Adventures in Copyright May 29, 2009 @ 2:37pm

Adventures in Copyright: Roses Are Blue, Violent Are You

roses are blue violets are red.jpg Ed. note/warning: This is an Adventures in Copyright post. If reading it will cause you to wish death upon us, please jump to the next post! xxB

Remember this Marc by Marc dress?

Yes, SS06 was a long time ago, but it was all over the press again after model Heather Bratton’s tragic death. (She wore it on the runway and it was the image accompanying almost every news story.) And now it’s back.

When we saw the dress at right on Nordstrom’s site (it’s sold out now) we thought it was actually the same dress. We thought it was weird that Marc was bringing the old print back after so long, but kind of cute because it really is such a great pattern and we really did love the dress.

But it’s actually by DKNY. Guess they didn’t feel the need to change the swirls of the roses, the size, the color scheme, the fabric, the price point etc.

They changed the sleeves though, that was nice.

—MELISSA ELLIOTT

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posted by justcallmemarge

May 29, 2009 3:11PM

Wow Donna, classy.

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 3:22PM

The DKNY one is so sloppy and horrible! What were they thinking?!

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 3:35PM

i'm only commenting on the first sentence of this..it's about time:)

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 3:57PM

I love these posts!!!

But I'm an arts and design law student.

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 4:07PM

omg, i think marc also showed pants that same season. and then i think dk did pants this season, too!!! so f'ed up.

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 4:46PM

perfect, i have a vintage dress that is almost identical to the marc jacobs one :)

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 5:14PM

they are both lame

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 7:14PM

Well, at least when Marc rips someone else's collection off, he picks something from say 20 years ago! lol. I'm thinking of course of his rip-off of Perry Ellis Winter 83 some seasons back--

posted by guest

May 29, 2009 9:15PM

39thandbroadway.com just had a great post from the designer perspective on the whole copyright issue. Lots of drama in their comments too! Its really a delicate issue.

http://www.39thandbroadway.com/fashion-industry-piracy/

posted by adristar

May 30, 2009 12:08AM

LOL.

instead of just sending a snarky warning to readers, i wish fashionista would actually respond to their accusers! i want to hear your side! also, someone posted about how DIYs have disappeared... that's a pretty good observation, considering the whole copyright issue.

posted by guest

May 30, 2009 2:36AM

So now anyone who disagrees with/challenges Adventures in Copyright is "violent"?

Forgive me, but y'all are losing your grip on reality.

posted by austinsamuel

May 30, 2009 7:53AM

I can't stand people bringing up the DIY posts, it's not as if Britt is presenting her DIY collection to Nordstrom tomorrow.

It's a completely different thing to craft your own copy of the original then it is to purchase the commercial fake - because it's says to these companies that they're not-so-blatant forgery is an okay thing to do.

It's like carrying around a fake LV bag, just not so obvious. I mean don't you just feel like a filthy whore?

That's all.

posted by austinsamuel

May 30, 2009 8:00AM

And another thing I forgot to add (in my bitter rage) is that by making a copy DIY, you aren't contributing to further copies being made by large corporations by fueling their profits.

and If you're stupid enough to think people won't know your wearing a fake then you are a filthy whore.

But, if you wear something DIY, it will look creative and fabulous, and the worst anyone will think of you is that you're one of those women/(men?) that sit at home all day and make quilts and the like.

and everyone knows that all our friends have creepy little secrets like that hidden away, but it's better than being a tacky bitch i suppose.

That's all.

posted by Britt Aboutaleb

May 30, 2009 8:57AM

no guest 11. not all of you. just the ones leaving death wishes/threats/ideas which actually makes me worry about the state of the people leaving such comments, but makes my mom worry about me.

posted by austinsamuel

May 30, 2009 9:42AM

♥

posted by guest

May 30, 2009 5:02PM

Most random idea ever. How about a 'bitch box' whereby fashionista poses a controversial question to it's readers and then allows them to well...bitch. Yes it's like cock fighting but instead of angry roosters we have fired up fashionistas... nothing malicious or intended to offend, just a place where people can vent a little- hopefully leaving room for the more positive and productive comments we all wish there would be more of.

posted by justcallmemarge

May 31, 2009 9:41AM

I couldn't agree more with with austinsamuel and no.16.

The ratio of hateful comments vs. positive, and actually appropriate ones on fashionista lately is startling and Britt's mother should be worried.

posted by guest

May 31, 2009 11:00AM

This comes across to me as more of a fabric issue than a blatant copy. Some fabric company ripped off the flower pattern marc used and some dummy at DKNY didn't realize the similarity when they chose it. But who really cares? This shit is getting old, it's like when I worked at a bag company and every bag that looked slightly similar to the designs "ripped us off". Sometimes things are just coincidences.

posted by guest

May 31, 2009 1:01PM

I am so tired of reading negative comments about Fashionista. If you don't have nice to write, then don't write it at all.

http://amandasfashionspot.blogspot.com

posted by guest

Jun 01, 2009 1:30PM

If you're having that much trouble with comments on these types of posts, why don't you just monitor and remove the comments you deem inappropriate? Telling readers to "jump to the next post" is counterproductive, lazy, and condescending.

posted by guest

Jun 01, 2009 1:33PM

The DKNY dress is very sloppy and looks cheap. I would much rather by the MJ dress, even though I'm all for bargain shopping.

posted by guest

Jun 01, 2009 2:35PM

20, I completely disagree. I think it is great that fashionista doesn't censor comments. they used to monitor comments when faran was the editor, and if I ever corrected any mistakes in a post or made a comment that wasn't liked, my comment never appeared. although the comments section did seem less vicious then.

posted by adristar

Jun 01, 2009 6:27PM

austinsamuel, are you calling me a filthy whore? that & your numerous grammatical errors aside, at least you're the only one who seems to grasp the fact that this is ENTIRELY about money. it's not about creativity or artistic integrity at all.

posted by austinsamuel

Jun 01, 2009 9:19PM

Sentences start with capital letters. Just so you know..

posted by guest

Jul 18, 2009 10:53AM

austinsamuel... you are the most annoying person ever, every time i read one of your comments I'm just like... omg, SHUT UP! seriously. You are so full of yourself and think you're so clever, but you are just obnoxious. give it up. you comment on here way to much and you are just annoying!!!!