adidas Columbia World Cup Home Soccer Jersey (CW1526)

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Long sleeves - For some reason counterfeits seem to love a long sleeve remake. Long sleeves were only sold in small batches at this time and command a high premium. Again if they seem too cheap then they're probably not authentic - Excluding goal keeper shirts which are long sleeve 90% of the time. Whilst we’re on this photo, notice also the difference on the swing tags. We’ll cover them again in the next point, but see how the tags on the right shirt states a generic “ADIDAS JSY”, rather than any mention of Arsenal. Fake tags will always go down this generic route, so keep an eye out for that.

There are lots more shirts out there with this code. I would expect it is the same factory that is producing all these fakes and using the same codes for all of them.

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The Arsenal crest is one of the most recognisable in all of football, and though it’s undergone a series of iterations over the decades (see the image below), you’ll immediately recognise the design. This is a trending fake code that is being commonly used across many fake shirts from the last few years and is still being used now. CW1526 Correct Adidas Shirt

Briefly touching on swing tags again, avoid any tags with years that are drastically different to the shirt you’re supposedly looking it. The shirt below claims to be the legendary 1995 away as worn by the likes of Denis Bergkamp, but if you zoom in on the tags you’ll see a modern and generic looking tag with the year 2015 clearly printed on it. We make sure we use only what we need when we send out any of our football shirts, minimising waste and what would otherwise end up in landfill. Finally, a word on printing. Player printing is popular, especially on older shirts, but avoid any shirts with thin and overly creased name and numbers. Styles have varied over the years, but fake printing is easy to spot in the majority of cases. Here’s an example of a real product code for a Club Universidad de Chile shirt. If you Google the code DP2644, you’ll see some results of the shirt. Because this particular shirt is relatively rare, there aren’t many pictures, but ultimately the main thing you want to avoid is pictures of another completely different adidas shirt.Now let’s take a look at some fakes. The vast majority of fakes slip up in the area of the adi logo, and before long you’ll probably be able to distinguish between a genuine shirt and a counterfeit on this area alone. To understand what a fake Arsenal logo looks like, see the following comparison image. When placed side by side, it’s clear which crest is fake. The inconsistent spacing around red portion of the inner shield, the warped text and jagged edges around the white lines in particular are giveaways, and the majority of fake crests aren’t even as ‘good’ as this one. As a bonus point to end on, this fake Arsenal shirt is incredibly shiny! Colour and material integrity can be faked easier than other areas, but when fakers get it wrong they often get it really wrong. As before, we’ll be referring to pictures to help us identify what sorts of things to look out for when trying to sniff out dodgy adidas kits. Many of these pictures have been provided by members of the community, so thanks to those who helped out and provided content! Product codes are simply invaluable when trying to identify a fake shirt. Though the quality of fake kits has risen considerably over the years, I’ve never come across a fake that’s used the correct product code.