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Adventures in Copyright: Creepy Prada Creepers Copies
By Lauren Sherman
Yesterday our buddies at Refinery 29 unearthed YesStyle’s knock-offs of the now infamous Prada creepers. Called the “Holly,” these lace-up wedge oxfords pale in comparison to the originals. Plus, they’re still almost $100 bucks.
We say: Shame on you, YesStyle. We’d rather save our allowance for the real thing.
What say you?
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shouldn’t you be saying “shame on you” to your little buddies at refinery29 for constantly promoting shit like this?
i didn’t think they were promoting it, merely commenting….
“Check out these Holly Shoes Lace-Up Wedge Oxfords at YesStyle. You can order them right NOW”
i’m ashamed that i spent the time to go back to their site and get that, but they’re doing the same thing you guys do with adventures in copyright, except they’re pretty serious when they suggest you go with the knockoff instead.
I appreciate your concern, but I really think they’re joking.
BOTH to the trash bin, where they belong.
I agree! the knock off are hideous, the the real thing only slightly less so. They’d only be fun for, like, have season then where your 2 grand or whatever exorbitant amount they cost. Yuck & Yuck!
In a way, the nature of the style makes this seem like even more of a knockoff (the ugliness.) If it was a beautiful Prada dress in a cutting edge style, something sure to be influential for years, remaking it would seem more appropriate. I don’t mind the shoes, but their lurid, polarizing and specific design makes it clear that YesStyle is cashing in on the Prada reference, not the style.
I take your point. but it seems I like a bit of “lurid” from time to time
Good point, but you’ll be happy to know that the Prada creepers only cost around $800, so you’ll get your one season of fun for a lot less than you think! lol
GROSS…….. “inspiration” is one thing but blatant knockoffs are not cool, or clever, or “the same thing at a better price” or anything else that people who buy this crap tell themselves it is, they’re just a bad copy of someone else’s good idea… *boring*
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you would really rather save your allowance for the real thing? i dont believe in knockoffs, but if for whatever reason i felt the urge to buy something this ugly i think iw ould go for the cheapest version possible
yeah, I would. I actually LOVE THEM.
i’m not saying this to be facetious at all but what do you think the chances are you might regret getting them? im pretty open minded but just cant get my head around these
L, have you noticed just how many dresses this year very closely resemble your dream Erdem wedding mini? They’re not “copies” per say, but I’ve seen so many with the same fabric, same silhouette, same neckline. Most lately on the cover of French Vogue, and even at Lilly Pulitzer. Now you can buy a cheap(er) one with the sleeves and wear it a lot more often!
B, it’s so true! I am getting married next month, and I’m gonna send you a picture :).
They are both equally horrible.
Pale in comparison? It’s the same goddamn shoe. And a majorly ugly one at that.
Are you asking us to tell you which is uglier? Prada, by far, because it’s far more expensive. Is Ms. Prada laughing at us, or with us?
I know I’m going to get pelted with (metaphorical) rocks for saying this, but I looked at the pictures before seeing the text and thought the brighter syle (ie the copy) was so much more interesting than the dull one. I have to say I prefer the copy, although it is a matter of opinion as to how original the Prada syle is as they are both fairly traditional brogues with mega platform heels. I have seen them worn in awesome ways on fashion blogs, so how they are styled has a lot to do with whether I like them or not.
But don’t you see, Fashionista would never choose a copy over the original, no matter how ugly or absurdly priced.
You are right, of course.
It’s about the quality… I can see the difference from both pairs… Prada shoes are so well made… I have 2 pairs… One of them 7 years old and I only treated them once, two years ago… they are still good for a long time… and I wear them a lot… even in slush and calcium… I’m Canadian… And everybody I know who owns PRADA will say the same… There is nothing like a PRADA shoe… 7 years later they still make them anyways… there a classic shoe and others company are still influenced by them… Good shoes are an investment… And I work 9 hours a day on my feet… so Yes to good shoes.
That is certainly a big recommendation. At least you are getting excellent quality. Somehow, I think that this style’s appeal may not last anywhere near as long as the shoe will!
One question, Lauren – why do you have an allowance?
i think that’s a figure of speech, but it wouldn’t be surprising if she did. She edits a fashion site. Even small-town news reporters often have clothing allowances.
Thanks Ben, for stating the obvious which I completely missed! Having an allowance sounded like high school. I have a budget (well, I should have one, but I don’t really – I just buy things when I can’t help it). I do hope Lauren has a generous work related clothes budget or else she would never have any take home pay – she must have to buy a lot of clothes to go to all these fashion events.
I think everyone should calm down and acknowledge the fact that people on the lower end of the income spectrum can also have an interest in fashion. Where I live, not a single person would be able to tell the difference between these two shoes. If I were to buy them I would have the desired style for a much lower price. Sure they’re still $100, but statement shoes in chain stores are never overly cheap.
I think there’s a difference between an adaptation (ie copy) and fake designer goods that can actually be confiscated in certain countries by Customs Agents. I don’t like it a bit but on a scale of bad, it’s less bad.
Somehow I caught a few minutes of Good Morning America doing the here’s the original at $xxx
and here’s a similar (ie copy) for $xx.
Alan Scwartz of ABS was interviewed for years after any Awards show … showing his version (ie copy) of a Dior or Galliano.
His things and copies maybe ten years ago were awful renditions, terrible fabrics and awkward workmanship (uh, sort of like Lanvin and then Lanvin for H&M, sorry, there’s miles of difference) but somehow now there’s factories doing absolute replicas, mirror copies.
And Facebook runs ads for the fake sites which is so wrong.
Awkward stuff … that may or may not hurt a designer (some go crazy on prosecuting so it must) but it also takes something, maybe a lot, from fashion … just cheapening it.
There’s plenty of authentic products with great intrinsic value … it would be good for all price ranges to only have authentic designs and product. I think …
P.S. I’d like to add that many people who purchase counterfeits such as these shoes are completely unaware that they were knocked off in the first place. Most people who buy Litas don’t know they’re knockoffs of Anastase’s design, and I can easily envisioning a funky Korean teenager snapping these up off of YesStyle without realizing they’re Prada knockoffs.
i love brothel creepers but both are mindnumbingly ugly. i’d buy them if they were $2 at a thrift store.
Frankly, I’ll never be able to afford the Prada version. Never.
I would get the real one if I could find them… never the fake… If you’d ever walked in PRADA shoes, you’d know what I’m talking about… I had a few pairs of stalked Adidas back in the beginning of the rave seen… They were amazing to walk and dance in… The quality of a prada shoe last for ever… don’t tell me it’s only a season’s worth… In 3 years you will still see tons of wannabe in poor quality…This is just the beginning.