COPY/ PASTE IN THE FASHION BUSINESS

To be able to create something new is a gift, but to be able to copy it elegantly is a talent. However in the fashion business, this talent has one and only name – a theft. This “skill” had long ago transformed in a profitable business for milliards, but unfortunately these incomes don’t enter in the right money-box. Look who and how make use of the ideas of the famous fashion houses and designers and sells the copies at almost ten times lower prices.

A coat of “Burberry” (the photo on the left) and its copy that is sold at a price of $65.

Yellow jacket “Chloé” (the photo on the left) and different its interpretations at a price between $60 and $90.

In left is the original of Diane von Furstenberg ($325) and next to it – the copy of Forever.21 ($32.50). The forgers didn’t show a drop of imagination even at the price-fixing – it is just ten times lower.

Here the case is a little more different, because the models are at two famous brands: on the left”Guess”, $109.99, on the right – “Chanel” - $650.

On the left: the copy that costs $42.90 and on the right – the original of Christian Louboutin - $283.90, knockdown from $ 710.

On the left: a model of the designer Kenneth Cole and its double, valued only at $ 22.80.

The shoes of Carry Bradshaw had long ago transformed in her trade mark and the big interest to them provokes many “good” people to create a copy, accessible for the less solvent admirers of the heroine. On the left is the original of “Dior” - $770 and next to it – a perfect copy only for $64.99.

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