When it comes to design, we at Comme des Garçons, believe in complete integrity and innovative styles. Given the exploding popularity of our Play line, we have seen the surge of counterfeit products in the U.S. market and imitation goods, despite our focus on community care and defending our customers against imitations. Investing in our real, premium garments made of soft, 100% cotton, allows you to spot the craftsmanship and the quality of what is spent. Our Comme des Garçons T-shirts are made to last, and the fine details of their structures are proof.
The Authentic Comme des Garçons Tag
To determine that your Comme des Garçons from our Tokyo house is an original and authentic piece, here are a few apparent details that the counterfeiters will never imitate correctly:
The Filip Pagowski Heart Patch: Authentic patches are embroidered with irregular perfectly shaped ovals. Their eyes are sharpened to look with pupils that are looking straight up.
The Neck Label Position: On our quality crew necks, the black and white fabric tags are flawlessly sewn with the matching color threads. The copies will have a poor sewing job and spelled out letters.
The Japanese Care Labels: On the hem, original Comme Des Garcons T-shirts have rough care label tags that are paper and formed with a manufacturing number and an inspector stamp.
Understanding these subtle manufacturing differentiations will help you discern differentiations from cheap copies on the resale market. With our daily streetwear staples, we offer a unique and high-end luxury experience.
The Fine Point Differences: Authentic CDG Play Real vs Fake Guide T-Shirts
The best way to identify our original design is through an understanding of the benchmarks we set. Each authentic CDG Play Real vs Fake Guide T-Shirts has a careful arrangement of our design elements.
The Heart Patch: Our woven hearts are stitched down using a special high-density border stitch and sits completely flat against the fabric without any buckling.
Neck Tape: The neck lines are constructed and bound using a smooth dense tape which prevents stretching and keeps the collar sharp and crisp for years.
The Raw Cotton Knit: We use raw untreated cotton, which gives our fabric a really subtle premium texture that is difficult to imitate with synthetic blends.
Training yourself to locate these markers on the structure will help you keep from buying counterfeit versions on the resale market. We have designed our elevated basics by carefully balancing luxury and tailoring with graphic art.
Distinguishing Fakes by Assessing the Logo on Comme des Garçons T-Shirts
Unlike counterfeit products, authentic logos on T-shirts by Comme des Garçons feature a heart emblem with a unique asymmetrical, hand-drawn character. Check for the following features:
The Curve in the Logo’s Drawing: The upper right section of our heart logo is a gentle, flattened curve. In most replicas, this curve is too rounded. And in many cases, the curve is simply a perfect full circle or a straight edge.
The Eyes: Authentic logos feature white, sharpened eyes with black pupils that are located in the center, drawing and gazing upwards. In replicas, the eyes are poorly drawn, misshaped, and poorly stitched, and in many cases, the pupils are not drawn within the center. And, in many cases, the pupils are not even depicted.
We are proud of our heritage of creativity in design and production, as well as our standards on creative production. CDG Play Real vs Fake Guide T-Shirts are authentic and provide art to our clients in an unrestricted manner.
How to Spot a Replica by the Neck Label on Comme des Garçons T-Shirts
Our branding patches are affixed to the T-shirts with great care, and thorough inspection is required to meet our standards for quality. Look for these indicators:
Font weight and spacing: Authentic patches feature a specific and neat font. In many cases, replicas adopt font styles that are fuzzy and poorly spaced.
The Signature Red Color: On our Play collection labels, the red mini heart fills a crisp box, while on fakes, the heart mini symbol lacks saturation or is filled poorly.
Stitch Perfection: We finish our tags with dense single-stitch lines forming a border at the top that are left loose at the bottom. Most fakes have tags stitched at all corners with crude, messy, and uneven stitches.
By taking notice of these factory finishing details, you can protect your wardrobe from streetwear subversion. We are devoted to streetwear design that advances our conceptual design legacy.
Verifying Serial Codes on Genuine Comme des Garçons T-Shirts
If you are wondering how to check if your item is part of our official production run, check the lower interior side seam. Authentic pieces contain highly specific data clusters:
The Alphanumeric Code System: Our tags show an explicit style code starting with letters like “AZ” followed by numbers. This sequence must exactly match the year of the collection as well as the year it was manufactured.
The Care Tags: Our care tags are made of a unique and crisp synthetic paper, while fakes use cheap and shiny polyesters or standard satin ribbons.
The Inspection Stamp: Authentic tags contain a small, clear ink stamp of the particular factory inspector who approved the item.
With keen awareness of these subtle technical aspects, you can buy and sell in the resale market with confidence. We commit to maintaining complete design transparency and the highest quality materials. When you buy a CDG Play Real vs Fake Guide T-Shirts, you appreciate the inner beauty of our art and work, and you buy a product of the highest quality, an errorless and flawless product.
The Construction Standards of Genuine Comme des Garçons T-Shirts
We construct our T-Shirts with specialized high-density machinery that uses high-density threads to construct strong seams that will last even the most demanding consumers. Look out for the following signs of high-quality internal construction:
The Overlock Seam Precision: Our internal hems hold a nice and neat interlocking stitch, and there are no unsewn threads. Poor quality garments have uneven spacing, stitches that bunch, and edges that fray.
The Shoulder-to-Shoulder Tape: We place a flat fabric strip to cover the back neck seam which helps the crewneck to hold its shape.
The Thread Weight: Quality garments use the highest quality cotton threads that completely match the body panel in color.
A high level of quality control directs our construction of everyday essential garments that are as extraordinary as they are functional. By choosing our CDG Play Real vs Fake Guide T-Shirts, you choose a well-built and designed T-shirt that is an outstanding and functional part of your wardrobe investment.
The Ultimate Quick-Scan Guide for Comme des Garçons T-Shirts
You can easily distinguish authentic CDG Play Real vs Fake Guide T-Shirts products from fakes with these three markers of our Japanese manufacturing:
The Heart Silhouette: Our heart design is asymmetrical. The top most curve of the heart is angled as opposed to round and our pupils are clean and pointed looking straight up.
The Care Tag Texture: Our fabric care labels are located on the lower side seam. They should feel like a thick piece of paper with a dull and dark serial stamp. They should NEVER feel like satin or glossy polyester.
The Stitch Quality: The hem is flipped inside out. The stitching should be very tight, consistent, and dense as a result of using a premium color matched thread.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Will my authentic cotton shirt shrink in the wash?
We source premium untreated raw cotton for our garments. This means that some shrinkage of around 3-5 percent in the first wash is normal. It is possible to retain the garment’s tailored structural drape by washing the garment inside out in cold water. Commercial tumble dryers should be avoided. Intensive machine heat causes the cotton fibers to warp which alters the shape of the print.
Why do the real Filip Pagowski heart logos look asymmetrical on shirts?
Filip Pagowski’s logo is designed to look hand-drawn and therefore not perfect. The logo balances design with an artistic touch. Unlike perfect heart logos made by counterfeiters, the authentic design is imbued with Pagowski’s unique style and artistic vision.
How do I check whether the internal style serial code is truly authentic?
All official CDG Play Real vs Fake Guide T-Shirts shirts come with a production passport, which is a paper tag, with a code that indicates the year of collection and design. One side of the passport features the fabric and blend used for the collection. A production passport also features a stamp, and the letters should be clearly printed and dark. A production passport from an official store should come with a style serial code that is aligned with the standards.