Céline: How To Authenticate Your Bag (In 2025)

Last Updated on January 6, 2025 by Ch David

In this guide, we’ll go over:

• How to to tell if any Céline bag is real
• Real vs fake images + explanations
• A professional Authentication Service

How to spot a fake Céline bag

Answer: Spot a fake bag by checking the “CÉLINE PARIS” engraving. Fakes never replicate Celine’s signature font correctly.

1. Engraving

• Authentic:
  • “CELINE” is thicker.
  • “PARIS” is usually thinner for all Celine bags.
• Fake:
  • The “E” in “CELINE” is too thin.
  • The whole “PARIS” inscription is too thick.

Depending on your bag, the inscription may different.

For example, a Celine Belt bag may have a different thickness for its logo compared to that on a Celine Luggage bag.

Too difficult? Let our team of expert Céline authenticators take a look at your bag:

2. Flap

• Authentic: Thinner and longer stitches compared to the fake.
• Fake: Threads are too thick and short.

3. Zipper

• Authentic: Solid, easy-to-read “CELINE PARIS” engraving.
• Fake: Thinner, lower-quality logo.

4. Hardware shine

We’ll use the buckle of a Celine Triomphe bag for this comparison.

However, this step applies to all hardware details on every bag model.

• Authentic:
  • Perfectly gold shine.
  • The “PARIS” text is clearly visible and legible.
• Fake:
  • Less shiny, duller color.
  • “PARIS” text is barely visible. Fading away after “PAR”.

A quick mention:

• The steps we’ve written so far are the BEST ways to authenticate this item
• The next few steps are still reliable methods…
• … but they apply to non-top-versions of replicas available for this item

If in doubt, we recommend double-checking the steps we’ve explained above this line.

5. Stitching

• Authentic: All stitches have the same, constant thickness.
• Fake: Some stitches are thicker, and others are thinner.

6. Buckle

• Authentic: Solid, thick “CELINE PARIS” logo.
• Fake: Thinner, less legible engraving.

7. Carbine

• Authentic: Properly engraved text, showing thickness for all letters.
• Fake: Thinner text — it looks like it’s printed instead of engraved.

8. Dust bag

• Authentic: Thicker “S” — all letters have the same font-weight.
• Fake: Thinner “S” in the word “PARIS”.

Also note how the bottom of the letters is too thick in the word “PARIS” on the fake bag.

Conclusion

That’s all you need to know about spotting a fake Celine bag.

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Thank you for reading this,

Ch Daniel and Ch David