Adventures in Copyright Infringement, Part 3

Apr 05, 2007 @ 12:56pm

anna forever.jpg Anna Sui sent this candy-striped dress down her Spring '07 runway.

Though it's capably swished by Coco Rocha, there's something that's not quite right with it...

Oh wait, it's the price tag.

You see, that gorgeous dress is over $200, but Forever 21 has a dangerously similar one for $17.80

Which one would you wear?

posted by fashion cheapsake

Apr 05, 2007 1:02PM

F21!!! I mean probably they are both 100% poly and made in China... so I would rather pay $20...

posted by Flypaper

Apr 05, 2007 1:07PM

I'm torn. It's such a direct ripoff, it's not even funny. I suppose there will always be a market for both -- folks who buy Anna Sui would not be caught dead in Forever 21.

posted by brooke

Apr 05, 2007 1:08PM

faran, i love your discoveries. brilliant.

posted by scarlett

Apr 05, 2007 2:18PM

haha this is so ironic, one of my friends wore the forever 21 dress to a party, and yesterday i asked her if it was anna sui, and she replied with "FOREVER 21 BITCH" and it looked amazing on.

posted by kristen

Apr 05, 2007 3:51PM

urban outfitters has something sort of similar too: here

posted by Faran

Apr 05, 2007 3:53PM

Good call, Kristin. Definitely not the same blatant knockoff but a very good substitute.

posted by helen

Apr 05, 2007 5:53PM

it's an amazingly accurate knockoff, but both it and the original look like a freaking mary engelbreit greeting card.

posted by Annmarie

Apr 05, 2007 8:52PM

Oh come on...my favorite dress of the winter was from Anna Sui, yet I just got home from F21 in Union Square. I didnt buy anything, but that was just because the line was ridiculous.

posted by i dont just like you. i like you, like you.

Apr 05, 2007 10:07PM

i tried on the F21 dress a couple weeks back and i thought the sleeves were a little funny. i didnt get it but now you have me thinking....

posted by stcolapop

Apr 05, 2007 11:32PM

i'd wear the dress because it's alot better lookin than the f21 one. IT'S A DRESS! I gots to have it!

posted by julie

Apr 16, 2007 1:44PM

http://www.gojane.com/19481.html

Go Jane has the same skirt.

posted by Zoë

Apr 20, 2007 3:30AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/Scarllet-Japan-Floral-Brown-Striped-Babydoll-Skirt-S-M_W0QQitemZ130100491420QQihZ003QQcategoryZ314QQcmdZViewItem

posted by anonymous

May 01, 2007 12:28PM

i have the forever 21 dress version of this. not the top. it doesn't fit me very well, but i couldn't pass it up because i'll never be able to afford the anna sui version.

posted by farah

May 01, 2007 10:20PM

Designers always charge a fortune, people buy trendy and fun clothes everyday, if you buy designers all the time what's left for rent and food, mostly living in this f....ing expensive new york city. Hooray for the copies!!!! The key is also mixing the fake with the real ones, all the fashionable women do it everyday.