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Balenciaga: real vs fake

Every Balenciaga checkpoint on this site states a measurement, an accept range and how we arrived at it. No comparison photos we didn't shoot, no certificates.

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  • Upper panel count 176 panels layered into the upper of a Track or a Track.2
  • Style code characters 15 characters in a Balenciaga Track style code: six digits, a five character block, then four digits
  • Model number prefix 542023 six digit prefix on the original Track; a men's Track.2 runs 568614, the women's Track.2 runs 568615 and the Track LED runs 555036
  • Toe size embroidery 42 EU number embroidered at the toe edge; the men's run covers 39 to 47 and carries no half sizes
  • EU to US size offset 33 subtract 33 from a men's EU number to reach the US size; the women's run subtracts 30
  • Sockliner length 28.0 centimetres of foot length published for a men's EU 42; the run spans 25.5 at EU 39 and 32.0 at EU 47
  • Retail price 1150 US dollars Nordstrom lists for the men's Track; StockX records retail between 755 and 975 across older releases
  • Lace cage straps 9 separate elements that weave into the cage holding the foot
  • Size number print count 4 places the same EU number has to appear: toe embroidery, tongue label, sockliner and box label
  • Shoe weight 500 grams for one shoe on the single published range of 450 to 550, which moves with size
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