The fastest way to spot a fake Kenzo sweatshirt is to check the tiger embroidery, the woven neck label, and the interior care tag. Genuine pieces use dense, raised stitching and heavy brushed cotton, while fakes cut corners on the details you can see and feel. Here are the seven checks I run, in order, before I trust one.
The fastest way to spot a fake Moschino is to check the teddy bear embroidery, the neck wordmark, and the logo tape. On a real piece the bear stitching is dense and clean, the MOSCHINO font is evenly spaced, and the webbing repeats line up perfectly. Counterfeits slip on exactly these details, and once you know where to look you can clear most listings in under a minute.
The fastest way to spot a fake Palace hoodie is to compare the Tri-Ferg triangle logo against an official photo, feel the woven neck tag, and check where it came from. Palace does not feed discount marketplaces, so the source is often the loudest tell. I have checked thousands of streetwear listings, and Palace fakes almost always trip on the logo geometry or the tags first.
The fastest way to spot a fake Thrasher hoodie is the flame logo. Counterfeits almost always get the letterspacing, the flame tips, or the print texture wrong, and those slips show up before you ever check a tag. In my years checking streetwear listings, the flame is the first thing I look at, then the tag, print, blank, and stitching back each other up.
The fastest way to spot a fake CDG Play piece is to read the heart logo first: on a real one the two eyes sit high and even inside the heart, the embroidery is dense and slightly raised, and the neck label reads PLAY COMME des GARCONS with clean spacing. Most fakes miss on one of those three before you get anywhere near the fabric. Here are the six checks I run, in order, on any Play tee, hoodie, cardigan, or Converse collab, and where they usually fall apart.
The fastest way to spot a fake Dsquared2 is to read three things: the squared logo, the woven neck label, and the engraved hardware on the denim. I have checked thousands of resale listings, and Dsquared2 fakes almost always slip on at least one of these. Here is the order I look at them, from the quickest tell to the one that catches the good replicas.
