!#8# Dooney and Bourke Handbags - Made in USA Or China?

!±8± Dooney and Bourke Handbags - Made in USA Or China?

Dooney and (&) was once a Bourke handbags are a staple of American fashion and quality, but like many other designers went the way of production through cheaper Chinese labor camps. And this can be a lot of confusion for the buyer. The purchaser buys a bag Dooney, take it home, throws on his shoulder, and looks great! Then, inside tips and the game starts with an inside zip, etc., and runs into a plate that says those three little words: Madein China. What? Dooney must be made in the United States, is not it? The buyer will then start to panic if they had the wrong bag was cheated. But in reality it is an authentic Dooney and was manufactured in China.

So for the record, a D & B, which says made in China does not mean it is a fake handbag. Many of the new bags are made in China. However, if D & B, vintage handbags all made in the United States say. Coach also has this change by the United States to China.

What about thefakes?

After checking where the handbag was made, check the piping. The piping refers to the rounded edges of the handbag, and this feature will be a high quality leather. The stitch lines associated with the piping will also be high quality. There should be no crooked or uneven stitch lines along the rim of the piping leather. Any evidence of sloppy and rushed stitch lines resulting in wobbly or asymmetric seams is a major red flag.

Always check the hardware. Dooney & Bourke utilizes a high quality brass for all their metal accents. A good way to inspect the hardware for authentic or phony brass is to look closely for evidence of silver areas. This would represent nickel in many cases. This is a cheap metal used by counterfeiters that is colored to look like brass and replicate the authentic brass that Dooney would implement. Authentic brass will have an aged look, and the phony brass will have a shiny, superficially cheap appearance.

These are some quick steps you can take to weed out some of the fakes, and is not a complete guide to all tips necessary, but it will provide some insulation from many of the phonies in the viral marketplace. Good luck and safe shopping!