« Valley of the Stammed
Fashionista Main
Inside The Designer's Studio: Felix Rey »
Shopping Apr 12, 2007 @ 11:59am

Adventures in Copyright Infringement, Part Six

dresses.jpg
The dress on the left is from Foley and Corinna. It’s several seasons old but still a huge hit - in fact, until last week, it was in the Calypso boutique window right next to our office.

Paris Hilton has worn it on late night television and looked actually adult.

Last year, when Foley and Corinna had a fashion editor party, we witnessed some fashion editors actually fight for it.

On Wednesday, I almost stole it from a stylist’s apartment, but admittedly, it looked better on her.

It retails on ShopBop for $440.

The dress on the right is from Forever 21. It sells for $40.

And you will buy….?

Permalink |
(1) recommend this (8) Comments

Posted in Shopping and

« Valley of the Stammed
Fashionista Main
Inside The Designer's Studio: Felix Rey »

Comments

avatar
1

posted by Kevin

Apr 12, 2007 12:40PM

WOW this might be the most blatant one of all...

avatar
2

posted by e

Apr 12, 2007 1:23PM

there's enough of a difference in the skirt pattern that they can get away with it. Again, another really basic dress that was "knocked off"--the original was mostly likely not made with a fabric pattern created by F&C. It's not as if F21 stole some sort of fresh, innovative idea--it's a dress that's been made a hundred times before in a million different fabrics.

Furthermore, it's ugly 70's maternity wear. That price is insulting for a bunch of scarves sewn together with some black binding.

avatar
3

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

Apr 12, 2007 3:50PM

LMAO
F21 is hilarious
and i love it.

its a sad for the designers, you put all this work into a look to have it scammed off like that... but on the other hand these designers are bold for overcharging the way they do. so, i guess all is fair in love and fashion?

whatever.

avatar
4

posted by Chels

Apr 12, 2007 4:01PM

People who care about labels or quality will buy the original. People who don't care or are too broke for the original will buy the knock-off.

As for the dress, they're both ugly. I had a dress like that in high school and it made a 100-pound 16-year old look pregnant, so I can't imagine what it would look like now on a normal-sized body.

avatar
5

posted by rachel

Apr 12, 2007 11:56PM

no. why would you want a dress that everyone has anyhow?

avatar
6

posted by miss

Apr 13, 2007 11:00AM

i saw the Forever 21 dress on the Today show this morning! eek!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18089765/

avatar
7

posted by heather

Apr 22, 2007 2:32PM

F21 also had a short version of the dress a couple months ago. A friend bought it for me back in November and I wore it on New Year's Eve.

avatar
8

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 8:11PM

The dress is ugly but that's beside the point. Of course I would buy from Forever 21. People are OUT OF THEIR MINDS if they think I'm going to pay $400 for a dang dress. Get over yourselves, fancy shmancy fashion designers. You are not worth it. A lot of people would be going around naked if their only choice was to buy $400 clothes. Get real!

Post Your Comment