Seam Ripper

(Courtesy of Kmart.com)
Got a real craving for more fake? Here are some other stories on the topic from the Behind the Seams blog.
- Kmart has a faithful knockoff of the uber-popular “Houlihan” cargo pants by J Brand. But is borrowing a design fair game, or cause for intellectual-property war?
- Counterfeit fashion is enjoying a surge during the recession — and it’s not just $2,000 Louis Vuitton bags that are now being illegally copied.
- A fur-labeling bill has passed the California Assembly, requiring retailers who sell clothes and accessories laced with any amount of fur to disclose that information on garment labels. Previously, items with less than $150 worth of fur could be sold without a label, leading many consumers to mistakenly believe real fur to be faux.
- Luxury jeweler Cartier has sued sample-sale website Hautelook.com for allegedly selling used, unauthentic, and factory seconds under the Cartier name, “causing immediate and irreparable harm to the Cartier brand and trademark,” according to the legal complaint.
- Do “purse parties” lead women to feel so guilty about buying a knockoff that they ultimately go on to purchase the real thing? Some new research says this is more common than you’d think.

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