Rachel Bilson- Originality is in the eye of the beholder?

[ponytrot]

Adventures in copyright: Celebrity Edition (fashionista.com)

(A reader tried to leave this in Community, but it was too good not to display front and center.) Doubtless you've heard of Edie Rose, the capsule collection Rachel Bilson designed for DKNY Jeans.
But it's a more doubtful you've heard of Sretsis, a very small line based out of Bangkok that once had a very brief mention on The Fashionista Diaries.
Or, you could remember that Rachel Bilson was once photographed wearing the green, Sretsis dress at left. And then realize that it must have weighed heavily in her memory in designing the yellow, Edie Rose dress at right.
We guess it's a nice gesture that she left the studs off the neckline, kind of like changing a semi-fictional character's last name to avoid legally-upholdable comparisons.
But then again, as Alexandra pointed out, at least now we know she's been "designing" the line...

fashionista.com

 

[silk skin paws]

Interesting photographs.

 

[LolaSvelt]

A fashionista, she is not.

 

[MulletProof]

but aren't those celebrity lines supposed to be about themselves, their red-carpet looks or the motivation tabloid readers gave them to make a funny cartoon of their known outfits and put them on sale for 'admirers' to get that look?.
This is no Lau-Wasson case for me, it doesn't offend me. I'm not moved by the 'very small line based in Bangkok' line, either. both dresses are dull and judging by Rachel's career, she probably should capitalise on the dress as much as Sretsis should've done when she took it to a public event and put it on the radar for those who.. care.

 

[ultramarine]

looking at the material on her version ...

Id wear ... neither

 

[jennifer~]

I don't like Rachel Bilson's clothing line, and I just discovered that I don't like Sretsis either, unless they have better stuff than that dress..

 

[Ferdinanda]

A fashionista, she is not.

She's no Kate Moss...but I think her style is cute.

 

[Mary-Anne]

I do see the similarity between the dresses, but the yellow one looks much uglier then the one she is wearing in the picture. The material makes it look very weird.

 

[Fabulyss]

Well it isn't as if anyone had high hopes for her collection anyway.

 

[ckashie]

'A small line based in Bangkok' makes Sretsis sound like cheap crap. It's actually a beautiful high-end label getting big in Australia. It is pretty small though. Usually their stuff is amazing, that dress is just boring.

 

[FashionIllove]

WOOOOOOOOWWWW!! ARE U SERIOUS?!!! heres her chance to design something, and she designs a 2nd version of some other original design, wooow...gosh, she could of done somethin different with that..i could think of a bunch i would do differently...man, i swear, ppl say shes sooo fashionista or whatever...my butt man! >.< these celeb wanna be fashion designers pisss me offf!!

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i hate copy cats... -.-
and yea i didnt think her line was gonna be, great.
most of theses stars who wanna be fashion designers..their ideas...suuuck!!!
they dont have much original, creative minds, hmmm.