Bóng polo Fred Perry thật vs giả. Cách phát hiện Fred Perry giả.

Bóng polo Fred Perry thật vs giả. Cách phát hiện Fred Perry giả.
How to spot Fake Fred Perry polo shirts.


1. Look at the Laurel Embroidery

Genuine ones look very nice and standardized (if you have two polo shirts in different color and pattern, the Laurel figure should be the same )

While fake ones look cheap and wonky, although some fake Laurel could be very similar to the genuine ones.


2. Look at the label on neck

Genuine label should be in blue (except some pre-90's FP polo used green label), again the lauren logo on the label should be a key factor to spotting fake.Below is an example of genuine FP label. But it doesn't have to be exactly the same as it, because there are some styles (eg: Fred Perry X COMME DES GARCONS)are carrying different label. The main point is, the label should look gorgeous and the Laurel on the label should look detailed.


Here are some fake ones (many fake FP polos have green label)


*There are genuine polo shirt with green label before 90's. So don't be suprised to see some used shirt with green label, just pay attention to the Laurel on the label.(suggest by ebay user geraghtyn)

3. Its buttons (genuine one should be in same colour as the shirt's main colour) while some fake shirts put white button on colourful shirts:


4. Finally, let's look at the washing label inside the shirt.

It tells you the information of this shirt, for example, here is a black polo with yellow collar trim.
It has a reference number: M1200/506/1950/215


M1200 refer to its model, short sleeved polo shirt
506 refer to the color, here are some more code for color:

506 - Black / Yellow
748 - White / Red
238 - Navy / White
722 - White / Cactus
376 - Cactus / White
627 - Light Brown / Blue
482 - Yellow / Charcoal
486 - Black / Brown
735 - Green / Light Blue
215 - Navy / Yellow
512 - Blue / Red

You could also send an email to Fred Perry's customer service with your reference code, they might give you more information if your shirt genuine.

A fake laurel is easy to spot, they are normally misshaped, either too small or too big and is most probably wonky.

Whereas a genuine laurel is straight and should be positioned over the heart.






If it doesn't look like this then do NOT buy! And remember the colour of the laurel doesn't always have to match the colour of the collar tips.

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The Neck Label, Its pretty easy to tell which is fake and which isn't. Fred Perry have ONLY ever used dark blue neck labels in their polos since the 90s when it was a green label. Most fakes use a green label.

The laurel should be positioned over the letters FRE, on most fakes the laurel is positioned in the middle.

The size is always on the bottom right corner on the same line as ' Fred Perry ' they only ever use letters to display their sizes, i.e. S, M, L, XL.

If the Polo is a classic pique then there should a separate label underneath the main neck tag, with 100% Cotton Pique embroidered into it.

The stitching ( correct me if I am wrong ) is always the same colour as the polo.

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3.

Its simple. They MUST be the same colour as the polo. FP never use buttons which are not the same colour as the polo.

All FP polos should have 'FRED PERRY' engraved into the button.

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The inside wash labels. This picture is from an OLD Fred Perry polo shirt, they are no longer ( to my knowledge ) made in England.



As you can see from the picture the laurel should be positioned above FRED like on the neck label.

Most of the current season polos are made in either China or Portugal. However do not BUY FP from CHINA!!!

Now days it just says 100% Cotton.

A normal classic pique is M1200, always check the inside wash labels. If it doesn't say a style or is incorrect. DO NOT BUY!

I have never seen a set of Fred Perry wash labels which doesn't have their address on. It should read:

FRED PERRY Ltd
24 West Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9NA
United Kingdom