On a Baguette, the most reliable sign is on the inside. Fashionphile, which authenticates the model daily, says the finish of the interior lining is what gives a copy away most. On the outside, the FF print follows fixed rules that do show in a photo, and the fabric pouch with the RFID tag has to have a chip inside it.
For the Peekaboo we found no guide we could read directly with signs specific to the model. The general Fendi checks below apply to it, and then the laboratory.
How often Fendi is faked
According to Fashionista’s coverage of Entrupy’s 2026 report, 18 percent of the Fendi pieces submitted to that company came back “unidentified”, meaning possible fakes. Fashionista attributes that partly to the Baguette’s return and its collaborations. Those are pieces someone chose to have checked, not the whole market.
The FF print
The RealReal describes the FF print, also called Zucca, with four rules you can check in a close-up.
The top F is upright and the bottom F is inverted, mirrored. The two central arms of the Fs are staggered, never parallel. The two Fs never touch. And the weave is tight. Counterfeiters often use a looser weave, and the result looks almost pixelated.
There is a fifth rule The RealReal calls a big giveaway for fakes. If the bag has an FF or Zucca print on the outside, the lining is not printed. A bag printed on the outside and on the inside is not how Fendi makes them.
The Baguette’s lining and embroidery
This is what Fashionphile considers most reliable. On the fake Baguettes it has examined, the embroidery is loosely woven, with poor-quality thread and the wrong fabric colours, and the FF looks ironed on rather than constructed. Inside, copies show an incomplete, poorly constructed lining that looks unfinished.
Ask for a photo of the open interior, in good light, and another of the embroidery very close up. Those are the two photos a seller of a copy would rather not send.
The RFID pouch, the hologram and the stamp
Fendi has changed how it marks its bags several times, and the marking on a piece has to fit its era. According to the Leprix resale guide, before 2004 the number was printed or embossed, with no sticker. Between 2004 and 2010, a holographic sticker. From the early 2010s, an RFID tag sewn into a fabric strip with eight embroidered digits. That timeline comes from a resale guide, not from Fendi, so treat the cutoff years as approximate.
What is concrete comes from The RealReal. The fabric pouch of the RFID tag has to contain a real chip. Many fakes come with the pouch sewn in and empty. It is a check by touch. If you are buying in person, feel it. If you are buying remotely, ask the seller to squeeze it on video.
And one rule about paperwork. Vestiaire Collective’s buyer help page states that Fendi typically does not issue authenticity cards. When a Fendi arrives with one, the platform reads it as a strong indicator of a counterfeit, not as reassurance.
What Fendi says
Fendi has an official page on counterfeiting. We could not open it directly, because the site blocked the read, and what follows comes from the summary shown in the search index. Fendi advises buying only on Fendi.com, in Fendi boutiques and from a select group of authorised multi-brand retailers. If you are going to quote Fendi word for word, open that page in a browser and confirm it.
Peekaboo
None of the guides we could read directly describes signs specific to the Peekaboo. What applies is the general material in this guide. If it has an FF print, The RealReal’s rules. The RFID pouch with a chip inside. No authenticity card. And the interior finish, which for Fendi is where Fashionphile says copies fail.
Any seller who gives you “the definitive sign” for a Peekaboo is citing something we did not find in a source we could read. Ask where it came from.
What the best fakes already get right
Entrupy, which authenticates by comparing high-resolution images against a database with millions of records, says the latest superfakes come from the same factories with the same materials as the real thing, and that they fool even experts. Everything above filters out the low and mid range. The top range does not get filtered with photos.
What this means for Fendi pieces at Kove
Kove does not issue its own verdicts and has no laboratory. Some pieces carry a report from an outside laboratory, in the laboratory’s name, and the piece’s page says so when one exists. The report is not sent by message before delivery. If you want one on a specific piece, it is arranged with that laboratory and you receive the result exactly as issued, which can confirm the piece or fail to confirm it. The details are on Authenticity.
Baguettes in the catalogue are at /en/bags/fendi/baguette/, Peekaboos at /en/bags/fendi/peekaboo/ and the rest of Fendi at /en/bags/fendi/.
Checklist for a real listing
- FF print up close. Bottom F not inverted, parallel arms, Fs touching or a pixelated weave, rule it out.
- Print on the outside and a printed lining inside, rule it out.
- Baguette. Photo of the open interior. Unfinished lining, rule it out.
- Baguette. Embroidery up close. Loose thread or an FF that looks ironed on, rule it out.
- RFID pouch. Empty to the touch, rule it out.
- Era marking. A hologram on a bag sold as 2020, or an RFID tag on one sold as 1999, ask.
- It comes with an “authenticity card”. Count it against the bag.
- Everything above passes. You still do not know. Ask for a report from a named third party before you pay.
Sources
- https://realstyle.therealreal.com/authentic-fendi-logo-zucca-ff-bag/
- https://www.fashionphile.com/blogs/academy/authenticate-a-fendi-baguette
- https://leprix.com/en/blog/a-brief-guide-to-fendi-authentication-and-serial-numbers-60
- https://faq.vestiairecollective.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360006737757-Buyer-I-m-Not-Sure-if-My-Item-Is-Genuine
- https://fashionista.com/2026/04/entrupy-state-of-fake-report-2026-fashion-brands-authentication-counterfeit
- https://www.fendi.com/us-en/authenticity-counterfeiting-at-fendi
- https://www.entrupy.com/luxury-authentication/
- https://koveluxury.com/autenticidad/