As has been pointed out, it's impossible to authenticate a bag without pictures. However, IF authentic, a J serial number would mean that it's made in China. AFAIK, Dooney doesn't make any items in Japan. (The first letter doesn't mean that the made in country starts with that letter.). Real Dooney & Bourke bags are made only in the United States, China, Italy and Mexico. Bags made in the United States have red, white and blue labels, while bags made in China have black or white labels.
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Our Dooney and Bourke guide is in its start class, and we will continue to addto the guide in the upcoming weeks and months to create a more well rounded Dooneyguide. We have outlined some helpful rule of thumb points about Dooney and Bourke thata shopper can work with, offering some insulation from the fake handbags.Logo thread: On the exterior of the handbag there should be a Dooney and Bourke label.Check the thread color of the exterior label. The thread color of the label should be thesame color that is utilized on the entire handbag.
Always inspect this detail. There shouldbe uniformity with the label thread and the handbag thread. Some fakes, may get this detailincorrect, and have a different color on the label than on the handbag itself. Or it may bemore subtle, the contrast of the label and thread color may not be so dramatic. Instead, thecolors may be off a shade, but still part of the same color family. So always examine the threadcolor with a fair level of scrutiny. For an example ofona non-Dooney authentic bag go.Red, white and blue fabric: Dooney and Burke generally uses a label made ofred white and blue fabric, located inside the handbag.
Also, check the back of thelabel. On the back of the label should be the serial number.
However, some contemporaryDooney and Burke handbags do not have this feature.USA or China?: There are some contemporary lines that are in fact made in China.If the Dooney and Bourke handbag is one that was, there generallyis a small tag located inside the bag that will say this. So made in China doesnot, as far as newer Dooney lines go,.Below is an image of an authentic Dooney and Bourke label: This is a 'made in the USA'Dooney and Bourke handbag.
Notice this script is located under the logo.Below is another authentic Dooney and Bourke label: Notice this label does nothave the 'made in the USA' script under the logo. That is because this is one of thecontemporary Dooney and Bourke handbags made in China. The tiny tag that is seen next to thelabel referances this.Below is an image of the serial number located on the back of the label:British tan leather: Take a look at the handbag trim on the outside of the handbag.Many authentic Dooney bags utilize what is known as British tan leather on their trims. Often times,fake handbags will use a cheaper trim, and this quality can go unnoticed at first glance, butunder further inspection, lower quality trim should become more apparent.Handbag trim is.This is also true of all the.All weather leather: Dooney and Boorke uses what is known as all weather leather, (AWL).Hardware: Many of the fake Dooney and Bourke handbags sitting inwill have a phony brass colored hardware. Authentic Dooney usesreal brass for their handbag metal accents, hardware etc, and one of the mostcommon signs of a counterfeit is.
This is generally evidence of a, and anotherexample of where the counterfeiter will cut corners. The metal accents on any designerhandbag regardless of the brand will always be high quality, and their fake counterpartswill generally be a cheaper metal.
And this is something that can be uncovered with asome.Below is an image of real Dooney and Bourke brass: Notice the 'solid brass' etchingin the piece.Piping and stitching: The piping on a Dooney bag refers to the rounded leatheraround the edges of the handbag. And the stitching is obviously the seam lines.Authentic Dooney will have a high quality piping feature, as well as. The stitch line is a universal tell for all designer handbags,and Dooney and Bourke is no exception. Always inspect the stitch lines for. It is ok for a stitch to be slightly out of place on atiny percentage of the handbag seam areas, but if evidence of sloppy stitching starts toform a pattern, then that should raise a red flag. Checking stitching seams canbe somewhat of an art, as every bag will have its own varying degree of non-perfection,however, it is up to the buyer to determine how much seam irregularity is too much.This becomes much easier the more youof top designer bags.Below is an image of an authentic leather label:Note: Notice how detailed the label is.
The stitch lines are also clean, strait, anda consistant size. Also, notice the doubled up stitch lines on the lower half of the label.They are doubled up in the exact center of the leather label, perfectly symmetrical with therest of the stitch frame. Fake handbags may have doubled up stitch lines in random areas on thelabel, creating an asymmetric seam pattern.Note: The stitch lines have an equal amount of stitches on all four sides.The left and right sides have nine stitches each. The top and bottom have 20 stitches each.Some stitches per inchis allowed at times.ebayDooney and Bourke HandbagsAnimal Print BagsDisney BagsDooney Bags by MaterialDooney Bags by StyleVintage Dooney and BourkeChanel Handbags.Vintage Chanel.