Comments on: Adventures in Copyrights: The Art of The Ripoff

By: guest

guest — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:54:07 +0000

i have that dress! i’m so happy i bought it when i did!

By: guest

guest — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:21:48 +0000

I’m sure this has been mentioned on here before, but F21 uses American sweatshops (those that exploit undocumented workers). Plus, the clothes I do admit to owning…one shirt fell apart before I even got to wear it. Avoid!

By: HiFashionLvr

HiFashionLvr — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:33:53 +0000

DVF’s dress is not a direct copy like F21. they changed the fabric (to a cheaper material) and the sizes of the squares (just slightly). DVF changed the color and print; it’s “inspired”. this is not inspired, this is a knock-off. i was extremely jealous after going shopping with 3 friends and 1 of them purchased this dress @ F21; i LOVED it. i daydreamed about it. i wished i wasnt there on the shopping trip so i could go and buy it and pretend i didnt know she had it. but once i saw this, i was outraged. now i’m estatic that i never bought this. i would not be able to keep it without defying my own no-knockoff policy

By: guest

guest — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:36:34 +0000

I can’t believe DVF made such a copy after suing F21 for copying them.

By: sydneyt

sydneyt — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:33:05 +0000

i actually really love this, and it reminds me of the outfits mary kate and ashley wear in their australia movie, which makes me love it even more.

By: guest

guest — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:11:58 +0000

Almost every dress firm at one time or another has used “Mondrian inspired” prints at one time or another. There was a time during the early 90s when Andrea Gayle kept pushing two piece “Mondrian inspired” sets on the public.
Whoopie doopie.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:10:04 +0000

guest @ 2:16 — much obliged.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:16:58 +0000

guest at 12:15pm: it’s under the “fashion tops” section, ’cause it’s described as a tunic

By: guest

guest — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:27:44 +0000

DvF did a Mondrian dress this spring and even called it the "Mondrian Dress." It is now on sale at net-a-porter. http://www.net-a-porter.com/product/28163

By: The Habit

The Habit — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:49:42 +0000

Maybe the F21 dress was inspired by the much more recent (FW 2007) Christian Louboutin “mondriana” platform? Which of course was a riff on Piet AND Ysl.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:46:38 +0000

don't have to be snippy about it.. but btw they are on ebay pretty frequently. http://cgi.ebay.com/CAMPBELLS-PAPER-SOUP-SOUPER-DRESS-NEAR-PRISTINE-WARHOL_W0QQitemZ370057051453QQihZ024QQcategoryZ554QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

By: guest

guest — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:44:10 +0000

if it isn’t in a stiff fabric that will keep the geometry of the print (like the ysl seems to be), the point is sort of lost, and it would be pretty unflattering…but that wouldn’t be the case with the soup can dress, I guess, if they ever make one @ F21.

By: Faran Krentcil

Faran Krentcil — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:35:34 +0000

Right, we know about the paper soup can dress, the point is that – like this YSL dress – it’s not available for the masses anymore!

By: guest

guest — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:26:54 +0000

actually back in the days of the ‘paper dress,’ there was a warhol soup can dress…

By: HeatherChandler

HeatherChandler — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:20:50 +0000

I remember when Limited Express (or was it just The Limited) copied this back in the late ’80s/early ’90s as a dress and possibly sweater.