Copykate….
Does the neckline on this dress of Kate Moss with Johnny Depp look familiar to you?
It did to me too….it bares a striking resemblance to a piece from her collection due to hit stores soon.
While perusing an amazing second hand book shop in Notting hill last Monday I came across a biography of Johnny Depp and being the fan that I am it would have been a sin not to flick through. Well lo and behold one of them pictured him with Kate, both looking effortlessly cool. (see above). Mouth open, I couldn’t believe that Topshop had blatantly copied the design of this dress. I understand the collection is intended to imitate Kate’s sense of style but surely Topshop are credible enough to not have to shamelessly copy the design of this neckline so obviously. Does anyone know who the designer of the original is and what year this picture was taken?
[Images: johnnydeppfan.com & TFS]
I have no idea, but it kind of makes sense..
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wow! i didn’t notice it but they are so similar!
I love this blog, congratulations
My understanding of whole Kate Moss/Topshop collaboration was that Kate brought in pieces she loved/inspired her, etc, and then they collaborated from their. Taking that approach, this dress/neckline makes sense.
Are you kidding me? The neckline is exactly the same. I also heard that the idea of the range was that Mossy would use pieces from her own wardrobe to make the collection. I was however expecting a variation or two not a complete blatant rip off. This proves a logistical problem because if Topshop are just reproducing items from Kate’s wardrobe, considering she wears mostly designer and high street then they are just copying other designs. Go figure.
Exactly! Whats even more depressing is the fact that people are falling for this con! No one cares that Mr Green and Kate Moss are in this for a quick buck, in fact people are falling over themselves to throw their money away.
[…] Erm o.k… this revelation comes after Sarah Jessica Parker enjoyed a high level of success from a show which was far from conservative. I’ve gnerally tried to stay away from the SJP for Steve and Barry’s relationship and try to avoid posting too often about the other celebrity lines which keep cropping up mainly because I have no interest in them. I believe what is actually damaging for us as a culture is all these damn celebrity collections! Designers for the high street I can somewhat understand, we’re buying into the design which is good enough for me and as much as I sometimes have my reservations about the partnerships, I fully accept the argument for them and I’m willing to accept that my qualms are based on unreasonable emotion. But celebrities for the high street and celebrity labels, need to be stopped. I’m all for affordable fashion, my wardrobe would be empty without it, but what I find distasteful is the mass hysteria which surrounds the idea that a collection of clothes is only as worthy as the celebrity persona that is attached to it. I pity the next generation who soon enough will only associate and make their fashion choices based on their celebrity preference. For me the final straw of this epidemic came with Kate Moss -who has apparently raked in over £3m with her line – for Topshop. Personally I believe she must be laughing at our stupidity we’ve boosted her bank balance substantially leaving her to enjoy the fruits of her limited labour. Green the man whom she granted the golden key to cash in on her “celebrity” understands only too well this sheep mentality that increasingly grips society and took full advantage, exploiting the flawed thinking which dominates the minds of those with low self esteem and no individuality, those whom imagine that just by wearing or even owning an outfit -which bare in mind was ripped off by another designer - that resembles something similar in Kate’s wardrobe that they just might be a little like Kate or even that perhaps they may inherit a fraction of her style because after all she is a style icon. […]