This is a difficult question to answer because copiers and fake producers have asked themselves the same question for some time now.

Louis Vuitton’s quality has been a characteristic of the products since the very beginning. Copies of the Louis Vuitton products have been around for more than 100 years.

At first, copiers just claimed that their products were Louis Vuitton. However, after 100 years, they have learned to imitate the originals better than better, resulting in copies and fakes that are very difficult to tell apart from the originals.

Louis Vuitton himself had to invent ways to make sure his products weren’t counterfeited, creating the Damier Canvas patters, which included his logo with the French legend, “marque Louis Vuitton déposée,” which is the French equivalent to “Louis Vuitton copyright.”

Nowadays, there are some basic tips that can help you see the difference between a real and fake Louis Vuitton Bag

First of all, the place where you buy it can be a tip off. Louis Vuitton only sells its purses in its outlets throughout the world, so beware of any store that sells Louis Vuitton original purses. At least, they have to sell it as a resold item.

Another easy indicator is the packaging. The packaging of a Louis Vuitton purse is stylish and complex. The handbag is placed inside a soft tan “sleeper” that has the Louis Vuitton name printed on it. This in turn is placed inside a dark brown box, which also has the Louis Vuitton name printed on it, also in brown. This box is tied with a ribbon, which can be made of leather or satin. Finally, this box is placed inside a brown bag, which also has the Louis Vuitton name on it, in brown, of course.

Regarding the bag itself, there are some easy tip offs that tell you that you’re dealing with a fake. Any defect in design or material, asymmetry, or lack of the Louis Vuitton logo automatically lets you know you’re not dealing with the real thing. A logo that is not clear or that is strange looking also tells you you’re being presented with a fake. Of course, this means that you have to know the Louis Vuitton logo’s image and proportions by heart.

In fact, the best way to know how to tell a real purse from a fake one is to have a good knowledge and experience of the real Louis Vuitton purses and history. For example, if you’re presented with a Louis Vuitton Vernis in black, you don’t even have to look at it. It’s a fake because Louis Vuitton has never produced a Vernis in black. Likewise, there has never been a multicolor Papillon. And unless one of them is presented at the next Louis Vuitton presentation, those are clearly fakes. If it is produced by Louis Vuitton, you should know the specifics of your purse, what does the base look like? How many stitches does each part have? What is the canvas lining like?

Of course, this requires time and study from your part. But as all things Louis Vuitton, it’s not only about the money.

Learn about the History and Louis Vuitton Background

Louis Vuitton was born on August 4^th, 1821, in a water mill in Chabouilla, close to Archay, some 40 kilometers to the north east of Bourg-en-Bresse, a small village of 148 in Jura, in Franche-Comté, in a humble setting. While still very young, he learned to uses the tools under his father who was a miller and a carpenter.

In 1835, when he was 14 years old, he went to try his luck at Paris and walked the 400 kilometers from his village to the capital. By 1837, he had started his career as an apprentice as layetier-emballeur-malletier, a profession that back then used to pack the numerous items of rich clients who went on a trip, and he started to handle the travel chests. His work was so good that the Emperor himself charged him with the care of the items of Empress Eugenie and thus, he became well-known through his know-how between the richest of clients.

The means of transportation started to be modernized due to the steam engine and both international and tourism of well-off classes starts to increase due to the steam train and the steam boat. Louis Vuitton realizes then that there is a new need for innovative baggage with several characteristics aimed to please the new clients: high quality, luxury, functionality and originality.

In 1854, he founds the Louis Vuitton brand and he opens his first store in the Neuve-des-Capucines Street, close to the Vendome plaza (there are still sings over the glass display in Champs-Elysees where “Louis Vuitton, malletier in Paris, house founded in 1854″). Louis invented the Louis Vuitton flat-bottom trunk, which was comfortable, practical and of high quality, much easier to stack for long distance travel than traditional rounded top trunks.

