What's so special about the Goyard Canvas?

As mentioned before, the canvas has a three-dimensional chevron pattern that appears to be hand-painted on. The canvas itself is woven out of cotton, hemp and linen that is then coated with a gum arabic resin making the material resilient, lightweight and above all, waterproof! The pattern is then painstakingly impressed using a cadrette one colour at a time thus creating the 3D illustion.

The highly specialized technique employed in this process makes each piece unique. Counterfeits tend to be heavy and has a vinyl, plasticky odor. Since the dots are impressions of paint, you can actually feel the "bumps" as opposed to the smooth, shiny surface of printed fakes. This, also makes the print itself to be susceptible to peeling especially on the edges of bags.