Serial numbers are often printed on the bag and many designers also include a care booklet with the item.

1. Why Are Designer Handbags So Appealing?
The authentic designer handbags do differ from other bags in ways besides their fine quality and design.
They also offer status to the woman carrying the handbag. Bags from haute couture designers are made
by hand from the highest quality leather they can find anywhere in the world. These are not items of
mass production made in factories that produce low cost, high volume goods. Designer bags are
produced in limited editions making them exclusive and placing them under the category of status
symbols.Each cut, stitch and rivet is carefully placed in each bag, which is why you'll notice there are
never any seams of leather sticking out in the handles and the custom silk or satin fabric is always
perfectly sewn in the interior. These are bags designed to serve a function, but more than that, they're
bags designed for the exclusive purpose of quality.
Designer Handbags
Aside from impeccable quality and design, designer handbags also offer a certain status. When someone
sees you carrying an expensive bag, they usually try to get a peak at the brand. They understand that it's
one of the most amazing bags in the world and it usually spurs them to look into one themselves, which
brings me to the next topic. Resell value.If you are uncertain about buying that expensive designer
handbag, check out the bags available at the next yard sale you attend. You will find a table with a bunch
of bags each marked around $5.00. There will not be a designer bag in the lot. The reason for that is fine
handbags like fine wine grow more valuable with age. Vintage wine and vintage handbags actually are
an investment. Neither of them depreciate. Even if the bag is used and shows signs of wear, they only
lose their value if they are ripped or stained. Even in those cases, they may still retain their value if you
can find a specialist in the repair of fine leather handbags to work their magic.
Luxury Handbags
If you take good care of your bag, you'll be able to sell it a year or so from now and get close to what you
paid for it. Just make sure you don't lose its certificates of authenticity. The last thing you want to do is
find yourself scrambling after the fact to verify the authenticity of your bag. Nobody ever actually
believes you the first ten times.Finally, if you are consider purchasing a designer bag, don't buy a knock-
off. Knock-off bags are extremely noticeable to the bag lover and instead of walking by you and drooling
over your bag, they will walk by and laugh knowing that you're carrying around a $30 purse pretending
that it's a $750 bag. With handbags, authentic is the only way to go. Authentic bags have become more
and more popular since the knock-offs started to appear in the last few years.With the flood of pseudo
designer bags, manufacturers have improved their craft of making their fakes more resemble the true
designer handbags in every detail. But one sure giveaway is the very leather the bag is made of. High
end leather is soft and creamy to the touch. There will be no marks or bumpy areas on the leather of the
real McCoy. Every metal piece on the bag will be stamped with the designer's name. The interior fabric
will not only be of the highest quality, it will bear the design house logo, and the vast majority of
designer handbags come with a certificate of authenticity.