If you don’t know much about LV men’s loafers, you won’t be able to recognize any differences between genuine and fake products.
Louis Vuitton is a world-famous fashion brand with many different products, not just LV men’s loafers. Because of that reputation, to own an LV item, you have to spend a large amount of money.
Currently, with technological development and the breakneck speed of production technology, it is quite difficult to distinguish genuine and fake LV men’s loafers. People can imitate a perfect pair of shoes to the point where you won’t be able to tell any difference between the genuine product and the fake one if you don’t know much about shoes. Therefore, this article will give you instructions on how to identify genuine LV men’s loafers.
All products of the LV brand are embossed directly on the product or in some cases embossed on a piece of leather sewn together with the product. This code will give you some information about where and when it was produced. The code consists of 2 alphanumeric characters, which is the area code representing the place of production and 4 numeric characters representing the production time.
LV’s brand is global, so their factories are located in the capitals of fashion, including countries: France, America, Spain, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, and each country has its own name. Rules for different area codes:
Italy: BC, BO, CE, FO, MA, RC, RE, SA, TD.
France: A0, A1, A2, AA, AAS, AN, AR, AS, BA, BJ, BU, DU, CO, CT, ET, FL, LW, MB, MI, NO, RA, RI, SD, SL, SN, SP, SR, TH, TR, VI, VX.
Germany: LP.
Switzerland: DI, FA.
USA: FC, FH, LA, OS, SD, FL.
Spain: CA, LO, LB, LM, LW.
Louis Vuitton font
Depending on the design of LV men’s loafers, the designer will design the word “Louis Vuitton” for the customer, which can be stamped on a metal bar, or can also be stamped directly on leather, very beautifully. And so, it will have highlights that you need to note:
The leg of the letter “L” in Louis looks shorter than usual.
Currently, the “O” in the word Louis will be quite round and wide, it will even overlap the letter L by one inch. In the years before 1990, Louis Vuitton often used a different font, so the thin and long letter O looked no different from the number 0.
The two “T” letters in Vuitton are almost stuck together at both ends.
The “S” in Louis will have the upper circle slightly shorter than the lower circle.
Seams of genuine LV loafers
LV men’s loafers in particular and LV shoes in general have very delicate, beautiful and meticulous stitching. The seams are even and beautiful, the stitches are straight and look perfect. Leather seams are usually sewn by machine, but the sole stitching is completely hand-stitched by craftsmen with many years of experience. Therefore, LV men’s loafers are very durable and sturdy, the design is long-lasting and the soles never come off or the threads break.
Metal details
Some LV men’s loafer products will have additional metal details attached to the body. Usually, these metal details will be plated with gold and platinum to look very beautiful and luxurious. If you encounter shoe products like this, you just need to notice that LV’s plating quality is very professional so this part is very smooth, the stamped logo on the metal is very symmetrical and the threading is even and perfect.
The leather smell of genuine LV men’s loafers
The smell of leather is tanned through strict international standards so it is carefully processed with high technology to ensure safety for users, so the leather smell is light and quite pleasant.
