Adventures in Copyrights, Part 17

May 11, 2007 @ 10:26am

tibis.jpgWe had a bit of deja vu with this oddly striped dress, but we couldn't quite place it.

Then Lauren Chiang emailed us with the same obsession, except she knew its roots:

The dress may have turned up at Forever 21, at Mandee, at Strawberry, and on street corners, but it started last season on the Tibi runway.

Net-A-Porter has it (at left) for $369.

Meanwhile, we spotted it yesterday at a stall on Broadway for $10.99.

That brought out another mystery:

Was this dress really such a hit that it got girls craving knock-offs?

We love Tibi, but we don't get it!

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posted by a lady

May 11, 2007 10:44AM

hmm. I like the knockoff better. odd that it should be the more tailored of the two.

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posted by Maddy

May 11, 2007 10:44AM

The knockoff looks so much better than the real one! While Tibi created it, the cut is strange on their dress and I think the shoppers at Forever 21 will look a whole lot better in the knockoff

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posted by a lady

May 11, 2007 10:47AM

damn, actually, never mind. just saw the front of the knockoff. too much.

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posted by sll

May 11, 2007 11:48AM

Tibi ripped off Marimekko to begin with:

http://huangfamily.com/craftlog/archives/marimekko_1786_68650916.jpg

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posted by guest

May 11, 2007 1:35PM

I actually think the pattern is more Fauvist / Poiret than Marimekko.

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posted by lisa

May 13, 2007 1:14PM

as i sat sipping my margarita at blkheads, a grls dress caught me eye. i point. my girls laugh.
we all think- fashionista..

no me gusta el vestido

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posted by Faran

May 13, 2007 1:57PM

Lisa, I really wish you'd taken a photo on your camera phone and emailed it!

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posted by Laura

May 15, 2007 7:16PM

Um, I so agree! I've seen different versions of this everywhere (tanks, shirts) and I never think it's that cute. But now I can see that the orig isn't that great either.

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posted by Anna

Jun 22, 2007 7:25PM

I've got a trapeze top in this fabric (from f21, of course), and it's got a yellow yoke collar. when i bought it i was thinking it was very art inspired, almost in the same vein as warhol's seed package flowers. i happen to like the shapes and colors of the flowers on the knockoff a whole lot better than the original, though.

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