In 1859, his company grows and he transfers his workshop of about twenty employees to Asnieres-sur-Seine, next to the Seine River, in order to take advantage of fluvial transportation. He and his wife have their residence built close to the workshop, which later became a museum, in a street later renamed Louis Vuitton Street.

In 1867, he attends the International Exposition that took place in Paris, with the purpose of showing his collection to clients from all over the country, as well as some who came from overseas.

In the decade that started in 1870, he was joined by his son Georges Vuitton, who encouraged him to expand his business overseas. In 1885, he opened his first store out of France with success on Oxford Street in London, followed by the ones in New York and Philadelphia.

By 1888, he had been so successful that his collection had started to be imitated. In an effort to fight the first imitators, he created the Damier Canvas pattern, which bore a logo that read “marque L. Vuitton déposée,” which is French for “Brand L. Vuitton deposited,” the French equivalent of a trademark.

He died in 1892, leaving his company to his son George, who helped the company reach new successes.

About Louis Vuitton Replicas

Louis Vuitton products are known for their quality and style. They are so successful, that replicas and fakes have been around for over 100 years.

Getting a Louis Vuitton replica bag is ok as long as you know you’re getting a replica. It’s not the real thing and it will never be, but it’s an option that some people consider when they can’t or don’t want to pay the money it takes to buy an original Louis Vuitton purse.

You have to think what you want your purse for. Some people want to impress their friends and relatives, in those cases, a replica might be appropriate. However, there are some people who know they can fool anyone but themselves. They know that the satisfaction of owning a Louis Vuitton purse comes from all the ideas and concepts that it involves. For these people, nothing but having an original Louis Vuitton will be enough.

Another important factor that helps you sniff a replica Louis Vuitton purse is price. There is a joke where a man shows his new bought diamond ring to a friend. His friend in turn asks if the diamond is real, to which the man replies “I hope so, because if it isn’t then I just lost $25 dollars.” It’s similar with Louis Vuitton purses. They are not cheap and an offer that seems too good to be true can mean that you’re being presented with a fake, or worse still, a stolen Louis Vuitton purse.

Just as Louis Vuitton himself intended, owning a real Louis Vuitton purse has to do a lot with your class and income. You might buy the most stunning replica, but if your friends know you earn minimum wage or have problems making ends meet at the end of each month, you’re not going to fool anyone into believing you just bought the real thing.

Another thing that comes in consideration is your lifestyle. Louis Vuitton purses are often the object of thieves. If your lifestyle doesn’t involve safety when transporting yourself from one place to another, you might want to consider getting a replica instead. It will save you the hesitation of giving up the purse if you are attacked by a thief.

There are qualities between replicas, the quality depending on how close they look to the real one. The best way to buy a good replica is to get acquainted with real Louis Vuitton purses. A visit to a store can be very helpful, as well as a good sense of observation. It will also help you see fake Louis Vuitton purses for what they are.

In the end, there’s nothing that can substitute a real Louis Vuitton purse. Fakes and replicas will always be identified in the end by those who truly know and love the brand. Getting a replica is an acceptable option as long as that is what you decide. Just take into consideration the suggestions we just gave you. Owning a real Louis Vuitton purse is not just a matter of money, it’s also a fashion statement, a work of art and a declaration of class.

There are very few names that sell luxury, class, quality and style like the name Louis Vuitton.

A French crafter who built a business empire from scratch in the XIX century, Louis Vuitton created products designed for the needs of the rich and famous.

His products then, as now, have fulfilled the highest of qualities and have satisfied the most difficult of tastes. Louis Vuitton’s products were so popular that he was appointed by the Emperor of France himself to sever the needs of queen of France.

Publicity and advertisement hadn’t been truly developed yet, but having the Emperor of France as his customer made him more famous and sought that any modern TV campaign media could have made him.

This caused every member of nobility to be interested in Louis Vuitton’s products. With the invention of the flat-bottom trunk, Louis Vuitton had created a product that satisfied the needs of the moment much better than the other existing trunks of the time.

