Maje Bag: How to Recognize a Fake?

Since its creation, the Maje handbag brand has established itself as an essential reference in the world of fashion and luxury. Renowned for its distinctive style, Maje combines elegance, modernity and boldness to offer high-quality accessories that captivate fashion lovers around the world.

Founded in France several years ago, Maje has developed a unique identity that sets it apart in the highly competitive leather goods market. Maje handbags stand out for their clean lines, refined details and meticulous choice of top-quality materials. The success of these different models has not gone unnoticed by counterfeiters. Counterfeiters are constantly reproducing counterfeit bags. Unfortunately, if you're not a connoisseur, it's easy to be taken in by the tempting offers on the brand's copied products. In this article, we reveal some effective tips that will help you identify a genuine Maje bag and differentiate it from a counterfeit product.

Aesthetics of the bag

The first thing to check is the bag's appearance, as it has a very distinctive and authentic style. It has parallel fringes on each side. There is a line down the middle of the fringe to divide the bag in 2, so each side is symmetrical with small rhinestones. The rhinestones near the fringes are quite numerous, with 15 on each side, followed by 13 similar rhinestones on each side. Two square-shaped rhinestones are present on the right and left sides. Finally, only 7 round rhinestones, slightly larger than the first ones, are also visible. 

To give you a better idea of all these elements, here's a look at the front of a Maje bag:

The brand name should also be displayed in gold, with very fine writing on the handle, making the bag easy to hold. An authentic Maje bag has a square or even rectangular shape. Replica factories tend to opt for bags of the same shape, but with more rounded corners than the original model.

Bag material

Maje bags are made from real leather using traditional tanning techniques. The quality of the leathers used ensures that the bag retains its shape at all times. The poor quality leathers used by counterfeit factories don't allow this, and the bags are very malleable.

The seams

Finishes are often overlooked or considered unimportant, but seams can be a real means of identifying counterfeits. Seams should be straight and clean. Genuine Maje handbags are designed and known to be a durable, quality luxury, so the seams will be well stitched and parallel. An imitation can be quickly identified by protruding threads, curling seams or "cheap" fastenings.

Hardware

Finally, take a close look at the hardware on your Maje bag. The quality of the hardware is one of the ways to tell the difference between genuine bags and fakes. The brand places particular importance on the quality of the materials it uses.

Maje hardware is shiny, with no blemishes, scratches or anything else. It is also reflective and silver. The hardware used by crooks is much duller and also looks much less defined. They are usually scratched, worn or of a less visible colour. They also very rarely respect the sizes of the parts, which are either too big or too small. 

Here's an overview of the hardware and its colour.

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