8 Tips for Buying and Authenticating Pre-Loved Bags
Chanel, Louis Vuitton and countless other luxury brands are constantly raising the prices of their bags, sometimes multiple times a year. Luxury enthusiasts may find themselves turning to eBay, Poshmark or a consignment store to buy a secondhand or "pre-loved" bag in hopes of scoring a deal. It makes a lot of financial sense when Chanel is charging $8,000 for a bag - after all, you can find a lot of great discounts out there, sometimes for less than half of the original retail price. It's also a great way to get access to seasonal colours or discontinued styles. Generally, quality was better in the past, so you can often find thicker canvas or thicker leather in older bags. What also makes a lot of financial sense is for luxury replica manufacturers to improve the accuracy and quality of their replica bags - stitch for stitch, piece for piece. The more popular and expensive a design is, the better the rationale for investing resources to copy it. In fact, fakes are so goo...