I chose this fashion web site blog, for the simple reason that the website itself has a unique twinge to it.  It addresses various issues affecting the fashion world, mainly from a retail business point of view. It  is the brain child of Harvard MBA and former consultant, Imran Amed and was started in 2006. In this particular article, the author is talking about fashion copyright and is giving us direct examples of fashion design items that seem to have been copied. The author has two main points, the first one being that sometimes it is very easy to see who is copying whom and to actually identify that piracy is taking place. The blog states an example of  Steve Madden copying a particular show by Fashion House Balenciaga. In this case, it is fairly evident that Madden copied Balenciaga's shoe although they did incorporate some minor changes. Steve Madden is much lower prices than the luxury fashion house Balenciaga. Madden is known to imitate high end style at more affordable prices. The second case that is pointed out in the blog is that of a higher end brand copying another item of clothing by another designer. The blog shows images of the two shirts from both the designers. One of the designers has been identified as top luxury fashion designer Diane Von Furstenburg. The item on show is form her Spring Summer 2008 collection. According to the blog the other shirt (which Von Furstenburg is believed to have imitated) was in stores a whole year and a half before the Spring Summer collection 2008. This example brings up the issue of the public domain. All designers are inspired by something, be it nature, art or other style around. The blog asks whether Gucci came out with their flat shoes with big medallions before or after the very successful Tory Burch did? The blog goes onto to question whether these happenings are copying or coincidence? What really lies in the public domain and who really came up with what first?

This source is useful to my paper as it clearly depicts two examples of copying. I will use the second example to further my argument in my paper and say even the most reputed of fashion designers can be accused of copying. Are they really copying or is this a mere coincidence of creativity?