the way i figure if a shoe is fake or not is by studying the shxt out of the real deal. the people i chill wit ONLY rock real kicks. so if they got a pair of kicks i wanted, i just try and study it a little bit. do a little online research of the kicks. whatever it takes really. trust me, it might seem stupid, but when you learn how to know the dif, you'll get where im coming from. there's always SOMETHING thats off on fake kicks.