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I heart this Dior Clutch, especially the blue… Now, if only the price wasn’t so steep! Time for another ‘Lust List’ to be made…! 🙂
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Left: Anu Deewan
Right: Dior Stone Mosaic Clutch
Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani
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Not quite feeling these ladies’ style/look at the Chivas fashion tour, or is it just us?
 Preeti Jhangiani |
 Shweta Salve |
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Ekta Raheja has one of these in white and now spotted Sophie Chaudhary at the Araaish event with the Chanel! Also seen was Juhi Chawla with her Lady Dior!! (Oh, and if you are curious, the unidentified lady in the centre with Juhi Chawla is carrying the Fendi Baulotto Bag!!)
-1386728421.JPG) Sophie Chaudhary With Chanel |
-1923458156.JPG) Juhi Chawla With Dior |
We did do quite a bit of Bag Spotting and all the usual suspects were there! Manyata and Bhagyashree were carrying the same ol’ Louis Vuitton and Gucci bags (respectively), so blah!
 Bhagyashree With Gucci |
 Manyata With Louis Vuitton |
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 Nalandda Bhandari Spring Summer 2008 |
 Marchesa Spring Summer 2008 |
While the Marchesa and the Nalandda Bhandari are absolutely identical, right from the opening at the neckline, the sleeves, the work on the hemline etc, look how similar the Dior and Surily Goel are. Barring the belt on Surily gown, the straps, the detail at the bust, the puffed hemline/ ruching are quite similar…
Spotted one that is identical. Spotted one that is similar. Its quite hard to miss!
Plagiarism, copyright infringement and downright copying have been plaguing the fashion industry for a while now, perhaps because it is so hard to define the rightful intellectual property and there is such a thin line between plagiarism and “inspiration”! There have been way too many incidents, all you need to do is run a google search and you’ll see, but then, neither do I see an easy solution to this!
I love these designers but its hard to ignore plagiarism and not feel just a tad let down!!
If a picture is worth thousand words, why do I need to say more?
 In Dior At Toronto Film Festival |
 In Surily Goel At Vogue Launch |
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John Galliano designed 12 limited edition Dior Saddle Bags, those inspired by Mexico, China, Russia among others! But what interests us, is of course the ‘India’ saddle bag!
The nudge at an old-world elaborate nose-ring isn’t lost on anyone and while a little garish ,and I do wonder why most Indian inspired things are, its fun!
John Galliano in honour of his 10th anniversary at the house, designed 12 saddle bags, each paying tribute to the 12 countries that have inspired him during his time with Dior! While a little loud and over the top, they are still being touted as good investment pieces!
Of course the news of these bags is trifle old but the reason I write is, I saw a lady at the Delhi airport carrying a bag that looked remarkably like the saddle but very, very Indianised and when I went up to her and asked if it was Dior, she said “Nahin ji, GK se liya hai”! (No, I got it from GK)(*GK, a marketplace in Delhi) 🙂 And ‘that’ turned to ‘this’ post!
On an aside, I just got into India! And in true High Heel spirit the first thing I did was to buy Vogue India at the airport! (Family has mentioned therapy but we are working on it!)
