Fakcronym making tommow comes today

[octose]

Are there fake NG4's flying around? My recent purchase got me worried now after seeing this post lmao. 

[octose]

1 hour ago, leg said:

Yes

Any possibility to figure out the tell-tale signs of a fake vs. real? Based on the Taobao posts I've seen there is a distinct shimmer to the fakes that is not on real Polartec but if anyone has any more details I'd love to hear them. 

Edited November 29, 2021 by octose

[FelixRevolt]

I would say if the deal is too good to be true, it probably isn’t. I myself have just been screwed over on Grailed,(not a NG4) which has thankfully been resolved in my favour. 
Stick to genuine people.

[octose]

5 minutes ago, FelixRevolt said:

I would say if the deal is too good to be true, it probably isn’t. I myself have just been screwed over on Grailed,(not a NG4) which has thankfully been resolved in my favour. 
Stick to genuine people.

Yeah -- I, unfortunately, bit the bullet and bought an NG4-PS from the FW2122 season without even remotely considering that fakes already existed. It's currently in transit to me and I've asked the seller for a receipt of purchase but I guess we'll see what happens here...so far packaging and everything looks legitimate. Just weirded out that the seller had a "few" in the Black/Silver colorway at prices slightly below normal resell (give or take $20-30 USD)

Edited November 29, 2021 by octose

[FelixRevolt]

Oh man best of luck with that. I was actually impressed with Grailed & Paypal, got my refund no problem. It’s just a month of faffing around though.

[wexler]

You’d think w the amount of detail making the tags, sheets and sticker they’d at least try to get the bag right lol

[alo1333]

update some fake news

j47a-gt

p30a-ds v 1.2

[jvsting]

On 12/25/2021 at 12:00 AM, alo1333 said:

update some fake news

j47a-gt

p30a-ds v 1.2

Does this include the Alpha Green SS21 P30?

[alo1333]

3 hours ago, jvsting said:

Does this include the Alpha Green SS21 P30?

maybe

[Xu Jianfeng]

J66-GTV two colors fake are flying around.

 

[Xu Jianfeng]

Finally(okay) some real gore 3L yet fake acr jackets are floating around. The batch number tells the part of the story, and seller asks for like 200 usd in the model of j1. 

Madman! 

Edited October 24, 2022 by Xu Jianfeng

[KenKei]

There are so many reps these days. A lot of fakes (as in copied but not trying to replicate) too that look so silly, too silly for anyone to be tricked into believing they're real.
I'll make a list of the current Taobao stores and the products they stock someday soon

[KenKei]

Okay, seeing as the past few ACRNM drops have been bottled so hard I missed out. I've spent around $1.5k AUD on replicas (trying to get labelled replicas and not people who have made clones with their own tags, or fakes (shitty copies that aren't even close) although it's happened).

Got a bunch of jackets, some hoodies, pants, shorts two bags and an NG4 (more on the way).

Even though I've got these and even though my first Acronym piece was a HQ replica, I really believe that supporting Acronym is good and that their quality is rarely matched (although some of these come REAL close and a few I would consider material-y equal).

This is just to inform people what's out there so they don't get tricked/ripped off. These come directly from the factory/people who have hired factories to make them, I know there are a few more but some shitty reps cost like $200-300 and just prefer to use that on actual Acronym. But if the botting continues I'll have more money to spend and will hopefully put up more information.

P.S. if there is anyone in Melbourne, Australia who has the originals of the replicas and wants to meet up do we can do legit side by side comparisons for the community, hmu. I only have a few pieces and only pants/shorts, so I'm very uneducated on Jackets and their quality.

Anyway, will hopefully and slowly upload each piece in it's own post one by one. I am a full-time worker + run 2 businesses, so my free time is precious and little. I will take my time with this, but the process has begun. Hopefully will get a couple of pieces up and reviewed tonight

[KenKei]

Upcoming reviews/pictures to help you QC your second hand purchases:

Jackets:

- J1A-GTPL (ACR branded)

- J1A-GT 2.0 (ACR branded)

- J53TS-GT (ACR branded)

- J56-GT (ACR branded)

- J66-GTV (ACR branded)

- J117-HL (ACR branded)

 

Hoodies:

- S26-PR (branded)

 

Pants:

- P23A-DS

- P30-DS (ACR branded)

- P30A-DS (Alpha Green & Black - ACR branded)

- P38-E (ACR branded)

- P59-E (unbranded)

- SK30-DS (branded)

- 

 

Shorts:

- SP28-DS (Alpha Green & Black - ACR branded)

 

Bags/Other:

- NG4-PS (unbranded)

- 3A-5TS (ACR branded)

- 3A-1 (unbranded)

 

There are a whole bunch more, so many more, but I'm really only looking for those which has ACR branding and can be used to try scam people. Will update the list if I buy more/find more sellers. It seems like a lot of the newer replica makers don't use ACR branding but brand as their own company. TBH some of them are way too good and way too close to real ACR from the the few I've experienced.

[KenKei]

NG4-PS from Uncle Yin on Taobao
Unbranded "Yin clone"
Now Uncle Lin is all about using premium materials. A lot of reviews love his stuff because it uses high quality fabrics and is stitched and laminated very well. The thing is, and the reason I call it a Yin Clone, is that he will alter the cut's and pattern pieces/panels in the pattern to make them better in his view/his communities view.
Now the NG4 is great, real cosy, nice af fabric. Never seen/felt a real Acronym NG4 before, so don't know and can't compare how close they are, but I'm VERY happy with this, fits and sits nice and feels good. NOW, I don't know if this is a qualm with the real NG4 but sometimes the zip can be annoying against my nose, it's minimal but there.
Added some measuring tape to see if it compares size-wise to the real. 

