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Last Updated on July 28, 2022 by Ch David
First of all, we’d like to mention that we consider the medial text on both the left and the right shoes being the most reliable spot in order to check the authenticity of an Off-White Air Max 90 pair since replica Off-White manufacturers never manage to get this text right.
If you are here to learn how to spot fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers, you are in the right place.
We have prepared this guide on how to check the real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers with just ten simple spots to look at for it to be easier when you authenticate these sneakers.
It is worth mentioning that we are going to refer to the Off-White x Nike Air Max 90 Black sneakers in the simple form of OW AM90 Black sneakers.
Now that you know what we’re talking about, let’s get you to the proper real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 sneakers.
As we said previously, we consider the medial text being one of the most reliable signs of a fake OW Air Max 90 Black pair of sneakers.
Now that you took a look at the real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 pictures, let us explain to you the flaws of the counterfeit shoes.
First of all, on the counterfeit pair, the “TM” text is looking a little too big, while on the other hand, the legit OW AM90 Black pair has this text looking smaller.
Going a bit to the right of the “TM”, we have, of course, the “NIKE” text.
Mainly, the fake Off-White Air Max 90 black sneakers have the “NIKE” text looking too stretched out and tall, and the legit text is more squared and smaller than the fake one.
Moving lower to the medial text on the left shoe, we’re going to talk about the “c. 1990” text. Basically, the fake pairs have the “c” looking like a capital “C”, instead of the authentic small key “c”.
Then, the “1990” text looks too stretched out too, and its dimensions are bigger in height and width than the ones on the legit OW AM90 pair.
Also, you can easily notice how the fake “USA” text on the Swoosh appears to be too thick on the fake pair, and on the authentic pair, it looks thinner.
Because you now know how to legit check the left shoe Off-White Air Max 90 Black medial text, it is time for you to learn how to differentiate the fake vs real Off-White Air Max 90 Black black medial text on the right shoe too.
As you can see, we’ve spotted four main flaws in the replica Off-White Air Max ‘0s.
First, you’ll easily notice how, again, the fake pair has the “TM” text looking too big and too thick.
The thickness problem can be the most visible if you look at the letter “M”, in our case.
With this being said, we’d like to mention that the flaws on the fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black pairs may differ from one replica version to another.
Back to our case, you can notice how the word “NIKE” has the letter “K” deformed at the bottom of it.
If you look closely, you can notice how the letter “K” has the bottom legs looking thicker than the usual authentic OW AM90 pairs.
Lastly for this step, you’ll easily notice how the fake pair has the duct tape line looking too thin and small, and that the authentic one is larger.
Then, the fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black pairs have the “USA” text too stretched out on the fake pair. With that, we mean that the fake “USA” print looks too tall.
Also, the placing of the medial text may differ from one pair to another, but in this replica example, you can notice how the “c. 1990” gives no sign of presence.
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Now that you know how to check both sides of the medial text on the Off-White Air Max 90 black sneakers, let’s also get you to know how to legit check the stitching on these shoes.
The main flaw with the stitching on the Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers is that these stitches on the side of the shoe, above the Nike Swoosh logo, are coloured light-grey, and the legit stitches are dark-grey/black.
As for the third step of the real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black comparison guide, we’ve prepared the midsole details. Let’s see the fake vs real Off-White Air Max 90 Black Black pictures and tell the flaws of the fake pairs.
As you can see in the real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black pictures above, the main problem with the fake pair is that the holes in the midsole are too big and too wide.
The authentic Off-White Air Max 90 Black pair has the holes in its midsole looking a lot narrow and smaller.
Check out these legit check guides: Off-White Air Max 90 OG, Off-White Air Max 90 Desert Ore.
Now, let’s go a bit higher above the midsole, and analyze the orange tab on the Off-White Air Max 90 Black.
It is visible in the fake vs real Off-White Air Max 90 Black pictures above how, on the fake pair, the orange ab is smaller in height.
Besides the dimensions of the orange tab, you can notice how the fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers have the orange tab with a curvy corner (on the top left side), and the authentic orange tab has sharp corners.
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For the fifth step of the guide on how to spot fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black, let’s also move on to the Nike Swoosh logo on the side of the Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers, and let’s analyze the flaws of the fake pair.
As you can see, we’ve got the two hand emoji pointers, showing us that there are two general Swoosh flaws on the replica Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers.
In fact, the fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers have the top of the Swoosh with a lot more material than the authentic pair, which makes the fake shoes have the Swoosh too thick at the top tip of it.
Then, the fake Swoosh is too curved at the bottom left side of it, and the legit Off-White Air Max 90 Black pair has its Swoosh curved less out of a sudden.
For the sixth step of the real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers authentication process, let’s go inside the shoes and analyze the insole.
The differences between the real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers are visible just by looking at the pictures above.
Basically, the fake pair has the “THE TEN” text looking crooked. This is visible by looking at the letter “E” in the word “THE”. On the other hand, the legit “THE TEN” text has the letters positioned on the same trajectory.
Besides the positioning of the shoes, you can notice how the fake “THE TEN” text looks too thick on the fake pair, and then, on the authentic pair, this text is looking a lot thinner.
The last spot on the insoles indicates the “X” Off-White logo print below the text. Generally, the fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black pairs have the “X” logo looking too big and thick, and the authentic ones are just the opposite.
Because we left off inside the OW AM 90 black sneakers, let’s also analyze the fake vs real OW Air Max 90 Black size tags.
You can easily notice how the fake “SZ” text is placed too close to the right edge of the size tag, and how the authentic “SZ” text is placed more to the left side.
Then, the top Swoosh on the middle of the size tag doesn’t really look rounded on the fake pair, and again, it curves too much out of a sudden. The legit Swoosh has the perfect curvy shape.
The seven fake vs real OW Air Max 90 Black steps outlined above are well detailed and it will be time demanding to perform each authentication step when you need to confirm the originality of your OW AM 90 Black.
That is why we have compiled this quick 60 seconds solution to authenticating your OW Air Max 90 Black sneakers. Below are the top 8 indicators that can help you determine if you have a fake pair of Off-White Air Max 90 Black or the real deal.
If you need help with the authentication of your Off-White Air Max 90 Black sneakers, we’ve got you covered.
All you have to do is send us good-quality pictures of your Off-White Air Max 90 Black and we will get back to you with the results within 24 to 48 hours. The results will also come with a report on why we believe your sneakers are fake or authentic.
That brings us to the end of our real vs fake Off-White Air Max 90 Black guide. We will continue to update this article as better and newer comparisons are put out.
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