before buying and they confirmed it was, but I just don’t know…I paid £100 for it :-s

Please get back to me if you can, Nicole

By: jamy

jamy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:55:43 +0000

This is great! im just gutted i didnt find this sooner. i have just been seriously dooped and have no way of knowing how rubbish the jeans i’ve ordered are! fyi dont trust a site thats something like 7abercrombie.us or something. Yday paid 55 pounds for jeans from this site that looked stupidly legit!didnt recieve an e mail conformation so started to worry, and have found several forum where the same site has ripped others off!! was wondering if ne one had pics of fake abercromie jeans they recieved so i know what im in for??? Thank god for links like this, hopefully never hapen to me again now!!

By: Luiz

Luiz — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:30:29 +0000

Hey Mo,
Actually I didn’t have any concrete info about this, it was more like a general opinion based in what I knew about ‘sweatshops’ and in ‘Made in’ tags of Abercrombie clothes I have. Gosh, if it is so, they have factories all over the world…

Good to know that, maybe I’ll try to discover where is their factory in Brazil and buy second-hand stuff, since it’s almost impossible to find Abercrombie over there and people at auction websites are so out of their mind.

Anyway, thanks for info you too =)

Back to spotting fake clothes, thanks, they is going to be really helpful from now on!

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:48:59 +0000

Luiz,

That might be true, but the shirt that I’m wearing at the moment (an authentic one—I bought it in Edmonton) says ‘Made in Brazil’. But most of the other clothes that I have are from all over; Northern Mariana Islands, Peru, Vietnam, Macau. So I’m not really sure if origin of clothing is really a deciding point when spotting fakes… Perhaps there’s a list of factories somewhere to be found.

Anyway, thanks for the info.

By: Luiz

Luiz — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:40:39 +0000

Nice guide. Thanks for the information.
Just one thing. I’m a brazilian and I’m living in Mexico right now. I’m almost 100% sure that there is no Abercrombie clothes made neither in Brazil nor in Mexico…I think all their production comes from south-east asia.

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:28:56 +0000

@ Kate — I would have to agree with Ari in that A&F products could be made anywhere in the world and so it is not really a telltale sign as to whether an item is authentic or not.

@ Paulina — After having a look at the item, it doesn’t seem to have a typical A&F thick cardboard tag, and it also isn’t in the Abercrombie online store at the moment (it may be an older item) and the seller has lots of designer items for sale (all new) which indicates to me that it is not authentic. Tho I can’t be 100% sure. Good luck.