I am by no means an expert at identifying most fake things, so take this with a grain of salt... but when my bf bought my Chanel sunglasses at Nordstrom, there was no plastic tag holder thing acoss the nose. In fact, I've never seen that kind of tag on any pair of Chanel (or any other designer, for that matter) sunglasses. Also, my glasses came in a hard case with a tan soft case, and on the soft case, Chanel was written in black across from end to end. There was no tag sticking out of the side, no double "C"s, nothing. Of course, I only have one pair of the millions that have been produced, so I could and very well may be completely wrong. If I am... that's such a good deal!