Friday 27 November 2009

Couture or Cloneture?

Like most HARD CORE lovers of fashion I don't want to be seen wearing last years fad i.e. I will NOT be wearing a short above the knee kameez (shirt). I usually get my outfits sent over from Pakistan as I do not go to Pakistan very often  (last visit 5 years ago). I know London does not have a shortage of Pakistani/Indian shops but this season many failed to catch onto the long kameez/loose trousers.


Next best option; Online shopping. Very few Pakistani designers offer this luxury.

So then what? Facebook. Enter  "Pakistani Fashion" into the search box and it will through up endless couture houses. But don't be fooled!! Not all of them are designers, they are "CLONERS". You know who you are!!!!!! Their galleries are packed with images pinched from the likes of HSY, Karma, Maria B, Gul Ahmed and any other talented designer whose work they can get their hands on.

If you don't have the talent to be original, take the design as inspiration and alter it. Or if your too lazy to do that, then at least credit the REAL designer instead of passing it off as your own creation. Its not wrong to offer a version of the design after all Topshop does it. But, take note it is wrong to steal!!

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