Comments on: Adventures in Copyright: Navoh Bags Proenza’s PS1 and Mulberry’s Alexa in One Fell Swoop

By: the_dark_lady_2

the_dark_lady_2 — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:06:12 +0000

The copies look pretty miserable next to the originals.

By: Abigeil

Abigeil — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:35:09 +0000

I agree with you bongenre. They should just learn from this and go back to selling their own bags, which frankly are not bad at all for their price.

By: Dari

Dari — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:24:12 +0000

I'm just surprised that Lauren thinks these Navoh bags will hurt the PS1 or Mulberry. Anyone who wants to get an $100 bag either gets the knockoff or turns to Ebay.It's unfortunate that it's so exact in it's interpretation, but because the materials are not the same, I doubt that Mulberry or PS1 is really hurting.

By: designersocial

designersocial — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:00:39 +0000

hahaha.. yeah i just went on and saw kooba, be&d and lanvin knockoffs as well..

By: laura

laura — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:26:16 +0000

You never mentioned how blogger Karla from Karlas closet basically copied this bag too for her design for Coach

By: jackie

jackie — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:20:51 +0000

The beauty of the PS1 and the Alexa is that they are classic styles that are in themsleves, unoriginal. They won't date so could be considered worth the money – if you have the money. I have 10-15 year old no-name high quality leather satchels from Morocco that would now look like 'knockoffs' of them. They certainly weren't the same price. Who is copying who?

By: RashomonRebel

RashomonRebel — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:22:50 +0000

Yes, Lauren is right on both bags. I wish every girl can carry the black python PS1.

By: bongenre

bongenre — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:29:18 +0000

Yes, let's hope this serves as a wake-up call, because judging by what I saw for sale on their site, they are otherwise a good retailer. They're producing economical bags that have a chic simplicity that lines up with the price-point, it would be a shame if they threw away that niche in order to chase after high-end designs.

By: the party dress

the party dress — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:07:22 +0000

i'm loving the return of these super classic satchel bags because it's such a refreshing contrast to the wang & minkoff stud circuses. the alexa and the ps1 will remain stylish for years… can't say that about the wang coco/rocco.

By: Lauren Sherman

Lauren Sherman — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:01:17 +0000

You're right, the shape is a classic, but the details are what make the PS1 and the Mulberry bestsellers. And they are super, super similar.

By: the party dress

the party dress — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:30:10 +0000

it does look painstakingly similar – YES. but the fact remains that the ps1 is not exactly a groundbreaking style, it's been done before. in fact, the mulberry alexa is almost the same shape too.

By: guest

guest — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:06:09 +0000

Yes, they're similar, but not exact copies. They're probably just 'inspired' by them…and I don't want to hear any BS about how it's ok for designers to be inspired/copy things, but not for mass market manufacturers to do it. It's not like the designer bags are super original or something that only a 'genius' could come up with. When will this insanity end? I'm glad the copyright laws don't protect utilitarian things, otherwise designers would be protecting everything from sleeve length to collar shape and button placement!

By: Lauren Sherman

Lauren Sherman — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:49:20 +0000

These are from the Fall collection, which I should have mentioned in the story. They're not in stores yet, maybe they'll never be…

By: bongenre

bongenre — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:21:42 +0000

I'm not seeing either of these bags on the Novah website, is it possible they've removed them over this coverage? Seems a little touchy, considering there were definitely already aware. I did notice two bags named the Mulberry Beige and the Mulberry Black, but they didn't look like Mulberry bags that I recognize.