Well, fast forward to 2007 when these jackets started making a come back. I was looking online to find something for my girlfriend and somehow I stumbled across the Moncler brand and I loved the style, cheap moncler unisex but wow, the price tag was so high. So I did what almost any person would do who wanted a Moncler coat but didn’t have $800 lying around. I searched other online sources for better prices and I had no idea that counterfeits of this brand even existed. A jacket I saw on ebay, called an “Albertina” caught my eye:I thought $300 for this jacket was not a bad deal, although I had to pay about $40 for shipping from Bulgaria. I anxiously awaited the arrival of my new purchase looking forward to seeing how it looks on my girlfriend, and this is what came in the mail.
Now, a picture such as this doesn’t tell a whole lot because of different cameras and lighting but if you look closely, the fabric is nothing like what you see on the top picture. This jacket was made of a cheap polyester that had a sheen to it but you could just tell that it was a low quality fabric. The fur on the hood was obviously synthetic and the fibers easily pulled cheap moncler jackets uk out. Although I had never seen or felt a real Moncler jacket in person, this is nothing like what I had envisioned for an expensive designer jacket. This is when I began researching the brand name online and then discovered that there was quite a market for fakes. I filed a dispute with this ebay seller and sent it back for a refund while the entire time he was adamant that this jacket was the real thing, and I still was not sure it was a fake because I had no experience with a real Moncler.
I continued to look on ebay and then found a used women’s Moncler jacket called a “Bergerac” for $200. Again, I thought maybe it was too good to be true but I inquired with the seller and he guaranteed me that the jacket I saw in the photos was the exact jacket he was selling, so I bought it. This is what I got: