Adventures in Copyright
Miu Miu is the Cat’s Meow and Zara Thinks So, Too
By Kate Kaunitz
Miuccia Prada’s SS10 collection for Miu Miu was one the most memorable and well-loved collections from spring. It adorned (and continues to adorn) the pages of nearly every editorial on newsstands. So it’s no surprise that the collection’s pretty printed pieces have influenced more than just editors and stylists.
Zara’s taken a liking to the collection, as well. Nitrolicious posted some images from their May look book, and we stumbled across this during our daily blog reading.
The designers at Zara ditched the embellished dresses and cut-out blouses for more simple construction: a short romper and bodysuit—which we admit, are much more wearable. But as one commenter noted, the cat print and the color ways are “literally the same”.
The best part: Zara topped it off with a shirtless collar.
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Maybe the cat print alone could've slipped by unnoticed, but they were begging to be outted when they styled it with the collar. You'd think that even Zara, who thrives on runway inspired pieces, would be more subtle than this.
I would have preferred it if they skipped the collar, actually.
Even if fashion were protected by copyright, that would not be a considered a copy. Yay for creativity and price discrimination!
i tried that dress on yesterday – it may have looked lovely and cute in the promo pictures, but unfortunately was really ill-fitting and poorly made (helloo polyester!) in real life. sadly, zara has been heading into that direction lately. prices are rising, while the quality of the clothes is getting worse and worse (i keep seeing pieces with missing buttons and even tears and rips in store which keeps turning me off buying things there)
Honey, the men's suits aren't much better. Trust me.
And their shoes (at least the dressier ones) hurt like all get-out. The leather is stiff, and the soles are poorly made – like plywood. A mess.
Honey, the men's suits aren't much better. Trust me.
And their shoes (at least the dressier ones) hurt like all get-out. The leather is stiff, and the soles are poorly made – like plywood. A mess.
Definitely a knockoff.
the ones I saw at the store didn't have the collar actually!
the collar is an accessory they added in the photoshoot for the lookbook.
i didn't find it to be poorly made.. the elastic was a little thin, but i kind of liked that,
and the feel of the polyester (as you say) was nice to me.