Comments on: Copyrighting a Dress… http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/ "dress:eat:play:sleep" Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helen http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-6879 Helen Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:20:03 +0000 http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/#comment-6879 I think they are missing a huge point. The only reason people copy their designs is because other people want to buy them. People, say, who cannot afford to spend thousands on a really rather average dress. a shift dress can be knocked up in less than an hour if you know what you are doing. Besides the sort of people who can afford to buy their clothes will buy THEIR version rather than the fake, because they like the thrill of authenticity. It's like music cd's; no-one would copy music if cd's were a halfway reasonable price (in uk they are often £15 +) I think they are missing a huge point. The only reason people copy their designs is because other people want to buy them. People, say, who cannot afford to spend thousands on a really rather average dress. a shift dress can be knocked up in less than an hour if you know what you are doing. Besides the sort of people who can afford to buy their clothes will buy THEIR version rather than the fake, because they like the thrill of authenticity. It’s like music cd’s; no-one would copy music if cd’s were a halfway reasonable price (in uk they are often £15 +)

]]> By: KiKi http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-6878 KiKi Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:04:29 +0000 http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/#comment-6878 if so then, i guess payless and sketchers and just about everyone else will be out of business... if so then, i guess payless and sketchers and just about everyone else will be out of business…

]]> By: Vickie http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-6832 Vickie Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:52:10 +0000 http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/#comment-6832 agreed with erikka agreed with erikka

]]> By: erikka http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-6822 erikka Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:19:57 +0000 http://www.nitrolicious.com/blog/2007/04/26/copyrighting-a-dress/#comment-6822 I don't know...some of what people are making is so unoriginal that it seems absurd to copyright it -- especially given some of it knocks off stuff from the past. DVF's simple shift dresses are hardly so cutting edge that charging hundreds of dollars for a cotton shift dress is just kind of absurd. Nicole Miller is selling her stuff to JC Penney's, who then make similar things at a lower price point and sell them side by side. I think this recent trend pushes designers to be more original to keep ahead of the pack instead of churning out the same stuff in different prints season after seaons--and let's face it, people who shop at F21 probably can't or won't drop serious dough on the stuff they've been making. There's a market for both. From what I read some of these companies license their fabric and some just buy fabric that other companies can buy as well. If you license your fabric designs you might have a case against copying. I don’t know…some of what people are making is so unoriginal that it seems absurd to copyright it — especially given some of it knocks off stuff from the past. DVF’s simple shift dresses are hardly so cutting edge that charging hundreds of dollars for a cotton shift dress is just kind of absurd. Nicole Miller is selling her stuff to JC Penney’s, who then make similar things at a lower price point and sell them side by side. I think this recent trend pushes designers to be more original to keep ahead of the pack instead of churning out the same stuff in different prints season after seaons–and let’s face it, people who shop at F21 probably can’t or won’t drop serious dough on the stuff they’ve been making. There’s a market for both.

From what I read some of these companies license their fabric and some just buy fabric that other companies can buy as well. If you license your fabric designs you might have a case against copying.

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