Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Local designer fights imitations of her work

Trashy Diva is one of my favorite Boutiques in New Orleans. The creativity and originality flows through their take on designs from the 50's and 60's.
Of course someone out in California who had been selling the dress through wholesale decided to "rip off" the design and have them made in some sweat shop in LA, that's what I would expect from a California-based retailer... after all, there isn't much originality out there in plastic land, is there?

"Sincerest form of flattery or a downright rip off? Where does imitation cross the line?

When New Orleans fashion designer Candice Gwinn found out that a California-based online retailer recently started selling a replica of one of her most popular dresses, flattery was not what she felt."

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