Expert guides to authenticate Maison Margiela. On the German Army Trainer-style sneaker, the numbered heel tab and insole stamp are branded everywhere a genuine pair should be — and exactly where fakes leave blank.
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Margiela Tabi flats, boots and heels carry a stamped number grid on the sole, an embossed insole and a small white heel tab, and fakes copy marks like these. Here is what genuine Tabi shoes and numbered clothing labels look like in our records, and what a matching mark does and does not prove.
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On Maison Margiela's German Army Trainer-style sneakers, the numbered heel tab and the insole stamp are unmissable once you know to look — genuine pairs are branded everywhere fakes leave blank.
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