copyright of designer vs. designer provides cheaper alternatives sometimes i suppose, though i prefer if there are distinguishable differences. designers should be able to own their designs! but howabout designer vs. themselves? it seems i can't help but pick on monique lhuillier on my blog. her resort 2011 is a bit too deja vu for me. check it!

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Miuccia should be embarrassed to have designed such a tacky platform that is an obvious knockoff of so many terrible mall shoes. In this case, both Miu Miu and SM are guilty. IMO, Miuccia is even more guilty as she should know better than to create such a cheap-looking and unoriginal shoe.

Uh, Steve Madden makes everything look so ugly. And I'm pretty sure he steals all of his designs. Or get's “inspired by” as some excuse it. Remember when he copied Balenciagas shoes.

designers–from luxury brands. premium brands, and to the lowest tier in fashion brands–are “insipired” by each other all the time. as a summer intern at an outerwear company, i spend at least one day a week quickly sketching and measuring jackets in the comfort of a dimly lit, cramped fitting room in zara or other stores. last summer i actually bought, chopped, and sewed a $1200 pleated burberry canvas trench in order to learn how burberry mastered their pleats for a runway piece in a spring '10 line. it emotionally hurt to take apart the signature canvas, lining, and trims but apparently this is what hungry designers will do in the industry.