Founded in 1996 by former University of Maryland football player Kevin Plank, Under Armour is the originator of performance apparel – gear engineered to keep athletes cool, dry and light throughout the course of a game, practice or workout.
Nowadays eBay and Aliexpress are full of fakes. How to recognize them?
Box
Sellers have replica boxes that look smaller and less glossy than the originals. Fonts in the tags are blurry or have weird looking fonts. Or, even, no boxes.
Sole width
The fake Curry is much narrower than the authentic pair at the forefoot.
Exact same outsole but runs much narrower
Tag fonts
Just like fake Jordans, fonts are off on the shoes’ tag. Serial numbers are correct though
Below: fake tag
Below: Real tag
No shank you
The shank plate in the fake is made of rubber and allows you to fold the shoe. I could practically roll the shoe into a ball.
Indented at the heel
See now the shoe curves in?
Fonts and colors
Fake left, authentic right
Insole
This is a dead giveaway. Insole should be orange.
Upper
The upper is super thin and flimsy and holds almost no structure at all.
Shot of the tongue. Can you spot the fake ? It’s on the left .