Archive for January, 2009
Armani accuses D&G of plagiarism
Inspiration and originality makes the collections of different designers look unique, even if they have some things in common. But when two collections share not only the same concept, but also use the same patterns, designs and materials, this is an alarm signal that calls for plagiarism.
Giorgio Armani accuses D&G of having shamelessly copied the quilted trousers that the duo proposes for the next season, but which Armani originally put on his catwalk in June.
“Now they copy me. Tomorrow they will learn,” Armani told reporters following the show. “I would understand if they were nobodies. But honestly!”
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana seemed unimpressed with these accusations and insisted that there was no plagiarism involved, claiming that they didn’t even look at Armani’s collection.
“We surely have plenty to learn, but certainly not from him,” they said in a statement released yesterday. “The Armani style was never a source of inspiration for us and it is years since we have bothered to watch his collections.”
Mary-Kate Olsen wearing weird Marc Jacobs headband
Mary-Kate Olsen showed up at the “New Yorkers for Children Gala” wearing a puffy headband from the Marc Jacobs Fall 2008 collection. This hair piece is supposedly going to be a very hot accessory this year, but to me it looks like a raccoon’s tail wrapped around her head.
This trend will probably die as fast as the turban trend last year.
French fashion designer Ted Lapidus dies at age 79
Fashion designer Ted Lapidus, whose career soared in the 1960s and 1970s with the unisex and safari look, died Monday at age 79 in a hospital in Cannes on the French Rivera, his family said.
“He died at 2:30 pm. He had suffered for several years from leukemia and died of respiratory failure,” says Rose Torrente-Mett, his sister, also a designer.
Lapidus will be buried on Friday at Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. RIP.