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Trelise Cooper ribbon top saga continues

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Sun, 04 Oct 2009 8:16p.m.

Trelise Cooper

Trelise Cooper

Fashion designer Trelise Cooper has pulled a grey top from her latest collection after it was revealed to be identical to one sold in a British chain store.

The Herald on Sunday last week reported one of its writers had tried on the top, featuring a red ribbon embroidered on the front, at Topshop in London. There, it was designed by Markus Lupfer.

The writer was surprised to see the same garment on the catwalk in Cooper's Fashion Week show last month.

Cooper blamed her Hong Kong embroidery supplier, saying she would not use them again, and pulled the top from her collection.

Lupfer today told the newspaper he had designed his jersey 18 months before Ms Cooper's top, bearing the near-identical red ribbon embroidered motif, was released at New Zealand Fashion Week.

His design, sold through Britain's biggest fashion chain, Topshop, said, had been popular.

"Wow, this is quite something - very, very cheeky," Lupfer said.

"I am amazed that this jumper is exactly the same and seems like they have not changed one thing. I am not sure what we are going to do and I do need to check with my team."

NZPA
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13 Oct 2009 06:15p.m.

Bella wrote:

I saw a trelise cooper short sleeve fitted jacket just last week that looked almost exactly like one from Cue. The design, detaining on the pockets and colours were almost identicle. The only major diffrence was that the Trelise one was made of a less attractive linen sack-cloth kind of material. The Cue jacket actually looks better than the designer one and is close to $600 cheaper! I suppose chain stores copy stuff all the time, but isn't "designer stuff" supposed to look better (or atleast more expensive)?

05 Oct 2009 05:43p.m.

Pablo wrote:

At this level of design proficiency, one could say this is a critical business error, however at this level of solo presentation of one's 'brand' it is unforgivable. The responsibility does not lie with ones supplier it is whole-heartedly with the design director who would allow work to flow onto the runway. This cannot be brushed aside as a supplier oversight. Breath in - this sit's fairly and squarely with the FACT it ended up on the runway under the guise of original creative work. The design deal is that the expectation is that design stands behind it's own creations and those creatives who do that work. It turns to custard no matter how one might point towards others - No this is creative design failure at the highest most public level. Maybe the whole season's range should be scrutinized now that this has happened. Perhaps all is not what it seams!

05 Oct 2009 12:50p.m.

Chris wrote:

Trelise Cooper - 'need to check with my team.' = TUI anyone?, 'has been' trying anything to stay in the game,..

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