Check Serial Number On Dooney And Bourke
Spotting a fake Dooney and Bourke handbag requires looking for a bag made of mostly hard leather, identifying the wide stitches of Dooney and Bourke, and checking for the monogram. Look for a classically shaped bag from Dooney and Bourke with tips from an image consultant in this free video on designer handbags. Expert: Gabriela Garzon Contact: www.ggetiquette.com Bio: Gabriela Garzon is the principal of G.G. Image & Etiquette Consulting in Miami, Fla., which is a full-service provider of image consulting, professional and personal etiquette. Filmmaker: Paul Muller.
My mom received this as a gift in the early 90s (I think), and never used it. She gave it to me in the late 90s, and I have never used it. I was looking to sell it, but in my research, came across some information that concerns me that the purse is a knock-off. It does have the oval leather duck logo sewn on the outside, and a leather Dooney & Bourke tag on the inside, as you can see.
The hardware is all brass, and the trim is the classic British tan color. However, I cannot find any sign of the sewn-in red, white, and blue label that all Dooney & Bourke items supposedly have. Any help would be appreciated. I bought many D&B bags over the years, starting in 1983 or so. The bags way back then didn't have serial numbers or special sewn-in fabric tags. I don't know what year they added the fabric tag, but I do know for a fact that not having the tag doesn't automatically mean the bag is fake.
The fakes don't have the same quality feel and heft from all the brass, and the leather feels different. It's hard to explain, but if you has a fake on in one hand and a real one in the other, you would easily be able to tell from the feel and the weight. Thank you for responding. I am not a purse girl, so I've never bought D&B. But from the little that I know of them, this feels like a quality bag. And now that I think about it, I do think it's possible that my mother received it in the 80s rather than the 90s. Would you recommend I take it somewhere to have it looked at to determine authenticity?
If so, where? I just have a feeling that if it is real, the fact that it's never been used and has been stored in dark closets for decades and is vintage means I could get more for it than if it's a knock-off. I have no idea about where to go for authentication. About 10 years ago I was in a money crunch and took a batch of bags to a upscale vintage resale shop.
The 'expert' there declared my older D&B bags were knock-offs because they didn't have the blue & red tag and some weren't lined and said something along the lines of 'they're pretty good knock-offs so I'll give you $5 each for them'. They weren't knock-offs. I had purchased them at the D&B counter at Macy's 34th St in NYC when Macy's first started carrying their line, and I still had my original receipts with the price tags stapled to them. I had to try a few other shops before I found someone who really knew what they were looking at. I knew she knew her stuff when she realized one strap was a replacement that I bought from the D&B catalog because my dog chewed the original one.
I had forgotten all about it, but she knew it right away. Maybe if you called the company and asked if they could recommend someone. On real Dooney & Bourke bags, the trim and handles will be British tan leather.
Authentic bags that have the red, white and blue Dooney & Bourke, Made in USA label sewn inside, the first portion of the serial number on the back will start with either an A or a B and that indicates what factory in the USA the bag came from. Dooney & Bourke is the brand behind a wide range of fashion accessories, but they're mainly known for their handbags. If you've purchased one of them lately, it.
Often, fake Dooney & Bourke bags do not have matching trim and handles. British tan trim adorns all Dooney and Bourke handbags.
If the one you're examining is any other color, you're not looking at the real thing. The purse handles also are always British tan leather.
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That's part of the authentication problem. So many sites keep repeating that early D&B bags always BTL trim and handles, but they didn't. That's why I recommend tPF. A lot of the online guides have wrong info-like, does the zipper say YKK? None of that is definitive. I realized you may not want to join a forum just to authenticate. I belong to that forum and could always have you email me pics and get it authenticated for you.