A new wave of scannable digital IDs, powered by AI and blockchain, hope to provide extra security by allowing consumers to verify their luxury goods instantaneously.
Mandatory Credit: Photo Illustration by Leah Abucayan/CNN
Stories this photo appears in:
Spot the ‘superfake’: Fashion brands want you to be able to identify counterfeits
To become a “master” authenticator at Fashionphile — the highest level of training to weed out designer fakes at the luxe online marketplace — takes more than 8,000 hours of rigorous schooling, according to the company. Trainees learn to quickly spot an error in the date format inside a Louis Vuitton bag, for example, or know the correct metal alloy makeup of a Cartier watch.