The BIG issue with some of Yin's stuff is that if a scammer was willing enough, they could get this, iron on a good quality sizing label and sell as real. 

EDIT: I've bought a real NG4 so can accurately judge differences I hate that I feel obligated to state (because of the two up ahead sooky la las) that I really am doing this so that people don't get scammed and not to get people to go buy replicas instead of legit Acronym. I'm very pro supporting a brand, especially one like Acronym who aren't destroying the world like so many fashion brands these days, plus Errolson is politically aligned with what I deem as being a good egg.

Edited November 15, 2025 by KenKei
Added info, bought real to properly compare

[KenKei]

P30A-DS - from Bao! on Taobao

Acronym branded (Sizing tag, Fabric label, Technical sheet(is that what it's called??))

Now these are branded on point, although to me the Sizing label is a little crusty around the edges. However the more real Acronym I buy/see the more I realise that legit Acronym can have some HORRENDOUS labels. For some reason all the pants I've ever bought have had clean crisp labels, but the jackets and other gear I've seen are no good. Anyway, tangent rant over.

The Technical sheet looks good, although you can see the CMYK is a little offset from each other, so the black looks a little faded. Where the real sheets or even other replica sheets have crisp bold black.
Now I'm normally an M in pants and got these in an L (being worried about some of the smaller clothes for the sizes that Chinese replicas have). That's why I think the bottom parts of the legs are a bit loose, but also they may be a bit short (?) from my comparisons with the Main site pictures.

The thread count is a bit minimal compared to my legit P30AL-DS so they don't feel as soft. Everything seems to be just a slighhttt bit off. The colour of the Alpha Green is also a little darker than the P30AL-DS's. Now my thinking is maybe because these are an older season that the fabric was/is different? But I also feel like I'm making excuses.

Still a quality pair of pants all around. Definitely going to be using as my beaters. Have another pair from Bao that I've used for about 8 years and travelled the world with that have held up amazingly and I dont care if it gets mangled in my travels.

[KenKei]

P59-E - from I'm Not A Machine God on Taobao

Unbranded (has a care label, nothing else)

This has some of the thinnest/cheapest feeling fabric. Never experienced Epic fabric IRL however, these are just too thin, especially when compared to the P38-E replica that I got from Bao! (who seems to get replicas pretty on point). The medium was way to tiny, closer to what a real S would be like. Partially considering getting in and L or XL, however the fabric is just so off-putting. Although would love to have a pair of the P59-E (as I have a real P59A-DS and it's on rotation as a fav with my P30AL-DS) and the P59 puffiness suits my body/style.
Clothing label feels like someone cut the top off and sewed it too short. Don't know what else to say, other than these are such a blatant mid-quality fake (wouldn't even call it a replica).

[DeadHype]

@KenKei Bro, I think this thread was originally meant to warn people about 1:1 fakes, not to post reviews.
For the money you put into that, you probably could’ve picked up one or two really nice preworn authentic ACRONYM pieces.

Just my two cents…

 

[KenKei]

EDIT: I'm not here to argue ethics, I'm here to help educate people on what the current replicas are like so they can avoid being scammed.
I'm sorry if anyone got offended but it hurts to get attacked when all you're trying to do is help and I get that my replies may have been a bit passionate.

Edited November 23, 2025 by KenKei
Argument contributes nothing to helping people not get scammed

[DeadHype]

Calm down, big guy. It's cool that you want to see the world and be stylish at the same time. But please don't sell the items as being of good quality. That's simply not true. 

If you think you have an educational mission here, show us the real 1:1 replicas that are supposed to come directly from the same factory, not the dropshipping junk. 

[leg]

8 hours ago, KenKei said:

yeah what do you think I'm doing, in depth reviews of fakes that are currently going around so that people are aware and don't get scammed.

On 11/8/2025 at 5:54 AM, KenKei said:

Now the NG4 is great, real cosy, nice af fabric. Never seen/felt a real Acronym NG4 before, so don't know and can't compare how close they are, but I'm VERY happy with this, fits and sits nice and feels good.

Brother, you're literally writing reviews of counterfeit items like it's some /r/fashionreps. This thread is meant to be a caveat emptor, not a discussion of which fakes are good or bad. Don’t act like you’re doing anyone a favor by reviewing these fakes, as if you’re documenting all the differences between the originals and the fakes and then discarding them later.

[KenKei]

EDIT: I'm not here to argue ethics, I'm here to help educate people on what the current replicas are like so they can avoid being scammed.
I'm sorry if anyone got offended but it hurts to get attacked when all you're trying to do is help and I get that my replies may have been a bit passionate.

Edited November 23, 2025 by KenKei
Argument contributes nothing to helping people not get scammed

[DeadHype]

@KenKei I don't feel like discussing anything with you because of the way you communicate. Personally, I find your posts inappropriate and don't think they belong here in this form. 

You can do whatever you want with my polite suggestion.

I would also kindly ask you not to get too personal. We don't know each other, and after your appearance here, I would prefer to keep it that way.

[KenKei]

EDIT: I'm not here to argue ethics, I'm here to help educate people on what the current replicas are like so they can avoid being scammed.
I'm sorry if anyone got offended but it hurts to get attacked when all you're trying to do is help and I get that my replies may have been a bit passionate.

Edited November 23, 2025 by KenKei
Argument contributes nothing to helping people not get scammed