Happy Sunday Lovelies!
These past couple of weeks, all eyes and ears were focused on the infamous New York Fashion Week, a time where all the biggest celebs and high end fashion designers put their seasonal collections together to show on the runway. From designers such as Jason Wu, Rebecca Minkoff, and my all time favorite Marc Jacobs, were shown for everyone to see. With all of these fabulous, and timeless designers and clothing, in today's society, us fashionistas go to them for inspiration on upcoming style trends and what will soon hit the streets this year, but for one store, we have been seeing less of an inspiration, and more of a few controversial copies. Nasty Gal, is an American based retail store based in LA that sells vintage and chic clothing that is affordable to young women. It was founded by Sophia Amoruso and in 2012 was named the "Fast Growing Retailer". But lately, I have been reading articles and seeing more and more about how Nasty Gal has lately been taking clothes from other designers and turning it into their own and selling them, and when I mean into their own, I mean the exact same style, design, and color. So you might be thinking, okay how have they been taking designs? Here are some examples I have been researching from New York Fashion articles! Enjoy!
1.) Balmain Jumpsuit
Recently at the Billboard Awards our favorite blondie Taylor Swift wore Balmain Jumpsuit, and Nasty Gal had even posted a picture of her wearing the jumpsuit, taking credit for it, but then realizing it was from Balmain, they took it down. But Nasty Gal is still selling the jumpsuit.
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| Balmain |
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| Nasty Gal |
2.) Givenchy Spring 1997 Suit
Featured in NYFW was Givenchy's Spring 1997 Suit by Alexander McQueen, and now it is not surprising that Nasty Gal is featuring a similar one, with a very similar description.
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| On Left: Givenchy On Right: Nasty Gal |
3.) Alexander Wang Flyknit Dress
Shown on the runway for NYFW Spring 2015
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| On Left: Nasty Gal, On Right: Alexander Wang |
Everyone loved the Marc Jacobs mini dress from NYFW Spring 2013, so Nasty Gal decided to create a similar dress, only difference is three inches longer and cheaper.
Although I am all for cheaper prices and alternatives instead of purchasing high end clothing where as I can buy similar for a better deal. Nasty Gal has surely took the triumph to design copies/ similarities of these styles and forget to credit them.
And that's all!
xox Sophia Marren
"Money looks better in the bank than on your feet"-Sophia Amoruso
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