How To Spot Fake Nike Air Force 1 Louis Vuitton

Last Updated on May 31, 2024 by Ch David

This is the ultimate legit check guide for the LV AF1s.

It works for all colorways.

How to tell if Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 is fake

You can spot fake Louis Vuitton Air Forces by checking the medial text on the profile side of each shoe. Fakes always have inscriptions at a different thickness compared to the real ones.

1. Medial text

Summary: Fake LV AF1 pairs always have very thin (or excessively thick) inscriptions.

1.1. Left shoe

• The wrong font is used on the fake shoes.
• The fake pair’s text is as thin as it looks completely different font from the real Louis Vuitton AF1 sneakers.

Not to be seen on the real shoes!

1.2. Right shoe

• The fake pair’s text is too thick.

In this case, the genuine pair’s text must be thinner than the one seen on the fake pair.

2. Interior tongue label

Summary: Fake Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 shoes have super thick text.

• The fake pair’s “US” inscription is too thick.
• The same also applies to the “MADE IN ITALY” text.

You’ll never see the text on the real shoes as thick and as big as the one seen on the fake Louis Vuitton Air Forces from the image above.

3. “AIR” text

Summary: Fake “AIR” prints always have the quote symbols looking too thin.

• The quotation (” “) symbols are too thin on the fake pair.
• At the same time, the quotes are also too long on fake shoes.

You can notice how the real pair’s quotes are thicker, shorter, and generally boxier than the fake ones.

4. Rear details

Summary: Look out for any big text and thick stitches.

By ‘rear details’, we’re talking about the “LOUIS VUITTON ® PARIS” text and basically all of the stitches on the back of the shoes.

• The “LOUIS VUITTON® PARIS” text looks too big on the fake shoes.
• At the same time, the letters are too thin.
• The stitches on the vertical patch are too thick and they come out of the shoes too much on the fake pair.

Notice how the authentic pair’s inscriptions are smaller and thicker, having a boxier look than the fake Louis Vuitton Air Force 1’s text.

The real pair’s threads are thinner and they fit deeper and better into the vertical patch.

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. Exterior tongue label

• The stitches at the top of the label are thicker than the real ones, which are thinner.
• The “LOUIS VUITTON” and the “AIR” prints are too thin, and they’re not fit as deeply as the real ones.

Therefore, the authentic pair’s text is engraved, while the fake one is just printed.

6. Laces

• The fake pair’s “LACET” text is too thin, and also how the letters are too crooked.

On the other hand, the real pair’s “LACET” text looks thicker and the letters are properly, straightly aligned on the stitches.

7. Swoosh

• The fake pair’s stitching all over the Nike Swoosh logo is too short.
• In fact, all of the threads around the fake pair’s Swoosh are too small.

The real pair is, as you may expect, the opposite – the genuine Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 presents stitches that are way longer than the fake ones.

8. Toe box

• The fake Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 pair has a toe box which is way smaller than the real one.
• Look at how the fake blue leather is smaller than the white leather on the real shoes.

The authentic Nike Air Force 1 must have a bulky look for the toe box, and in this case of a replica, the thick look is missing.

9. LV Monogram

• The fake pair’s flowers are engraved too little deep into the leather.
• Hence, they look thinner than they should.

On the other hand, you can notice how the genuine Louis Vuitton Air Force 1’s monogram flowers are engraved deeper into the leather, hence having a thicker look than the fake.

10. Insole

• The fake pair’s horizon leg of the letter “L” in the “LV” logo looks too thick.

To be fair, this is harder to notice, but the same leg on the letter “L” of the authentic pair’s “LV” logo is thinner.

11. Box label

• The fake box is totally incorrect — it’s the wrong model.
• The fake box is actually taken from the Nike x Off-White collaboration, but regardless of Virgil Abloh’s implication in these shoes, that is not the correct box format.

If your pair’s box looks anything different than the authentic one portrayed above, then you’re 100% looking at a fake box of the Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1.

Authentic LV AF1 boxes must come from Louis Vuitton, not from Nike x Off-White.

Shortlist: Tell fake Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 in 30 seconds

1. Verify the medial text on both the left and the right shoes.
2. Check the interior tongue’s label.
3. Analyze the “AIR” text on the midsole of your LV AF1.
4. Inspect the text and the stitching on the back of the shoes.

So, should you be too busy to go through the very detailed comparison of real vs fake Nike x Louis Vuitton Air Force 1 sneakers, then just briefly here is a recap of our legit check guide.

Though, find just above, the 4 best steps to know the real vs fake Louis Vuitton AF1, in only 30 seconds.

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Ch Daniel and Ch David