Comments on: Forever 21 Copyright Lawsuit to Go to Trial

By: V

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:59:51 +0000

I work at forever 21 they pull this shit all the time, that’s not the only crap they screw others on, we haven’t gotten an raise in almost a year, it will be a year in like a month and a half, they make us carry boxes that are about 70-120lbs without any protection, and they don’t respect the schedules they make for us, they make it one day, you look at it and lets say you dont work on a tuesday, so you make a Dr. appointment all of a sudden on monday you find out you work tuesday and they never asked you if that was ok they just assume your life is FOREVER 21, and I believe that shit must be illegal.

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By: Grapefruitt

Grapefruitt — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:28:58 +0000

Calm the hell down, Vee. Trovata is on the pricey side, but it’s not unaffordable if you select quality wardrobe staples. We’re not talking about couture dresses that go for 4k.
You have to draw the line between inspiration and blatant copying, as demonstrated in the picture. Forever 21 pulls this shit all the time.

By: Vee

Vee — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:51:42 +0000

“There’s no reason designers shouldn’t be able to protect their ideas the way other artists can”

…. I can give you a reason: exorbitant pricing. If these precious, artistic designers sold their goods like everybody else in this capitalist world, they’d have a leg to stand on. Supply and demand. But they don’t go by those rules, they go by the rules of the couture fashion world, the world that says only rich people should look good, while only wearing handmade things, only for a high price. I’d like to see the next Marc Jacobs or Ann-Sophie Back manufacturing their wares at a factory in China (or the US! even better!), selling their wares at a normal price point for the average citizen of planet Earth: $30 for a shirt, $60 for pants. THAT, my friend, is “ethical”. Monopolizing the design of a shirt is not. What if American Apparel copyrighted the plain white tee?

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:48:11 +0000

i’d have to assume that the drive to innovate in design is hampered by the knowledge that your pieces can be knocked off for a fraction of your cost. integrity should reign here.

By: Grapefruitt

Grapefruitt — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:53:22 +0000

“There’s no reason designers shouldn’t be able to protect their ideas the way other artists can”

100% agree. Forever 21 doesn’t emulate other lines so much as copy them verbatim, and it’s not fair to the designer.