Vans Fake Guide
Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:26 pm
Alright, I don't know English good enough to write an entire fake guide, so I'm counting on everybodys help. I need all your ideas, fake vs. legit photos, everything that newbies should pay attention to, details etc.
First rule: Google for accuracy!
1. Known fake sellers:
- andrewzw2012
- superspark20092009
- mooneicolai9641
- fushougo
- happyseller16888
- abbie2050
- mindy_10
- nmgyhl
- capricorn.shop
- xservicex
- http://berth19.weebly.com/vans--updated.html
2. Fake Vans on eBay mostly come from Hong Kong (or should we just say Asia?).
3. Things you need to pay attention to:
- Overall shape of the shoe - if you're not sure, google particular Vans model and check photos. For example: fake Vans have less eyelets - Chukka Lows have 3, fake Old Skools 7, fake Zapato Del Barcos have no padding on the collar. Pay attention to the details like too fat wave on Old Skools or crooked wave, upper/midsole ratio (is that a correct term?), crooked/inaccurate stitching, too short toeboxes (or other parts of the shoe). Vans very rarely adds sb-style laces to classic releases (known exception - Grid Pack), you can also tell that the shoe is fake by too fat flat laces. Designers of fakes like to go nuts with shapes.
- Midsole. Even though Vans outsorced their production to Asia, they still pay attention to the look of the midsole. Again: google particular model and check for accuracy. Fakes are known of having too short toe bumpers, too fat foxing stripes. Another thing you need to pay attention to is cut of the toe bumper. Vans usually has either straight cut (90 degrees angle) in most Vault releases, all Syndicate releases (need checking) and all Pro versions (also need checking, I don't remember) or round cut in all general releases and some Vault releases like Ray Barbee pack. Fakes on the other hand have round cut that looks almost like straight cut with a sharp angle (is that a correct term?). You also need to pay attention to the position of the foxing stripe. All vans releases have stripe close to the top of the foxing, fakes happen to have this stripe right in the middle (http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9219 ... 105748.jpg). Another thing you need to pay attention to is the back. There are two things to watch out for: no overlap (only a few Vans releases have no ovelap, for example Brooks (need more examples)) and Off The Wall tag. Fake tag is less detailed, lettering is not as legible as in legit Vans, and the skateboard is off. Pay attention to the size of the tag - fakes tend to have oversized tag that is as big as first layer of the rubber. Speaking of rubber - it's usually thinner in fakesr.
- Colorways and materials. Fakes are produced in a lot of non existing cw's, some of them imitate vintage cw's, some are just straight outta designer's ass Pay attention to the details like color of the eyelets and the foxing stripe! If you don't know the name of the cw, check vanscollector.com or vans.com shop or just google typing in all the colors on the shoe and all the variations, like checkerboard. Materials used in fakes have worse quality, they wrinkle. Leather has this little dicks , I don't know how to call them (http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9080/jpn12.jpg).
- Lacing. Like most nike fakes, fake Vans are laced like this: first two laceholes, then large space, and then one hole at the end.
- Insole logo. Letters are much slimmer than in legit logos, so it's really easy to tell which one is fake.
- Hangtag. Recent general releases have hangtags with Vans skateboard on them (hangtags in Pro versions have design that matches the shoe, Hosois have hangtags with Rising Sun etc.). They're also cut to match the Vans skateboard silhoulette. This is the only tag Vans uses nowadays. Older Vans have a rectangular tag with Vans skateboard on it. Most fakes, if not all, also. Fakes may also have a Vans sign in a ellipse.
4. Remember - samples are not fakes!
That's all I can come up with for now. I also heard that fake Vans come with shitty boxes, but never seen one.
Need you guys' ideas and grammar'n'shit check, cause there's probably a lot of mistakes
First rule: Google for accuracy!
1. Known fake sellers:
- andrewzw2012
- superspark20092009
- mooneicolai9641
- fushougo
- happyseller16888
- abbie2050
- mindy_10
- nmgyhl
- capricorn.shop
- xservicex
- http://berth19.weebly.com/vans--updated.html
2. Fake Vans on eBay mostly come from Hong Kong (or should we just say Asia?).
3. Things you need to pay attention to:
- Overall shape of the shoe - if you're not sure, google particular Vans model and check photos. For example: fake Vans have less eyelets - Chukka Lows have 3, fake Old Skools 7, fake Zapato Del Barcos have no padding on the collar. Pay attention to the details like too fat wave on Old Skools or crooked wave, upper/midsole ratio (is that a correct term?), crooked/inaccurate stitching, too short toeboxes (or other parts of the shoe). Vans very rarely adds sb-style laces to classic releases (known exception - Grid Pack), you can also tell that the shoe is fake by too fat flat laces. Designers of fakes like to go nuts with shapes.
- Midsole. Even though Vans outsorced their production to Asia, they still pay attention to the look of the midsole. Again: google particular model and check for accuracy. Fakes are known of having too short toe bumpers, too fat foxing stripes. Another thing you need to pay attention to is cut of the toe bumper. Vans usually has either straight cut (90 degrees angle) in most Vault releases, all Syndicate releases (need checking) and all Pro versions (also need checking, I don't remember) or round cut in all general releases and some Vault releases like Ray Barbee pack. Fakes on the other hand have round cut that looks almost like straight cut with a sharp angle (is that a correct term?). You also need to pay attention to the position of the foxing stripe. All vans releases have stripe close to the top of the foxing, fakes happen to have this stripe right in the middle (http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9219 ... 105748.jpg). Another thing you need to pay attention to is the back. There are two things to watch out for: no overlap (only a few Vans releases have no ovelap, for example Brooks (need more examples)) and Off The Wall tag. Fake tag is less detailed, lettering is not as legible as in legit Vans, and the skateboard is off. Pay attention to the size of the tag - fakes tend to have oversized tag that is as big as first layer of the rubber. Speaking of rubber - it's usually thinner in fakesr.
- Colorways and materials. Fakes are produced in a lot of non existing cw's, some of them imitate vintage cw's, some are just straight outta designer's ass Pay attention to the details like color of the eyelets and the foxing stripe! If you don't know the name of the cw, check vanscollector.com or vans.com shop or just google typing in all the colors on the shoe and all the variations, like checkerboard. Materials used in fakes have worse quality, they wrinkle. Leather has this little dicks , I don't know how to call them (http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9080/jpn12.jpg).
- Lacing. Like most nike fakes, fake Vans are laced like this: first two laceholes, then large space, and then one hole at the end.
- Insole logo. Letters are much slimmer than in legit logos, so it's really easy to tell which one is fake.
- Hangtag. Recent general releases have hangtags with Vans skateboard on them (hangtags in Pro versions have design that matches the shoe, Hosois have hangtags with Rising Sun etc.). They're also cut to match the Vans skateboard silhoulette. This is the only tag Vans uses nowadays. Older Vans have a rectangular tag with Vans skateboard on it. Most fakes, if not all, also. Fakes may also have a Vans sign in a ellipse.
4. Remember - samples are not fakes!
That's all I can come up with for now. I also heard that fake Vans come with shitty boxes, but never seen one.
Need you guys' ideas and grammar'n'shit check, cause there's probably a lot of mistakes