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You're not Oscar De La Renta nor Marchesa



If you’re a local fashion designer and you were flipping through the pages of Vogue and found out that there’s a new designer in town called Marchesa (Not news to you I know). And you suddenly decided to carbon copy the designer’s creation because “You know.. coz people in Kuwait think Marchesa is a new pudding recipe”. Puuuhleeease don’t assume you’re going to be a hit and may cause a threat to Oscar De La Renta.

I found this reportage in Al-Qabas the other day of a Kuwaiti Female designer and I was shocked to see that in one of her designs she actually copied JLo’s Marchesa gown, the one with gem strings adorning her chest.

If you can't come up with a creative creation. Then it’s a sign from God that being a designer is just not meant for you.

Comments

Ansam said…
MY GOD!!! That is why I dont like to buy from them! First they are over-priced and secondly.. I would rather spend that money on a known brand name/designer...
Anonymous said…
hehehe, nice post, i never buy any thing that is designed by a designer in Kuwait.
Confashion said…
Exactly! Some of them are sooo full of themselves! On what basis do they charge us that much for something locally made using cheap labor and cheap material!
shoosha said…
typical kuwait!!! no creativity at all!!! nothing is genuine!! + she has the audacity to create the exact same thing baas the different color!!! walla i sooo loved the JLO dress min the last time i found it in the magazine! baas now its totally off my mind!! wai3 wai3 wai3. ( sorry :P baas i really loved that dress)
Amal said…
توارد الخواطر وارد,,
حتى بين أشهر مصممي الازياء,,,


شكا لي أحد المصممي المشهورين اللبنانين مرة,,
أن المصمم شيرير,,

أقتبس من تصميماته في أحدى المرات!


في كل الاحوال النقل الحرفي سرقة أدبية!!

وهو شيء معروف ومتداول لدينا نحن معشر العرب!!



خوش بلوق الصراحة!!

الى الأمام
:)
Chic Politika said…
Hehe good one!! I totally agree. That, alone insults my fashion intelligence. Do these people not know that we read magazines, fashion blogs, travel and shop?! I'm so glad you brought it up!! I'm sick of people here claiming to be fashionistas with ZERO originality!
Shopa said…
her model is ugly and the dress makes her look like a bowling ball!
Ansam said…
OK this is GOOD
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/planetgossip/blog/index.jsp?uuid=c5573e69-001a-48e9-a2e7-97607b166ece

You may not be able to look as good as Jennifer Lopez. But at least your dog can.
Anonymous said…
ehehe ee i've seen tons and tons of girls going to Lebanon and "making" a badla that copies Marchesa's designs ! ya3ny madre 3abalhum manadre, aw 3ady 3indihum, ya3ny they could have made malyoon different dresses o still 7ilween bes 3alaqal mu taqleed !!
Confashion said…
shoosha
yeah I know.. I wonder what Marchesa would say if she saw this!

amal
Mashkoora ;)
It's a shame wala..

Chic Politika
Imagine how hurt I was when I saw this in the paper! How dare she! :P

Shopaholic
I guess that's what was available at that time :P

Ansam
lol!! that's sooo cute!

h
i couldn't agree more.. :)
Peony said…
amen to that !
Anonymous said…
shopaholic

haha i think this model used to model for pinkmoon boutique! funny ! If you don;t know how to choose a model, then you don't deserve to be a designer/boutique owner. lol
albandry said…
thank u
u took the words out of my mouth
god i dont like the designers who qoute from other desighners so how about stealing the whole dress
shame on her she shouldnt even put it in the newspaper
and proud of it too


well if ur going to steal an idea at least have the qurtisy to steal something unknown and old
not this obvious
daaaaaaaaaaaaa

very nice blog by the way keep on the good work grl
me like it very much
Confashion said…
albandry
Thank you for your kind words and hope to live up to your expectations ;)

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