Authenticated, every one.
Nothing lists and nothing earns credit until a specialist in its category has examined it. Bags go to handbag specialists, jewelry to gemologists, ready-to-wear to people who know the houses and their decades.
Construction
Stitch count and tension, edge paint, seam allowances and how linings are set.
Materials
The hand and grain of the leather, the weave of the cloth, the weight and plating of hardware.
Marks
Labels, heat stamps, serials and date codes, read against the house’s own records for the era.
History
Repairs, alterations and replaced parts, each one written into the listing.
Four grades, used strictly.
Every listing carries one. Anything that grade doesn’t say, the description and photographs do.
- Pristine
- Unworn or worn once. No signs of wear.
- Excellent
- Lightly worn. Any sign of wear is hard to find.
- Very good
- Worn with care. Minor wear, each mark photographed.
- Good
- Visibly loved. Wear and any repairs described in full.
Returns
Return anything within 14 days of delivery, in the condition it arrived, for a full refund to your original payment method or as credit.
Or keep it a season and trade it back in. It’s valued like any other swap, against its condition when it comes back.