CHRISTIAN DIOR GAUCHO HANDBAGS GUIDE II

GUIDE I - click here

authentic Christian Dior items . . . click here!

This guide is brought to you by BeautifulBasics, in order to help you confirm authenticity and avoid fake Christian Dior Gaucho handbags.  Ebay offers some of the most gorgeous Dior clothing and accessories; including watches, handbags/bags/purses and wallets, shoes such as sandals, heels, boots and platforms in addition to clothing and so forth!  This guide will help you quickly identify authentic Dior and avoid fake items.  p.s. If this guide was helpful, please vote at the bottom of this page!

PLEASE NOTE:  Underneath “Member Information” at the top right side of this page are BeautifulBasics auctions, guaranteed to be authentic!  Under “Items from eBay Sellers” are randomly selected auctions that we do not endorse, of which could be fake!

1947 COIN

• very detailed and intricate
• see inner bow left edge, authentic has lines in it and fake does not
• authentic has one continued design around the edge, fake has dots

AUTHENTICITY TIP:  Coin has dots all around the edge - fake!

LEATHER EDGING

• round leather strip runs inside the two pieces of leather
• looking close you can see a line where the bottom and top leather pieces meet
• rustic and rubbed tonal appearance

AUTHENTICITY TIP:  No rounded leather strip running through edging leather - fake!

HARDWARE (SNAPS, BUTTONS, ETC.)

• rustic with a vintage appearance
• never shiny
• never writing on snaps/buttons

AUTHENTICITY TIP:  Hardware is shiny silver - fake!

HARDWARE STRAP ON DOUBLE GAUCHO

• strap button snaps are outward, not inward as seen on fake
• button snaps are not hollow in the center
• hardware is rustic, never shiny

AUTHENTICITY TIP:  If adjustable snaps are hollow in the middle - fake!

INTERIOR LINING

• lined with jaquard logo Dior fabric
• never has a sheen or shiny

AUTHENTICITY TIP:  Shiny - fake!

DIOR AUTHENTICITY DOCUMENTS

• all style's of Dior handbags come with three authenticity items:
• (1) "Authenticity Certificate Card" envelope
• (1) "Maintenance Guide": three sections in languages French, English and Chinese
• (1) "Authenticity Certificate Card": grey colored plastic, backside in languages French, English and Chinese
• Authenticity Certificate Card front has either black or gold lettering and should have no peeling letters
• Authenticity Certificate Card back is watermarked in fine print with "CHRISTIAN DIOR" continuously
• Note: most Dior sale's associates do not complete the back of the Authenticity Certificate Cards
• please be careful, some fake Dior items come with fake Dior tag and fake authenticity items

AUTHENTICITY TIP:  Misspelled words within the Christian Dior Maintenance Guide - fake!

DIOR GENERAL NOTES

• Dior price tag is never attached with a black string, only white
• the price tag will never have printing or price stickers upon the back
• the grey colored plastic "Authenticity Certificate Card" never comes within plastic
• only regular Dior saddle handbags have an inner "CD" zipper pull  
• dust bag lettering is always in grey; never black, red and so on

See our additional Dior Guide's for more info and pictures!

thank you,  BeautifulBasics

authentic Christian Dior items . . .  click here

more BeautifulBasics guides . . .  click here