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canetoad

(17,129 posts)
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 10:05 PM Aug 2016

Ivanka Trump sued for ....PLAGIARISM

Well, copying these useless and uncomfortable looking foot things.


Aquazzura’s dispute with Ivanka Trump is now officially headed to court.

On Wednesday, the label filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in New York against Trump and her shoe label partners M.B. Fisher LLC and Marc Fisher Footwear, for copying Aquazzura’s strappy, fringed Wild Thing sandal and Forever Marilyn pump. Trump distributes a strappy, fringed sandal under the style name Hettie and a black heel called Teagin.

http://footwearnews.com/2016/fashion/designers/ivanka-trump-sued-luxury-label-aquazzura-copy-shoes-233157/

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Aquazzura’s Wild Thing sandal (left) and Ivanka Trump’s Hettie sandal (right).
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awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
15. I know
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 08:17 PM
Aug 2016

that they make women's legs look great, but I do not know how some women wear them (and I don't blame those who won't wear them).

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
14. China, most likely, where the US is being "raped" according to Trump...
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 02:31 AM
Aug 2016

I say you can't "rape" willing US corporations.
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kwassa

(23,340 posts)
6. Knock-offs are part and parcel of the fashion industry.
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:28 PM
Aug 2016

Ivanka changed it enough to get away with it.

Anyone can do it. Find a successful outfit, buy it in multiple sizes, take it apart into the separate pieces that constructed it, and there lies a blueprint on how to manufacture it.

Everyone gets ripped off in fashion.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
11. Well it really depends if you're using the same fabric (different stretch and shrinkage( as well as
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:56 PM
Aug 2016

What kind of sizing as well as proportion is expected for who you are selling it to. And how much money you can sell it for at some sort of a profit. Margins are much lower in popular priced clothing these days. The construction and materials cheaper than ever. So you try to get the look or spirit of the design.

Women's clothing is sized differently depending on where you go. Some is more vanity sized than cheaper outlets, I can be anywhere from a four to a ten, a small to a large depending.

Yeah I've been doing this a long ass time!

milestogo

(16,829 posts)
8. What an insult to women's feet everywhere...
Wed Aug 24, 2016, 11:45 PM
Aug 2016

podiatrists must get a lot of business from shoes like this.

Initech

(100,023 posts)
12. But will she never ever going to give you up? Never ever going to let you down?
Thu Aug 25, 2016, 12:16 AM
Aug 2016

Going to run around and desert you?

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