Fluevog Mini Counterfeits
When I contacted Fluevog to ask if they’d had problems with counterfeiting, they said they had in the past, but as far as they knew it wasn’t currently an issue. I thought I’d go ahead and post the information given to me, in case it becomes a problem again! 
The Mini line is what most people think of when they think of Fluevogs, with their trademark hourglass heels. You can see the current line of Mini shoes here at the Fluevog site. 
The authentic Mini shoes have a stylized F on their sole, as pictured, and the triangle Fluevog logo on the heel. The counterfeit shoes did not have a the Fluevog logo on them and instead of an F, had an A on the sole.
Currently, Fluevog has factories in Portugal, Poland, Vietnam, Mexico, Peru, and China; most of the shoes are made in Portugal or Poland. Any shoe that claims to be a Fluevog but is marked as made elsewhere is a counterfeit, and as discussed here, if the shoe is lacking a clear “Made in” mark, I would certainly be suspicious of it.
Unless a shoe is purchased at the annual Vintage Vogs sales, it will come with some sort of box, obviously. This is a photo of an older box (which you might get if you buy at a non-Fluevog store, we got Matt’s shoes at a local retailer & they came in this box):
Here’s a collage of the currently used boxes:
Fluevog is currently redesigning their boxes & the new ones should debut in fall of 2010.
And the shoes made in Portugal and China should have a dust bag inside the box:
Most (but not all!) of the shoes have John Fluevog’s signature on the sole:
Note the big loops on the J, F, and G. Out of the six pairs I own, five have the signature (& my husband’s one pair does as well). Fluevogs in general have high quality construction and are very comfortable to boot, so if you see a pair with exposed seams/glue/shoddy construction, I would be suspicious of its origins!
