http://www.businessoffashion.com/2008/05/links-designer-skins-copyright-cash-ysl-and-fashion-billionaires.html The Business of Fashion is an essential daily resource for fashion creatives, business professionals and entrepreneurs in more than 200 countries around the world. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.businessoffashion.com/2008/05/links-designer-skins-copyright-cash-ysl-and-fashion-billionaires.html#comment-236 Caricouture Thu, 08 May 2008 13:21:46 +0000 http://www.businessoffashion.net/2008/05/links-designer-skins-copyright-cash-ysl-and-fashion-billionaires.html#comment-236 What about Balenciaga ripping off of other designers? Remember the fuss over that Kaisik Wong waistcoat a couple of years ago? This Cathy Horyn article talks about that and copying in general - interesting read. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E6DB133DF93AA35757C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all "There can be no doubt that Nicolas Ghesquiere, the Balenciaga star who is often hailed for his originality, copied the work of a little-known designer from San Francisco named Kaisik Wong. Not only does a Balenciaga patchwork vest from the spring collection resemble one that Mr. Wong designed in 1973 -- right down to the eccentric shape of the patches and the placement of decorative tassels -- but in an interview last week from Paris, Mr. Ghesquiere admitted that he had copied the garment." What about Balenciaga ripping off of other designers? Remember the fuss over that Kaisik Wong waistcoat a couple of years ago? This Cathy Horyn article talks about that and copying in general – interesting read. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E6DB133DF93AA35757C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all “There can be no doubt that Nicolas Ghesquiere, the Balenciaga star who is often hailed for his originality, copied the work of a little-known designer from San Francisco named Kaisik Wong. Not only does a Balenciaga patchwork vest from the spring collection resemble one that Mr. Wong designed in 1973 — right down to the eccentric shape of the patches and the placement of decorative tassels — but in an interview last week from Paris, Mr. Ghesquiere admitted that he had copied the garment.”

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