Geanta originala Hermes Birkin

Geanta Hermès Birkin, Originala, an de fabricatie 2006 (J).

This is how you recognize a real Hermès:
1. check under the strap (usually the one on the right when looking at the bag) and there you should find a blind stamp, a marking in a circle or square with the year when the bag was produced. Hermès uses a special alphabet – “numbering” – for instance, we’re currently in the year L (2008). Next to this stamp there should be a craftsman ID. If you checked this strap and find the above markings there’s no reason to jump for joy yet because there are many fake Hermès bags with these signs (counterfeiting is always improving).

2. check the stitchings – if there’s a real Hermès, the stitchings should be regular and in the same direction. The stitching on real Birkin is expert hand stitching (one stitch length: 2mm)

3. check the borders of the exterior leather and the glue on the inside corners – there should be no irregularities and all should be very smooth (a fake Hermès always looks sloppy and with ridges when talking borders and corners).

4. check the zipper on the inside pocket that should have a leather pull strip, horizontal to the zipper (engraved with Hermès).

5. a real Hermès should stay on its own, the feet on the bottom of the bag should look as any hardware piece, and shouldn’t screw off easily and don’t forget to check the marking Hermès Paris made in France, embossed in gold leathers when opening the bag (the hardware piece from the scrap also is engraved with Hermès – Paris).

6.The interior of the bags is goat skin. There are two large interior pockets, a zippered one in the back and an open one in the front, while the fake has a poor interior. 

7.The end of the lock should have the word HERMES across one side and a number on the other side.