Stüssy is built around its handwritten scrawl logo, which fakes rarely reproduce correctly. Our experts and AI confirm whether your piece is genuine.
We check the scrawl logo curves, thickness and consistency. The handwritten shape is hard to copy, and replicas almost always get the curves slightly wrong.
We inspect prints and graphics for sharpness and clean edges. Fuzzy, cracked or low-resolution prints point to a fake.
We compare the neck and care tags, fonts and layout against genuine references for the release.
Authentic Stüssy has neat, even stitching. We look at seams, hems and label attachment for sloppy work.
We assess the fabric weight and feel. Thin, cheap-feeling material is a frequent sign of a replica.
On Stussy the style number sits on the sewn-in care label, usually in a side seam or under the collar: a numeric code (typically six or seven digits) with the composition, size and country of manufacture. The same number appears in the hang tag barcode. It identifies the model and the season — it cannot confirm authenticity, and the brand offers no public lookup.
Check inside the side seam or behind the neck label: style number, composition and country of manufacture. Stussy's production country shifts by season and factory, so that line alone settles nothing.
It ties the garment to a model, a season and a colourway, which makes it easy to see whether that tee or hood was ever produced in that colour at all.
The house logo reproduces Shawn Stussy's handwriting. On genuine pieces the slant, the pressure of the stroke, the shape of the S and the dots over the ü stay consistent; copies always redraw that line slightly differently.
Numbers get copied along with the whole label artwork. The real verdict comes from label typography, the quality of the screen print, the weight of the jersey and the hem finishing — details that read in photographs.
| What we look at | Authentic | Replica |
|---|---|---|
| Signature logo | Confident, controlled stroke, even letter tails, matching dots over the ü | Thickened or shaky line, wrong slant, merged umlaut, misshapen tail on the S |
| Label and style code | Neat weave or print, code consistent with the model and its season | Blurred type, a code that does not match the garment or repeats across unrelated pieces |
| Screen print | Soft to the touch, crisp edges, no halo around the lettering | Thick plastisol crust, visible halo, cracking almost immediately |
| Seams and finishing | Double-needle hem and sleeves, even neckline, clean interior | Single or wandering stitch, wavy hem, collar already stretched out |
| Fabric | Substantial cotton with body, even dyeing, holds shape after washing | Thin see-through jersey, uneven tone, shrinkage and twisting side seams |
Typically around 15 minutes once we receive your photos.
We usually need the scrawl logo, the tags and a print close-up, so more than two photos give a more confident verdict.
Tees, hoodies, headwear and most other Stüssy apparel and accessories.
Send a few clear photos and get an expert verdict with a digital certificate.