Today’s WWD may be a little funky so far, but there’s at least one story they made sure to get up there, and it’s pretty dire.

They’ve broken that there’s been a sweatshop operating out of Long Island City (which we’ve always heard was a nice, cute place with great views of the city) that’s been employing “over 100 mostly immigrant workers” with illegally low wages and overtime hours since 2005.

The workers have been manufacturing garments for a company that supplies clothes for Macy’s, Gap, Banana Republic, Express, Victoria’s Secret, Limited and Coldwater Creek.

Workers were being paid on a per-garment basis, completing each one in under a minute. They had even been coached on how to respond to suspicious investigations, in case that ever happened.

We’re not surprised that there are sweatshops, but more so that this was happening so close to home. But what’s the response from each of these companies going to be?

We’re actually surprised it didn’t happen sooner.

Herve Leger rip-offs, that is.

H&M should have launched bandage dresses over a year ago, once Lindsay, Posh and every other red carpet regular decided it was time to revive the BCBG owned brand. But instead, we walked past an Express window yesterday packed with short, neon, skintight dresses that are more than just an homage to the designer who now goes by the Karl Lagerfeld sanctioned name, Leroux.

The only piece available online is black, which is probably the only color that works for a band-aid tight dress on a normal body. It’s similar to Leger’s most basic designs, including the one on the left worn by Jemima Khan last year.

So stop by Express if you need to attend a red carpet event, want to blend in, and won’t spend $1500 on a dress that you can only wear post lemonade diet.