Mid-Day Snack

solar powered visionaire.jpg Why We Worship: We didn’t really think Cecilia Dean could get any cooler but she’s gone and made the new issue of Visionaire solar powered. The images actually change in front of your eyes. {Refinery29}

Turned Tables: People think DVF ripped this jacket from Canadian label Mercy. We doubt DVF’s seen it. Bet we can guess what you think. {NationalPost}

Green Rage: W says no invites are the new invites. Not that you’re not invited, you just won’t have anything to pin on your bulletin board post-event. {W}

Ciao Stella: We just love Stella McCartney. Sorry, can’t help it, she’s kind of perfect. {Style}

Just Because: Vanity Fair’s compiled their favorite supermodel pictures for you to see again and again. This is about as glamorous as it gets. {VanityFair}

Already?: Pre-Fall Valentino lands at Bergdorf. Can’t we get one summer weekend first? {BergdorfGoodman}

Too Much: Alexander McQueen’s translated his love for skulls into a love of earth and joined them together into this really creepy scarf. But buy it, it’s for a good cause. {Nylon}

posted by AuroraJames

Apr 24, 2009 2:24PM

Why do you doubt DVF saw it - because its a Canadian label?

People rip off Canadian designers ALL the time thinking people will adopt the exact same mentality you obviously just did & assume its a coincidence.

That Mercy jacket was around. Just like Beckerman was around.

I'm sorry but the resemblance between those two jackets is a little more than a coincidence. That much is obvious.

posted by guest

Apr 24, 2009 2:35PM

wow her neck just looks gigantic

Apr 24, 2009 2:46PM

That picture is gonna give me nightmares.

And if that rip-off was a forever 21 jacket you'd be giving them hell.

Apr 24, 2009 4:01PM

Those jackets are nearly identical. Too close to be a coincidence. Just because it's DVF doesn't mean it's impossible to copy.

I and #3 is right, if it was Forever 21 or some downscale lable you'd be all over it.

Apr 24, 2009 5:04PM

I concur.

DVF has agreed to compensate them & is apparently "horrified"...

http://www.counterfeitchic.com/2009/04/dvf_does_the_right_thing.php

Apr 24, 2009 6:05PM

guys seriously..look at her neck
so you can have too much of a good thing

posted by bananahana

Apr 24, 2009 7:18PM

If you squint, that neck looks like a separate organism.

posted by Peter

Apr 24, 2009 8:04PM

That is some intense neckage.

posted by Jean Voltaire

Apr 24, 2009 11:19PM

Wow @ her neck... Just... wow.

posted by Signature9

Apr 24, 2009 11:20PM

Wow. I don't even think the women who wear rings around their necks can pull that shot off. Maybe it's the angle, but her neck looks really thick as well.

http://www.signature9.com

Apr 25, 2009 1:32AM

The way her neck is stretched makes her look like a giant penis. for real.

Apr 25, 2009 6:24PM

If you squint, the picture actually looks like a man's penis. seriously. the neck is the shaft...etc. subtle.

Apr 25, 2009 9:55PM

when does it go from counterfeit to matchy matchy?

posted by adristar

Apr 26, 2009 6:08PM

A quotation from the article, which I think applies directly to your 'Adventures in Copyright' ethic: "...Or maybe for all their protesting, American fashion brands think intellectual property applies only to major, established designers with international profile. I mean, why else would Marc Jacobs have similarly appropriated the design of an obscure vintage souvenir scarf from Linsell, Sweden, figuring nobody would notice?"

Considering the overwhelming majority of your accusations are in the defense of upscale labels, I think you guys should take a long, hard look at what your motives truly are, and what you're truly protecting. And maybe do a some background reading on the philosophy of intellectual copyright.

Apr 26, 2009 9:32PM

I know that you guys need to keep the major players in the industry sweet so you can get jobs if and when this blog goes belly-up, but despite your grovelling insistence that DVF would never have copied a humble,struggling Canadian designer, she has chosen to compensate the designer. (Guilty!)

As usual a copyright post makes you guys look like arseholes!

LMAO

Apr 27, 2009 3:01AM

tyra banks in the vf album... talk about delusional

posted by hellsbells

Oct 08, 2009 2:28PM

Yes it's sad. I have a lot of designer friends who just find pieces and copy them almost exactly. And people who design for a design house or brand name do just the same. They are always on 'inspiration trips' where they go to different countries to buy things to copy them with very minor changes.

Pathetic. Where has all the talent and original thought gone? They just can't be bothered.