The 'Outfit Look-Alikes' Thread

[FashionPower]

that's a good one!

 

[TaylorBinque]

^ Nice caught!

 

[agee]

To be fair though, some fraction of Valli's entire design identity is influenced by Valentino's archives.

I was thinking the same thing, I like Giambattista Valli's stuff but (fairly or unfairly) some have tagged him with the referential label so it may be that they are all working from the same play book.

 

[Spike413]

^ I personally think it says more for his conviction than his originality that he has a certain look so firmly associated with his name. Honestly his work is heavily influenced by designers of the past. He's good at channeling the past into the present, but I don't think you can call what he does truly original.

 

[dior_couture1245]

Valentino Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2010 and Rochas Fall/Winter 2004

(style.com)

 

[mistress_f]

on aura tout vu couture fw10/11 / jean paul gaultier coutoure spring 08

style.com / elle.it

 

[mistress_f]

on aura tout vu couture fw10/11 / chanel fw1011

let's not make those furry thing a trend please! lol

elle.it/style.com

 

[The.Rock.Inc.]

i thought this silhouette is the most unoriginal from Valentino couture, it reminds me of Miu Miu right away and the shape of it says nothing about the house's identity. so blatant it makes me laugh.

style.com

 

[Lackuiew]

Givenchy Haute Couture SS10 & Roberto Cavalli SS04

style

Such a GREAT spot

 

[TianSoFine]

i thought this silhouette is the most unoriginal from Valentino couture, it reminds me of Miu Miu right away and the shape of it says nothing about the house's identity. so blatant it makes me laugh.

And it's funny how they put Siri Tollerod in that dress.

 

[D A N A]

Alexander McQueen Spring 2007 VS Christian Dior Fall 2010

I would never suspect Galliano of ripping of any designer...but both these dresses seem to be so similar...sheer same color/cut..with the rosettes the only difference is that on the Dior they are colored..

 

[Dkammern]

Chanel and... well, Chanel!

Fall 2006 and Fall 2010 (Anna Wintour owns the 'oldest version' and she has worn it many times... perhaps it's time for replacement? )

 

[Spike413]

I've got to take issue with two of the posts on this page. The first is that Valentino/Miu Miu comparison. Miuccia did not invent the drop waist, nor was she the first designer to take a short, A-line shape and add a ruffle to the hem. Her designs are nothing but abstracted versions of clothing that first became popular during the Mod Era. Yes, the dresses are similar, but to say that the Valentino is a blatant rip off is ridiculous.

The second is that McQueen/Dior comparison. Again, they are similar looking, but before anyone even considers for a second that John was looking at that McQueen dress for inspiration I'd suggest taking a look at his archives. Sheer, ethereal, bias cut dresses with delicate embroidery are something he's been doing for ages. Hell, he started that trend back in the early 90s. So yeah, they look similar but if anything McQueen was influenced by Galliano.

 

[Deleted member 103203]

^
It's hard sometimes to tell which designer was the first to start because some people like me don't have the access to sites like catwalk or archives, to know what designers did in the mod era or their first work.. I really only have access to style.com, etc. Although I completely agree with you, I never really know who started what.

 

[Spike413]

^ Oh that's absolutely true. And lord knows you don't have to have studied fashion history to notice when to things look similar.

But I think the insinuations or accusations that one designer knocked off another are thrown around way too casually sometimes. If you don't have a familiarity with what's happened in fashion more than 5, 10, 15 years ago I think it's hard to judge whether or not a designer's work is original.

 

[Deleted member 103203]

^ Oh that's absolutely true. And lord knows you don't have to have studied fashion history to notice when to things look similar.

But I think the insinuations or accusations that one designer knocked off another are thrown around way too casually sometimes. If you don't have a familiarity with what's happened in fashion more than 5, 10, 15 years ago I think it's hard to judge whether or not a designer's work is original.

I agree there are certain clothes that look awfully similar like a lot of Marchesa and Elie Saab but it becomes hard at times when looking at Comme Des Garcon, Gucci (Tom Ford Era), Maison Martin Margiela or Prada to know what they have done 15 years ago till now to know who's originated what. But the Valentino>Miu Miu comparison is wrong because those short dresses really originated in the sixties by André Courrèges.

 

[ilaughead]

I'm going to defend the Miu Miu/Valentino comparison because while the basic proportions of the dresses may be references to the sixties, would the designers at Valentino have done them if Miuccia hadn't?

 

[dior_couture1245]

^^Agreed.

The Miu Miu vs. Valentino is really a case of too similar, too soon. Had the designs been created even a year or two apart, I would disregard the accusation, since neither of the designs are particularly original in their own right (both borrowing heavily from the 60's). However, because the Valentino piece was shown so closely after the Miu Miu collection (and because I don't put it past the Valentino designers to copy), I have to agree with the look-a-like.

 

[Dkammern]

FORGOT TO POST!
the images for my post on the previous page were taken from style.com!

 

[The.Rock.Inc.]

I've got to take issue with two of the posts on this page. The first is that Valentino/Miu Miu comparison. Miuccia did not invent the drop waist, nor was she the first designer to take a short, A-line shape and add a ruffle to the hem. Her designs are nothing but abstracted versions of clothing that first became popular during the Mod Era. Yes, the dresses are similar, but to say that the Valentino is a blatant rip off is ridiculous.

ok fine I am like so ridiculous, my apologies. miuccia is nothing and valentino designers are truly original and studied 60s fashion for inspiration.

I'm going to defend the Miu Miu/Valentino comparison because while the basic proportions of the dresses may be references to the sixties, would the designers at Valentino have done them if Miuccia hadn't?

that's exactly what I thought.