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Luella Gets Cloned

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We’ve been obsessed with the letter print from Luella Bartley’s Spring 2007 ready-to-wear line since Gemma and Irina wore it down the runway.

Apparently we’re not the only ones.

It’s been showing up everywhere we look, in both an “as-inspired-byâ€? way and a “direct-copyâ€? way (Forever 21, we know you’ve done it…).

Even though LB already put her new logo on a pair of shoes (a blazer, pair of pants/shorts, bag, skirt), A-Life stamped it on a pair of slides with a super cute result (it may be a guy’s sneaker, but we can imagine it’s smallest size paired with a Marc dress).

And Toast and Tables spotted it in a more unusual way: silk-screened tablecloths, votives and napkin rings.

Luella: So cute you could eat it.

—BESS LEVIN

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posted by guest

May 24, 2007 11:24AM

so cute

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posted by anon

May 24, 2007 11:47AM

what i can't figure out is why that alphabet trench never made it into production!!

it's being knocked off and no one even bought it...

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posted by seltzer

May 24, 2007 11:50AM

yeah i saw the short sleeve rip off hoodie on the forever 21 website.

i also bought a heart belt and a heart bracelet from forever21 last week that were direct luella clones. see here!

http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=FOREVER21&category%5Fname=casual+tops&product%5Fid=1037253275&showBACK=OK

http://www.forever21.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=FOREVER21&category%5Fname=casual+tops&product%5Fid=2037622086&showBACK=OK

moschino rip off.

i say bring on the luella clones! she's my favourite designer!

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posted by in the hood

May 24, 2007 12:00PM

luv Luella to bits & (ugg! can't find it online) heart my knockoff F21 alphabet hoodie, too...

while this china looks lovely, isn't it a wee stretch? but, ooh, an LB home line would be something to toast!

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posted by sara

May 24, 2007 12:10PM

alife has been doing that print for awhile, before luella spring 07

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posted by grammarian

May 24, 2007 3:18PM

re: "it's smallest size"

it's = contraction for it is
its = possessive pronoun

To check if you've got it right, replace your it's/its with "it is." Like this: it is smallest size? Nope, that sounds weird. Therefore you need its.

Sorry to nitpick, but this drives me nuts.


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posted by jed

May 25, 2007 1:02AM

that luella was on candy pp's black and white list. haha

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