 Nalandda Bhandari Spring Summer 2008 |  Marchesa Spring Summer 2008 |
While the Marchesa and the Nalandda Bhandari are absolutely identical, right from the opening at the neckline, the sleeves, the work on the hemline etc, look how similar the Dior and Surily Goel are. Barring the belt on Surily gown, the straps, the detail at the bust, the puffed hemline/ ruching are quite similar...
Spotted one that is identical. Spotted one that is similar. Its quite hard to miss!
Plagiarism, copyright infringement and downright copying have been plaguing the fashion industry for a while now, perhaps because it is so hard to define the rightful intellectual property and there is such a thin line between plagiarism and "inspiration"! There have been way too many incidents, all you need to do is run a google search and you'll see, but then, neither do I see an easy solution to this!
I love these designers but its hard to ignore plagiarism and not feel just a tad let down!!
If a picture is worth thousand words, why do I need to say more?
 In Dior At Toronto Film Festival |  In Surily Goel At Vogue Launch |
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15 comments:
That's very shameful!! let ORIGINALITY rule!!
can you guys post more pics like these i mean of plagiarized clothing, that'd be great.
thanks.
I find it kind of funny that Priety is wearing both the original and the knockoff!
fdci should act on it.........governing body should throw people out of industry...shame on copy cats
so wen u cant afford marchesa buy nalanada bhandari..........its like buying fake from china......
@ Anon# 2
It IS funny that Preity is wearing both the versions!! How did she miss that??!!
Honestly though, am still quite ok with the Surily dress (relatively)... but the Marchesa and Bhandari one is just a bit too much!
was priety not conscious...
the designer 'Nalandda Bhandari',had the nerve of including it for the runway.....are the organizers r so cut off from the internatioal seen....soo shameful....Payal, this really needs to be brought to the notice of the organizers!!
my guess...Preity liked her toronto
look so much that she asked Sureily to create something similar for her....:)
so who made the dress first?
Horrible! Don't these designers have any imagination? First we rip off every Hollywood movie in our own stylized Bollywood versions and now this?!
Pri, great question really: who made it first? The dress is clearly East-inspired.
Off topic: Doesn't this dress look verrry saree inspired ?
http://bp0.blogger.com/_X2GrsYIYJe0/R8H2UyXKjYI/AAAAAAAACcA/UfjJ6UFtD5Y/s1600-h/45m.jpg
@ Zee
Both the Marchesa and the Hermes spring 08 ready-to-wear collections were inspired by India.
Marchesa showed their Spring Summer collection early September 2007. While Nalanda showed in late October. Unless Nalanda ghost-designs for Marchesa, we know who copied whom.
pityful!
I'm loving your blog, payal and priyanka thanks for opening our eyes
First of all..I simply love your blog!! Secondly, notice how our desi darzis cant even make a decent replica ..I am talking about surily goel she's got only the top part right and has managed to make the lower half of the dress look like it came out of the cotton candy machine
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