Look at the inside, if the pants are supposed to be new, the padding by the front pockets should be white with dar colored orange and brown butter flies with frankie b written in several places. The tags should say made in the U.S.A of imported fabric and the size should be on top of that writing , not below or in between. Another big thing is the sealingfor the outside metal buttons on the inside, they should not be falt and silver, but bronze and dome shaped with a hold in the middle and cylindeer of the outside button going through it. The zipper does not have the dragon F on it, thats another sign of fraud.The material usually feels really stiff when you first buy them, as with most expensive jeans, you break them in. O, one more thing the real frankie b's do not have an RN # on the back of the tag that tells you the % of material in the jeans! Most important, if they look fake and you think they ar efake, they most likel are. Get actual pictures and find out where they got them. Also as other ads say if the seller has too many its a sure sign that they are fake. Hope this helps, I identified 3 sellers that sell fake jeans b/c they sold the mto me. Future 44 (all her picscome from revolveclothin.com), shop4u2!!, & sassy_angel76