There are a lot of things in this industry that walk a fine line...what's too short? What's too high? What's too retro? What's too modern? But one topic that is walking a thinner and thinner line by the day is the difference between looks that are inspired by other lines, and looks that are being directly stolen from other lines. Sure we can all tell the different between the knock offs that have three lines on the Louis Vouitton, or have C's monogrammed with weird tails to look like G's...but what about the one's that aren't so obvious? The blog Fashionista recently brought up a case in their "Adventures in Copyright" that caught my attention; a dress made by Guess, that looks identical to one sold for the collaboration with Target and Rodarte a few years ago, but selling for roughly 10 times the price. To top things off, the Target dress was recently re-released and can currently be found in stores. Sure, I guess target could go to court over it, but shouldn't there be a level of respect in this industry that deems such blatant thievery a disgrace?
What are your thoughts? Has the line been crossed?
Text Corinna Fabre
Source(s): fashionista
1 comment:
A company like guess should know better. To steal from Target and price it 10x more is insulting to thier clients.
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