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ABOUT ME

My name on ebay is " e-sha " and I'm living in EUROPE . I sell goods on ebay since 2001. In May 2004 I started my first ebay-shop .

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ABOUT MCM

MCM was founded by "M"ichael "C"romer from "M"unchen / Germany ( Munich) in the 70’s. He created his own design and sold his famous products of "Modern Creations of Leather-goods".

The quality of his products is legendary. His style became famous all over the world and the goods were sold in his own stores as well as in large department- stores worldwide.

A classic MCM-item doesn't catch the eye with a beautiful appearance only , but will combine style and functionality to perfection. Such a perfect combination is found where superior materials and experienced craftsmanship meet .

All MCM - products are manufactured using high quality materials by master craftsmen.

Michael Jackson, Lady Diana and Catherine Deneuve bought MCM-products.

Michael Cromer lost his MCM-firm in 1998 . Most of the MCM-stores all over the world were closed. A Swiss company bought MCM and they started all over again. New MCM-shops were opened, and a lot of new and old designs were available. Princess Bea von Auersberg was one of their new designers.

In May 2005 Michael Michalski , the famous designer of ADIDAS started to be the creative director of MCM, too . He started to create a new MCM style , but a lot of the older series are available till today. Stars like Eva Padberg, Lizzy Jagger, Margherita Missoni, Stella Mc Cartney are wearing MCM clothes and use the MCM products as well as thousands of people in the world.

Sung-Joo Kim from South Korea is the owner of MCM. She lives in London and in Seoul/South Korea. Sung-Joo Kim wants to bring the name MCM back to the top designer's list in the world.

MCM is manufactured in Korea, Italy and Germany by Sungjoo D&D Since 2005

"Ms. Kim is the founder of thew Sungjoo Group, a retail group that operates franchise stores for Marks & Spencer, Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci in South Korea. She is also chairman and chief executive of MCM Group, the German luxury goods company that is about to open its first UK store on London's Sloane Street. Since her 2005 acquisition of MCM, whose handbags and luggage are favoured by Cindy Crawford and Geri Halliwell, she has turned the company into a brand with annual sales of $200m (£100m)." ( from telegraph.co.uk / James Hall )

Some new MCM-shops were opened all over the world like in London, Seoul, Peking and New York.

Michael Cromer died on the 4 th September 2007.

ABOUT STARS

Michael Cromer himself started to create a new label : STARS . The material and the style are very similar to the MCM-items. STARS is not as well-known as MCM , it is a youngster at the designer’s sky.

ABOUT FAKES

A lot of items show MCM-symbols , but these items are not always authentic . A lot of people pay good money for bad FAKES ! So it is helpful to know some examples about FAKES !

A lot of fakes are made out of bad cheap materials , you will find genuine leather very seldom.

An authentic MCM-strap is a combination of the MCM – logomaterial and genuine leather or the strap of smaller shoulder bags is made out of genuine leather and nothing more. The leather is of high quality. Only the grips of some shoppers are not combined with genuine leather ( for example the shopper, the so called “bath shopper” and shopper- bag “Sylvia” ).

Grips of bags are always made out of genuine leather !

The original plaques of MCM show one letter and 4 numbers , the letter will be at the first or at the last position. You can change the plaques, new plaques are sold in the MCM-stores. But the most fakes have wrong screws. Very often you can identify a fake, for it has cross-screws , authentic MCM never have screws like this.

The plaques have golden or silver color, the whole hardware is full of MCM-symbols.

All bags , which have a square piece of leather under the plaque , are FAKES !! Only on the authentic MCM-garment bags and some MCM-matchsacs in cognac color or in white&blue you will find these square pieces sometimes.

Please have a look on the MCM-symbols. On the right side you will see 8 leaves on the left side nine leaves – a typical sign of authenticity.

An authentic purse never shows its plaque at the right corner at the bottom of the front side. 80 % of all bags have the plaque in the middle of the front side. Some bags don’t have a plaque – like the SUZY WONG for example or some genuine leather bags have the plaque on the left smaller side. Smaller accessoires usually don’t have a plaque.