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Spotting fake Burberry.

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#1 ·
Any help with this? No label but curious about the pattern.

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#2 · (Edited)
The Burberry check pattern is called "Haymarket". I don't think it means much these days if the pattern is an exact match to the real as Burberry is probably one of the most knocked brands in the world. Unless you're buying it new from Burberry or an authorized retailer, assume it's a fake.

Here's an image from the Burberry website:

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#6 ·
You'll actually get a better idea of authenticity by looking at the outside of the coat, in a global sense, which will allow your instinct to guide you. However, to do so accurately, you'll have to look at a thousand photos of real coats and build up that 'memory bank' of what's authentic. Sort of like antique dealers.

I realize that isn't actually a helpful comment, lol
 
#7 ·
You'll actually get a better idea of authenticity by looking at the outside of the coat, in a global sense, which will allow your instinct to guide you. However, to do so accurately, you'll have to look at a thousand photos of real coats and build up that 'memory bank' of what's authentic. Sort of like antique dealers.

I realize that isn't actually a helpful comment, lol
No it's actually pretty helpful. I may even snag it just to see what I can do with it. It's a 38S but it nearly fits me, and I'm a 40R in almost everything. But the styling is almost identical to Burberry - only issue is I can't tell where the label was.
 
#8 · (Edited)
Burberrys', Gucci, and Rolex were prime targets for counterfeiters even thirty years ago, when I worked for Burberrys' under Norman Hilton's distribution rights. Even then, the scarves and plaid lining materials were knocked off blatantly, and very exactingly. As one poster pointed out, you had to work with the real thing every day to easily tell the difference. A good fake is very difficult for the consumer to detect. I'm not sure it would be possible to make a real determination over the internet unless you had exceptional photographs of the item to share. Based on the photo of the lining above, I'm not optimistic about that coat's authenticity.
 
#11 ·
Burberrys', Gucci, and Rolex were prime targets for counterfeiters even thirty years ago, when I worked for Burberrys' under Norman Hilton's distribution rights. Even then, the scarves and plaid lining materials were knocked off blatantly, and very exactingly. As one poster pointed out, you had to work with the real thing every day to easily tell the difference. A good fake is very difficult for the consumer to detect. I'm not sure it would be possible to make a real determination over the internet unless you had exceptional photographs of the item to share. Based on the photo of the lining above, I'm not optimistic about that coat's authenticity.
Thanks for the historical perspective. In your experience, when Burberry was being counterfeited 30 years ago, was it by normal factory workers staying late, or non-burberry workers at non-burberry plants with non-burberry material? To me, the former scenario doesn't really feel like a knockoff, whereas the latter clearly is.
 
#12 ·
Old Road Dog said:
Burberrys', Gucci, and Rolex were prime targets for counterfeiters even thirty years ago, when I worked for Burberrys' under Norman Hilton's distribution rights. Even then, the scarves and plaid lining materials were knocked off blatantly, and very exactingly. As one poster pointed out, you had to work with the real thing every day to easily tell the difference. A good fake is very difficult for the consumer to detect. I'm not sure it would be possible to make a real determination over the internet unless you had exceptional photographs of the item to share. Based on the photo of the lining above, I'm not optimistic about that coat's authenticity.
ThomGault said:
Thanks for the historical perspective. In your experience, when Burberry was being counterfeited 30 years ago, was it by normal factory workers staying late, or non-burberry workers at non-burberry plants with non-burberry material? To me, the former scenario doesn't really feel like a knockoff, whereas the latter clearly is.
At some point, if the knock-off is well made, then it might not matter in everyday terms. I have three classic trenchcoats, made in Canada from West German cloth (that helps date them!), which look convincingly like Burberry to the layman. They're excellent and just as good as anything I've seen from Burberry, aside from the super-heavy classic ones from 30+ years ago. Take another look at the coat and if it seems well made, then what the heck, it might turn out to be a good buy.
 
#13 ·
There's a difference between something made in the style of a particular classic, such as the Burberry trench, and a blatant knock off, i.e. counterfeit product.

I don't care how well made the counterfeit may be, I refuse support an enterprise which at it's heart is associated with organized crime.
 
#14 · (Edited)
Interesting that the photo above of a sleeveless lining shows the product label with "Burberry" spelled just that way. In my experience with the company, dating back to the late 70's, the spelling of the brand was always "Burberrys'', in the plural-possess form. The labels are also white letters on a dark blue ground. That liner would be from a coat much earlier than the 70's, or more likely a current coat that shows that they have reverted to the former "Burberry" name on the label. I mention this because genuine coats made in the 70's and 80's would have the blue label I referred to with the alternative spelling. This might help those who are trying to authenticate vintage coats.
 
#15 ·
Hey, WillBarrett, there's an authentic Burberry coat at Big Saver in Roebuck. It's a 40L and they want $24.99 for it. However, the manager said that he would come down on it a little. Probably get it for $19.99. It has the zip-in liner as well. By the way, if you go there, it is in the women's section (where I find most of my nicer coats):hidden:
 
#22 ·
Why would a fake advertise the fact? why make a coat that looks like a Burberry and then add a label that would make it a fake, if Burberrys weren't made in Poland.
While some Burberry items, namely the classic trench coats, are still made in England, there's much that's made in Eastern Europe not to mention China.

This is especially true with the "Brit" line. The fact that something is made in Poland wouldn't necessarily disqualify it as being genuine.
 
#24 ·
Well, I stand corrected.

I wouldn't have thought that a genuine, quality Burberry coat would be made in Poland.

Personally, if I could choose, I'd opt for a Burberry or Aquascutum made in England or Canada. Not China or Eastern Europe.
I know some of the trenches from the "London" line are made in England. I'm not familiar enough with them to know which models of course.
 
#25 ·
Well, I stand corrected.

I wouldn't have thought that a genuine, quality Burberry coat would be made in Poland.

Personally, if I could choose, I'd opt for a Burberry or Aquascutum made in England or Canada. Not China or Eastern Europe.
Bill's in Bangladesh and Barbours in Lithuania too.