Major Designers Copying The Little Ones.

[aybaybay]

that's a decent definiton but keep in mind that total control isn't the big deal, it's just the consistency of the style. a lot of older hollywood fillmakers who had to go through a lot of corporate crap (films were seen as products, not art; production line stile film making) were/are definitely auteurs. it's all about having your own thing, and not being a shark biter.

a designer wouldnt be worth the money if he/she were just biting, that defeats the purpose

 

[eugenius]

2 pages, and still no answer, or example for that fact, as to what designers are copying other designers...

 

[mass]

chalayan - style

raf - style

oh snap

i see...
so for regular director, you probably think of... a designer who changes season after season

auteur... someone who is consistent,

it's more to do with an auteur being driven by his own idiosyncratic ideas.

 

[gius]

^That makes more sense
Self-driven...
And your example is great

How about this one?

Marjan Pejoski
dress donated by Björk

Prada

from showstudio
firstview

Here's something from another thread...

Prada and miu miu is actually built on the concept of interpretating (SP) interesting collection by less known streetwear brands, so is Gaultier and so many more. Rodrigues too. Anyway, it takes some talent even to chose who to copy no? I can give them credit for this, honestly.

I also kind of got the impression Prada was about counter-fashion, especially the time the clothing side of the company started. It was all black and serious when everybody was in colour... Something like this I remember reading.

 

[aybaybay]

^^^swan biterz.

 

[educo]

This thread is useless because the originator of this has NOT even come up with an example. What is the point?????

 

[JJohnson]

^^^swan biterz.

haha I was thinking just that! Ms. Swan had that dress years ago!

 

[kezme44]

isn't there a thread on this already

 

[fashionista-ta]

style.com

^^^swan biterz.

So why don't you post some examples of what you feel is biting?

Question ... what do you feel is the distinction between biting and riffing?

Here's an example of riffing:

Prada SS 05

Marc Jacobs AW 05

source: style.com

 

[aybaybay]

hmmm...that's not biting in my opinion. i dont know which predates the other, but there is definitely enough of a difference for it not to qualify for biter status. definitely not shark status.

 

[fashionista-ta]

That's my point ... this is riffing. Where's the line?

(If you look at my captions, Marc was riffing on Prada one season later.)

 

[chessmess]

etro < balenciaga

 

[telepathicgoat]

BALENCIAGA>>>>>>PROENZA SCHOULER

by that i mean that Proenza used to get a bit "overinspired" by Balenciaga

 

[thejarc]

i think recently a lot of designers have been copying calvin klein...

In my opinion Calvin Klein always looked similar to Jil Sander.

 

[gius]

you guys should post proof of this if you want it to believable
and remember to post the sources of images you post

 

[*Happiness*]

why do I feel like this thread is going to be dead soon....
i think it's too vague in its conception....
abaybay...it would be nice for you to post some examples of what you are referring to.
you have a couple of people who are attempting to support you in this thread...but you haven't spoken up (as far as posting proof of your question)....

 

[aybaybay]

since i started it i have to make it good? well then you can just kill it off. sorry.

 

[green.tea]

since i started it i have to make it good? well then you can just kill it off. sorry.

...usually a thread is started to evoke a discussion on a topic that has some meaning to the starter, thus provoking an exchanging of ideas...therefore one would assume that you'd have something of interest to say, so why don't you kill the attitude? people were just trying to help you out

 

[kezme44]

totally saw this coming

 

[Alejandro]

so lame.

its a known thing that everybody inspires themselves from fellow or not so fellow designers.

its a known thing that everything is been done before, and what's new and now is just the different ways the designer will approach these revisited ideas and incorporate them in a new fresh way.

sorry.