Women's Armani Jeans - How to Identify Fake Armani Jeans From the Real Deal

Women's Armani Jeans - How to Identify Fake Armani Jeans From the Real Deal

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To buy women's Armani jeans is to make a statement that you understand fashion at its finest. But what many consumers don't know when shopping for women's Armani jeans is that there are imposters on the market -- cheap impostors. These cheap makes are of inferior quality that wear out faster than the real article. Read on for some hints on identifying fake Armani jeans.

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New Armani jeans will always come with a COA (certificate of authenticity). It will be attached to the jeans (usually) by a belt loop. The COA will be encased in blue plastic and attached with thick, firm blue string and a blue security piece. Fake garments can also have these items, but the string will likely be thin and lacking sturdiness.

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While browsing the latest fashion related items online, I always hear people asking for a definition of the term "streetwear." After doing quite a bit of research on the subject, I couldn't find a definition that was to my liking. Since streetwear is a subject getting a lot of press lately, especially in the fashion world, I thought I'd take it upon myself to create a well-written definition of the term. Here it goes...

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Streetwear is a broad category used to describe clothing which provides an alternative to more mainstream pop-culture brands that can be traditionally found in department stores, malls, and other high-volume retail environments. The streetwear movement was a direct result of the "force feeding" of brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and GAP down the throats of 20-somethings all across the world. Instead of conforming to pop fashion, young entrepreneurs took their own ideas and designed custom t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hats for themselves and their friends. As more and more people grew tired of the same old boring look, they started taking notice of this new fashion, which seemingly grew from the streets overnight. This new "look" varied from region to region, but took inspiration from hip-hop and skateboarding cultures and fused it with in-your-face graphics and sharp color schemes better known as "colorways." Over time, the quality of streetwear brands increased to the levels we see today... where people are willing to camp at stores overnight and spend hours browsing E-bay waiting for that elusive tee to hit the Internet.

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So there you have it... the definition of streetwear in a single paragraph. I could have gone into much greater detail, but thought this would give readers a good starting point when doing research on the subject. Streetwear came from just that, the streets, and will continue change as the urban environment continues to shift.

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The certificate will be watermarked with the words, "Giorgio Armani". To check the authenticity of this watermark, you must hold the certificate up to a light before these word will appear. Fake Armani jeans will simply have these words printed on the certificate making them visible to the naked eye under any light when viewed at any angle. This is a tell-tale sign that the jeans are not authentic.

Along the bottom of the certificate will be tiny particles of colored paper that compose the words, "Giorgio Armani". These paper particles were embedded into the certificate during the production process making it impossible to reproduce. These particles also create an embossed feel on the letters, similar to braille. Fake Armani jeans may be missing this or lacking the embossed feel of the letters.

The last thing to check for on the COA would be the words, "Fedrigoni Cartiere S.P.A" printed in a small, yet legible crisp font. The COA for fake jeans is usually printed with a low-end printer and therefore can't print as sharp or with as much clarity as what's capable on a high-end printing press indicating the presence of fake jeans.

With this information, you can protect yourself from buying fake Armani jeans.

Source: New Era