But his most important success was that he managed to connect his name with nobility and the well off classes and what they represented: luxury, quality, style, resources, and of course, class.

150 years later, nobility has been replaced by the most part by musicians, politicians, artists and actors. However, the Louis Vuitton brand is still associated with the high classes and the values that they represent.

These values are not shown only through the purses and handbags alone, but through every part of the process in which Louis Vuitton is involved. This includes marketing, advertisement and positioning of the product.

As most of you know, Louis Vuitton is not just about money. It’s also about class. Therefore, Louis Vuitton purses can’t be purchased just anywhere. The name Louis Vuitton takes special care in presenting and positioning its bags in establishments that convey the message of luxury, style, and class that’s associated with the name.

That’s why it’s only possible to buy Louis Vuitton’s purses in the Louis Vuitton’s outlets all over the world.

Louis Vuitton also means exclusivity, so don’t expect to find a Louis Vuitton’s outlet in every city. Louis Vuitton takes great care in selecting an area that goes with the Louis Vuitton name.

As you would expect, there isn’t a Louis Vuitton outlet in every city. Louis Vuitton is very careful in selecting the countries and cities that it chooses to display its name in. This also means that in order to buy a Louis Vuitton purse, a person has to have the means to live in those places, or to travel to them.

Louis Vuitton outlets are also placed in the most appropriate part of the city. Generally in an area that is usually only frequented by the high classes, which makes going to that area a statement of class in itself.

Of course, lovers of Louis Vuitton handbags and purses wouldn’t have it any other way. After all, high quality is just one of the many concepts that the Louis Vuitton name represents.

Nothing spells class and status like an original Louis Vuitton hand bag

It’s no wonder that Louis Vuitton is the design brand preferred by the rich and famous. Louis Vuitton bags are produced under the highest quality standards. They are inspected individually and any that have the slightest standard deviation is just not sold or exhibited to the public.

Louis Vuitton, the designer of the brand that carries his name, not only was a great designer and handcrafter, he also had a vision that made the Louis Vuitton brand what it is today. While he was still young, the steam engine was developed and that was the jumpstart that marked the beginning of the industrial revolution in both factories and transport.

Louis Vuitton analyzed the situation and correctly predicted a great increase in international tourism. He also had the idea of designing his products to a niche market: a concept that was new at the time. The niche he chose was the rich and wealthy, because they were the only ones that could afford international travel at the time. He thus invented the flat-bottom trunk, which was much easier to stack than the rounded ones that existed at the time. Another success of his was to produce with the highest quality, and branding them with the image of luxury, elegance, style, and of course, class. His success was so big that he created a world wide empire that is still one of the strongest in the industry, more than 100 years after he died.

In retrospective, he just applied basic marketing tools to his market and environment. He detected a trend in his environment, selected a marketing strategy, which in his case was aiming for a specialized market niche, an developed a product so tailored made that it satisfied the needs of that niche market in a way that no other product at the time did, and therefore was able to charge a premium for his products as well as to develop client loyalty.

Of course, at the time, he probably didn’t identify any of these with marketing terms or strategies, which is why he was such a visionary.

Today of course, Louis Vuitton produces not only luggage, but many articles as well, including one that drives women crazy: bags.

Louis Vuitton bags are THE bags to be seen with. In whatever type and leather material, each bag is produced under the highest quality standards. No single defect is tolerated and the slightest deviation in quality will stop the bag from being sold to the public, in order to offer the public the perfect bag.

They are also a design of art, made with the highest aesthetic values by the most professional designers. A Louis Vuitton bag is a fashion statement that spells style, beauty, and elegance.

Finally, a Louis Vuitton purse is a statement of class a status. With prices starting in the thousands of dollars and going up to the tens of thousands of dollars, it’s not an item that is available to just anyone, or something that people save money for. It shows that its owner has the means to buy it, but at the same time, those means are a normal part of his or her life.