posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 12:30PM

I like the Marc by Marc dress.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 12:35PM

There are two things wrong with the Mod-Cloth knock-off. A) it's called the "Dreamsicle" dress on the site B) In the description is says it has a "bow bib"

a) who would want to be referred to as a dreamsicle?
b) who would want to wear something the "designers" refer to as a bib?

Oye

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 12:38PM

Are you going to give credit to commenter #1 who posted this dress in the comments of the last AIC from yesterday?

http://fashionista.com/2008/07/adventures_in_copyright_tie_on.php#comments

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 12:42PM

I like it too! F21 did a crap job of copying it.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 1:15PM

Hey! I just saw a photo of a girl in Paris wearing this (the marc one) and looking really cute, so maybe its not so difficult to pull off.

http://streetpeeper.com/?p=5007

Though its credited as Marc Jacobs, not Marc by Marc.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 1:29PM

that was me! i posted it yesterday...

oh well...

i think the mod cloth one is horribly cheap and tacky looking. i hate the buttons and the contrast between bright white and ugly orange.

as far as the original marc dress... i can only imagine it being worn by someone with a really short torso.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 1:53PM

Haha i like it, but i might be a bit biased because I now own it. The copy is not that bad, although i like the old colores much better.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 1:56PM

I agree. It bothers me a lot that Fashionista doesn't give any credit to readers who send in knockoff tips. Or most tips in general.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 2:10PM

what about the dresses makes it so impossible to pull off?

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 2:12PM

In defense of Mod Cloth, they didn't design the dress (Shulami did) and as a small clothing store that carries items in a medium to lower price range, there are just not a lot of options. I own a small clothing store that sells items similar to what Mod Cloth carries. It is very frustrating and hard to find unique designs in this price range (under $100). The market is so saturated with knock-offs (all thanks to F21). I hate all the knock-offs but I also need to fill my shelves and hit an affordable price range. what do you do?

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 2:58PM

I love the dress. I think Dita would wear it. But everyone has an opinion--I'd love to own it (Marc version, of course)!

posted by Rockmantica

Jul 30, 2008 3:01PM

I love the MJ dress. I loved the whole SP08 collection. It's so pretty like Zooey Deschanel. But the knock off is so gross and cheap I wanna puke. Please, do not buy the F21 knockoff. You will have NO cred in the fashion world.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 4:40PM

on the hanger, the dress looks cute. but on me, it was not! blair waldorf wears it well though. can't wait for GG!

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 5:57PM

I can't tell, but i think the marc dress could look really good with fitted sizes, just under the cream.

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 7:59PM

hey now. as you can see above, the tip was sent in by another reader.

what's the big deal?

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 8:29PM

@Guest number 1
actually Blair wears this dress sometime in the 2nd season

posted by guest

Jul 30, 2008 8:50PM

i saw a production picture of leighton meester wearing the marc by marc version with a kate spade bag on the set of gossip girl. i'd wear anything that blair waldorf wears.

posted by guest

Jul 31, 2008 1:01PM

as pointed out above, mod cloth doesn't "make" any of its clothing, they buy from other retailers.

they focus on picking out cool items, not making them.

for knocking on mod cloth i almost don't even want to come back here. this is not like forver21 and topshop marketing to the masses. this is a small store that's run be like three people. you guys suck.

posted by Julia

Jul 31, 2008 5:44PM

This might just be a personal thing, but I think that orange is SUCH an ugly color.

posted by jesspgh

Aug 02, 2008 6:52PM

I blogged about this a while ago too, because I was bummed that I had JUST bought that dress (albeit in a different, more forgiving "ochre" colorway of mustard and navy) and then along came the knockoff.

Also, I saw a photo of Leighton Meester in the dress (in the above colorway) on the set of GG so I bet it will be in season 2!

posted by guest

Aug 04, 2008 2:18AM

Orange creamsicle, anyone?