The Louis Vuitton M44875 Pochette Métis handbag was also among the first batch of bags we began replicating 14 years ago. Even back then, this bag was extremely popular, but the market lacked top-tier replica versions. Customers frequently complained about the poor quality of counterfeit bags and published a series of authentication points online.

When Shebag’s engineers reviewed these authentication points, they realized they were not particularly difficult to overcome, but required purchasing genuine bags for disassembly, optimizing the supply chain, refining cutting data and production processes, and importing materials such as stitching threads and edge paint from abroad. In particular, we optimized the supply chain for Monogram materials. As a result, our first batch of bags entered the market having already addressed most of the authentication challenges, making it much harder to distinguish genuine from replica bags by visual inspection alone.

Now, 14 years later, the Pochette Métis is still difficult to purchase at Louis Vuitton boutiques. Meanwhile, Shebag’s replication craftsmanship has advanced significantly, and traditional authentication methods have become largely irrelevant when it comes to Shebag’s replica bags.