Comments on: To Buy or not to Buy… When a Designer’s Knocked Off http://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/2008/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-when-a-designers-knocked-off/ fashion, living & style in new orleans Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:37:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dramatis Personae : Best Ofhttp://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/2008/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-when-a-designers-knocked-off/comment-page-1/#comment-20865 Dramatis Personae : Best Of Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:07:21 +0000 http://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/?p=229#comment-20865 [...] To Buy or Not To Buy: When  a Designer’s Knocked Off [...] [...] To Buy or Not To Buy: When  a Designer’s Knocked Off [...]

]]> By: High Fashion & High Art... Two Worlds Apart? | dramatis personaehttp://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/2008/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-when-a-designers-knocked-off/comment-page-1/#comment-18788 High Fashion & High Art... Two Worlds Apart? | dramatis personae Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:17:17 +0000 http://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/?p=229#comment-18788 [...] kept my thoughts on the subject particularly quiet over the years (see: Trashy Etiquette, To Buy or Not to Buy…. When a Designer’s Knocked Off), but it seems like something I don’t bring up as often as I should.  The fact is, I find [...] [...] kept my thoughts on the subject particularly quiet over the years (see: Trashy Etiquette, To Buy or Not to Buy…. When a Designer’s Knocked Off), but it seems like something I don’t bring up as often as I should.  The fact is, I find [...]

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]]> By: PR COUTURE » Blog Archive » Links à la Mode : August 28thhttp://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/2008/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-when-a-designers-knocked-off/comment-page-1/#comment-457 PR COUTURE » Blog Archive » Links à la Mode : August 28th Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:00:13 +0000 http://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/?p=229#comment-457 [...] dramatis personae - Boundaries between designing & knock-offs [...] [...] dramatis personae – Boundaries between designing & knock-offs [...]

]]> By: gildahttp://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/2008/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-when-a-designers-knocked-off/comment-page-1/#comment-455 gilda Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:43 +0000 http://www.mischiefmydear.com/dramatispersonae/?p=229#comment-455 i'm a designer myself... well, no one famous, but i'm a wannabe. and even to me, this is a hard topic. yes, i'll be pretty pissed off if someone copies my work, but then again, i will know that once upon a time, i was that poor student who really liked some great designer's work, and was never able to afford it. where there is demand, someone will supply, and the cheaper stores are doing that for the masses now. it's like that cerulean blue story from devil wears prada, where a top designer will start it, then the contemporary/bridge designers will follow suit, and all the cheaper stores will start copying it. i don't think it's anything that can ever be avoided.that's why if ever i make it and start my own label one day, i want to have both a high-end and a more affordable range. so that i can knock my own ideas off at a cheaper price and sell it and make that money for myself. haha! i’m a designer myself… well, no one famous, but i’m a wannabe. and even to me, this is a hard topic. yes, i’ll be pretty pissed off if someone copies my work, but then again, i will know that once upon a time, i was that poor student who really liked some great designer’s work, and was never able to afford it. where there is demand, someone will supply, and the cheaper stores are doing that for the masses now. it’s like that cerulean blue story from devil wears prada, where a top designer will start it, then the contemporary/bridge designers will follow suit, and all the cheaper stores will start copying it. i don’t think it’s anything that can ever be avoided.

that’s why if ever i make it and start my own label one day, i want to have both a high-end and a more affordable range. so that i can knock my own ideas off at a cheaper price and sell it and make that money for myself. haha!

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