“This guide will help you tell the difference between a real Armani dress shirt and the phony ones that I see innocent and inexperienced people buying.”

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These fake Armani shirts come out of China from a website called TradeKey.com. This website has manufacturers of bootleg designer wear available for distribution via drop shipping. The sellers of these fake Armani shirts do not have to carry the inventory and the shirts are drop-shipped to you.As a rule of thumb, Armani dress shirt NEVER have:

1. Eagle logos on the main label(except for Emporio Armani)

2. Eagle logos on the corner of the pockets or on the cuffs.

3. Plastic packaging with a ribbon with Eagle logos.
Below are photos of real Armani dress shirt labels. Take a close look at what the labels look like:

Giorgio Armani label (Black Label)

Armani Collezioni (the most current label)

Prior label from 1992 – 2001

Mani dress shirt

Below are typical photo ads of fake Armani dress shirts that constantly appear on eBay. Many people are duped into bidding on these:

Notice the eagle logos (a dead giveaway of a fake)

Cheap fake.

These sellers love the eagle logo. Too bad is a dead giveaway of a fake.

Don’t fall for these!

Interesting fake label (a combo of the Black label and the older Giorgio Armani Le Collezioni label) with the eagle logo on the sleeve

If you see these ads, they are fake, move on and save your money.

The eagle logo on these ads are dead giveaway of fake Armani shirts. Avoid these!

Other clues on fake Armani dress shirts include ads that offer a “Hugo Boss” tie or “Gucci” tie with the “Armani” shirt. Ask yourself, if it was a real Armani dress shirt that retails for about $175 to $350, why would they just give you a $100 tie when the shirt was auctioned for $19.99? By the way, the tie is fake too! If the sellers keeps the high bidder’s ID private, they are more than likely selling fake Armani. There are fake dress shirts from Hugo Boss, Prada and Versace. They are the exact same shirts just with labels of those designers that look nothing like the real label! Sometimes there are auctions with an “Armani” dress shirt and a “Hugo Boss” shirt. The shirts look exactly the same in most cases. That’s a dead giveaway.

This is a typical ad of a fake Hugo Boss shirt and fake Armani tie. Notice the packaging are identical to the fake Armani shirts listed above. The label does not look like the real Hugo Boss dress shirt and it has the word “Boss” on the corner of the pocket in the same place that the fake Armani dress shirts incorrectly have an eagle logo.”

By Armani King

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