posted by Cory

Jun 01, 2007 2:22PM

Nine West also ripped off the Chanel quilted cork wedges too: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051602247.html
http://www.ninewest.com/n/browse/product.s?productId=2860188&source=category&index=1&prodIndex=1&listSize=9&categoryId=504808

posted by a lady

Jun 01, 2007 2:31PM

coco would not wear perspex in the first place. c'est pas vraiment chic, ma chere!

posted by MH

Jun 01, 2007 2:42PM

Coco would point out that the "tan" in her tan and black combo was not intended to mean the color of your filthy, NYC-street walking foot bound by a strip of sweaty plastic.

posted by ac

Jun 01, 2007 2:45PM

head to her nearest low class strip joint.

is it really that compelling?

posted by janine

Jun 01, 2007 2:47PM

Yeah, nine west wins just for using less perspex it looks terrible against the skin.

posted by killa_wasp

Jun 01, 2007 2:50PM

I'm so tired of hearing designers bellyache about knockoffs!

Let's face it, the real beef between CFDA designers and brands like Forever21 and Urban Outfitters is that designers don't want the "unwashed masses" to have access to their so-called groundbreaking creations.

Fashion has always been about the have's and have-not's, but up until the advent of the knockoff, designer clothes were kept in the hands of the few and out of those of the many just by virtue of the high price tags.

And really -- what's so special about a Diane von Furstenberg when you can get basically the same dress from H&M at a fraction of the price (Minus the marketing and the label name of course!)?

Nothing!

This is just another case of good old fashioned 19th century aristocratic elitism disguised as a 21st century copyright dispute.

posted by guest

Jun 01, 2007 2:51PM

is it terrible that i like the payless ones better ???

posted by guest

Jun 01, 2007 2:52PM

is it terrible that i like the payless ones better ???

posted by Kyle

Jun 01, 2007 3:13PM

How interesting that part 21 isn't about forever 21.

posted by joana

Jun 01, 2007 3:21PM

honestly? she'd be rolling in her grave with displeasure. she stood for style, not for hooker shoes.

posted by Eli

Jun 01, 2007 4:35PM

ummm. Karl Lagerfeld is all about sex, what are you talking about? He sent beaded underwear down the runway.

They all look silly.

posted by alex

Jun 01, 2007 5:13PM

I really don't see how this is "copyright infringement." They are similar, yes. But the knockoffs are simply following the styles and trends from the runways, as lower-end retailers always have. They are not identical, and you can't say that these shoes are revolutionary or the idea of plastic platforms is proprietary in any way. My mom has some shoes very similar to these from the 70s (in yellow and plastic no less!) and I, sadly, had something similar in the mid 90s. So, who did Lagerfeld infringe on? Or because he is high end, get "inspiration" from?

This feature has got to stop. It's getting boring.

posted by Kyle

Jun 01, 2007 6:17PM

I love this feature, and I think people are reading way too much into it. Maybe a name change wouldn't hurt to recontextualize it. I don't look down at f21 and etc for knocking things off. Although I wish mass retailers were bringing a bit more originality and uniqeness to things (or atleast ripped off better things).

The canal street fakes though are another tacky and amoral story though...

posted by madameX

Jun 01, 2007 7:30PM

both selections are not in my taste,
...but abate, the brand, obviously and shamelessly copied chanel- i mean the cork wedges noted in a comment above are an even clearer example of this...very wrong indeed as the quilted look is a chanel's thang...not a payless one.

posted by Angela

Jun 02, 2007 12:03AM

The knock-offs look better than the originals. But I too wish that the knock-offs done by F21 and their ilk knocked-off things a bit more uniquely and edgier.

posted by scarlettholly

Jun 02, 2007 11:00AM

the cheaper ones look better, mainly because perspex + skin + summer = uuuugllleeee.

posted by ladyx

Jun 02, 2007 3:54PM

i like the abaete ones better too. and for the love of god, if you are into this look, you're retarded for paying more than $25 anyway. if you want to spend money on something chanel, try to buy something you might actually want to wear a month from now too.

posted by Jordan

Jun 04, 2007 2:51PM

There were some similar one's at Baker's, but I don't remember by who.

They were sick though, you could see the screws in the clear part of the plastic. yuck.