How To Spot Fake Supreme In 2023 (Any)

Last Updated on July 26, 2023 by Ch David

To put it shortly, the quickest way to spot fake Supreme items is to check the wash tag and the neck tag inside your item, as the replica manufacturers never manage to fix the flaws in terms of text positioning, font weight and other factors on these little tags.

If you are here because you want to learn how to spot fake Supreme items, then no wonder, you are in the best place to do so.

This article concentrates on the main ways to spot fake Supreme items, applying to any type, model, colourway, and release of Supreme’s wearable items, such as the famous box logo t-shirts, hoodies, crewnecks and so on.

At the same time, in this fake vs real Supreme guide, we are going to link real vs fake Supreme images from all around our guides, with a variety of tags and elements from t-shirts, hoodies, and crewnecks.

Along with each step of this real vs fake Supreme legit check guide, you will notice our reference fake vs real Supreme images which will help you visualise and easily understand the flaws met on the replica Supreme items.

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This being said, and now that you know the main goal of this fake vs real Supreme legit check guide, we should proceed to the proper real vs fake Supreme guide.

How you can tell if Supreme is real (or fake)

You can tell if Supreme is real if the neck tag has a very saturated red color on the neck tag. At the same time, real Supreme products have thin inscriptions on the wash tags.

Let’s get on with the real vs fake Supreme guide.

1. Wash tag

The wash tag is 90% of the time the most reliable sign of authenticity, and the other 10% credit goes to the neck tag, especially for the t-shirts.

1.1. Hoodie

Now, we are first going to analyze the fake vs real Supreme Bandana box logo hoodies‘ wash tags, and then, we are also going to check out other real vs fake Supreme wash tag comparisons.

1.1.1. Upper stitching

• Fake Supreme Bandana Bogos have their stitching “disconnected”.

All of the stitches on the legit Supreme item’s wash tag are connected.

Besides, the authentic Supreme Bogo has all of its stitches wavy placed on the wash tag, while the replica Supreme Bandana Bogo has its stitches straightly placed.

1.1.2. The trademark ® symbol

• The fake Supreme Bandana Bogo hoodie has the letter “R” inside the circle too big.
• The “R” hits the edges at the top and the bottom of the circle.

On the other hand, the legit Supreme Bandana Bogo has the letter inside the circle sized well enough not to touch the edges of the circle, unlike the replica which is exactly the opposite.

1.1.3. The “CARE INSTRUCTIONS” printing

• The fake Supreme Bandana Box Logo item has its “CARE INSTRUCTIONS” text (and even the line below) too big.
• The same text is too thick on the fake item.

The real box logo hoodie is exactly the opposite, as it has smaller and thinner characters.

1.1.4. Middle block of text

These four lines of text are the text under the “CARE INSTRUCTIONS” printing.

• On the fake Supreme Bandana Box Logo, these four lines of text are significantly thicker.
• They’re also too big.

1.1.5. The “RN 101837” text

• The fake hoodie’s text uses a different font than the font used for the lettering on the authentic Supreme Banda item.
• This is the most visible on the numbers, especially on the “1”.

1.1.6. The 30° washing machine text

The “30°” text stands for the number of degrees when washing the Supreme Bandana Bogo.

• On the fake Supreme Bandana Bogo item, the degree symbol (°) is too thin.

1.1.7. The “MADE IN CANADA” print

• The fake “MADE IN CANADA” text is significantly bigger in height than the text on the legit Supreme Bandana item.

1.1.8. Materials

If your Supreme Bandana item says “90% COTTON / “10% POLYESTER”, don’t worry – that doesn’t mean that you have a fake Supreme Bandana item.

There are authentic Supreme Bandana items that say both “100% COTTON” and “90% COTTON / “10% POLYESTER”.

Above, we have placed an example of an authentic Supreme Box Logo hoodie which says “90% COTTON / “10% POLYESTER”.

Let’s have a look at another comparison of the real vs fake Supreme bogo hoodie, but this time, we are going to analyze the wash tags of the real vs fake Supreme classic bogo hoodie.

In the real vs fake Supreme Bogo hoodie image above:

• The top stitching is slanted and uneven compared to the authentic Supreme item’s wash tag.
• The fake hoodie has too little space between the “CARE INSTRUCTIONS” printing and the black line below.

On the other hand, the authentic Supreme has more a lot more space between the “CARE INSTRUCTIONS” text and the black bar below.

Moving lower on the fake vs real Supreme Bogo image, you can notice how at the bottom of the wash tag, there is a spacing problem between the bottom of the size tag and the last elements printed above.

• The fake Supreme item has all of its printing looking way too thin.
• The real inscriptions are way thicker.

As a little observation point, we recommend you keep an eye out for the following extra clip flaw.

• The fake hoodie has an extra clip at the top of the wash tag.

The authentic Supreme box logo hoodies will never have this extra clip flaw, as the wash tag will always be stitched into the hoodie, unlike the fake one in the image above, which has an extra clip, even though it is stitched in.

1.2. Crewneck

Let’s first check out the front wash tag.

1.2.1 Front wash tag — Long text comparison

As you can see, the fake vs real Supreme bogo crewneck image above has different releases/models for the wash tags from the real vs fake Supreme bogo crewneck items.

First, we are going to check these two different models in the fake vs real Supreme bogo crewneck image above, and then, we are going to check two models which are the same.

1. Stitching

• The fake stitches are improperly weighted and positioned.
• Some of them are too thick, and some of them are too thin.
• Besides, the stitches on the fake bogo are also too short compared to the stitches met on the authentic Supreme box logo crewneck.

On the authentic Supreme box logo crewneck, you can easily notice how all of the stitches have the same weight and length.

2. The “Supreme” printing

• The replica Supreme crewneck has its letters looking too thin.
• The real ones are thicker.

3. The registered trademark “®” symbol

• The replica Supreme box logo crewneck has its registered trademark “®” symbol looking too thin.
• The same symbol is too small as well.

On the other hand, the authentic Supreme box logo crewneck has its “®” character looking thicker and bigger than the fake crewneck’s symbol.

4. The “100% COTTON” printing

• The fake “100% COTTON” text is visibly thinner and smaller.
• The same print is somewhat boxier than the text met on the retail Supreme crewneck

The text on the authentic Supreme box logo crewneck is visibly thicker, wider, and bigger than the one met on the fake box logo crewneck.

5. The “CARE INSTRUCTIONS” and the lines below

This is pretty much the only difference of the releases/models in the fake vs real Supreme bogo crewneck image above, which we’ll investigate in just a bit.

• The replica Supreme item’s “CARE INSTRUCTIONS” text and the lines below look too thin.

The authentic crewneck has all of its letters at the same font-weight, unlike the fake item’s letters.

6. The “MADE IN CANADA” / “RN 101837” prints

• The fake crewneck’s two lines of text look too thick.
• They are also too boxy compared to the real ones.

7. The washing information symbols

• The Supreme box logo crewneck has its “30°” (30 degrees) symbol smaller and thinner than needed.
• The real item’s exactly the opposite.

This being said for the real vs fake Supreme box logo crewneck image above, let’s have a look at another comparison, which has the same inscriptions on the wash tag, indicating the same release.

1.2.2 Front wash tag — Short text comparison

All of the flaws from the previous comparison apply to this one as well:

• The fake crewneck’s text is too thin.
• The inscriptions are too big.
• They also have too much space in-between every symbol.

1.2.3. Rear wash tag — Long text comparison

Now, we should as well proceed to the printings met on the rear side of the fake vs real Supreme crewneck’s wash tag.

Once again, we’ll do the same thing as from the front side – we will first compare different releases, and then, the same ones.

• The replica Supreme crewneck has its “100% COTTON” text looking too wide and too thin compared to the text on the authentic item.
• The next inscription stands for the “100% COTTON” text, but this time in an Asian language:
  • The replica Supreme crewneck has its text too thick and too boxy.
  • The authentic Supreme crewneck’s wash tag has its text looking thinner and taller, wider, and less boxy compared to the text of the counterfeit Supreme crewneck.
• The fake Supreme crewneck has its “0570-057-300” text looking too thin.
• Lastly, the “30” inscription in the bottom left corner of the fake item’s wash tag is too thin as well.

1.2.4. Rear wash tag — Short text comparison

Let’s also have a look at the reference real vs fake Supreme box logo crewnecks with the same model/release, having the same inscriptions on both the fake vs real Supreme crewneck.

• The fake Supreme crewneck has its “100% COTTON” text in English looking too big and too thick compared to the authentic item.
• Then, the “100% COTTON” text in the Asian language is also too thick.

This being said for the wash tag of the fake vs real Supreme box logo crewnecks, we should proceed to the next step of the guide on how to spot fake Supreme crewnecks.

1.3. T-Shirt

Things are a little different from the hoodie, as the wash tag is basically the rear side of the neck tag, which we are going to inspect soon.

As for the real vs fake Supreme t-shirt wash tag comparison, we are going to have the Supreme Brooklyn box logo (store opening) t-shirt for reference.

• The fake Supreme bogo tee has its text looking too thin compared to the text on the authentic item.
• The “TUBMLE” text on the fake Supreme bogo tee has the “M” too thick.
• The grey “SUPREME” text, in the middle of the wash tag looks like it’s missing. It is too transparent.
• The fake tee’s “RN#101837” text is too thick.

With all of this being said for the Supreme fake vs real wash tags, we should proceed to the next step of the guide on how to spot fake Supreme items.

2. Neck tag

As for the second step of the guide on how to spot fake Supreme items, we are going to analyze the fake vs real Supreme items’ neck tags, since it is the second-best sign of authenticity.

2.1. Hoodie

• The fake hoodie’s “Supreme” text is wonky.
• The letters are improperly positioned, as some letters are higher than they are supposed to be.
• The fake letters are also too thick — see the bottom of the “p”.

Spaacing between the neck tags varies even on the retail Supreme Box Logo hoodies, so don’t take it for the exact millimetric measure on your Supreme item too.

Despite the text’s distance varying on the authentic Supreme items’ neck tag, they should never be overlapping or touching as the text in the fake example, visible in the two real vs fake Supreme Bogo hoodie images below.

• The fake “Supreme” and “MADE IN CHINA” tabs overlap.
• There is no space between the tags.

You will never see an authentic Supreme Bogo having the overlapping problem of these two tags pointing to the Supreme logo and the country in which the items were made.

2.2. Crewneck

• The fake “Supreme ®” text is too thin.
• The same “Supreme ®” label has bigger inscriptions on the fake crewneck.
• The “MADE IN CHINA” text also has thinner inscriptions.
• The fake tags are placed too close to each other — there is no space between them.

Authentic Supreme crewnecks never have their tabs placed as close to each other as to make contact.

2.3. T-Shirt

• The letters in the “Supreme” box logo at the top of the neck tag have different shapes.
• The fake Supreme Bandana tee’s letters in the box logo look too thin.
• The fake Supreme t-shirt has the letters at the top of the neck tag placed incorrectly.
  • They have too much space between each other.
• The counterfeit Supreme Bandana Bogo tee’s trademark character (®) is too big and thick.
• Also, the letter “R” touches the edges of the circle — this never happens on real items.
• The “PRE-SHRUNK” text and the 2-3 (depending on your neck tag) lines of text below have their text looking thicker and boxier than the text on the legit Supreme Bandana item.

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