Showing posts with label Acne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Acne. Show all posts

Friday, February 11, 2011

Knock-Off Alert?



ASOS vs. Acne Resort 2011

So lets talk "knock-offs" for a second...
I'm not very well versed in the arguments for or (most prominently) against knock-offs. I don't really know why anyone cares that people can buy/carry ugly fake Louis Vuitton bags. The people who buy fakes could never afford the real thing (I'm counted in with these types, but I have never had any interest in buying a knock-off bag) so they aren't part of the target market of these companies anyway. I think one of the arguments is that counterfeiters are making a lot of money from the artistic property of whomever designed the (hideous...) bags so I guess that's wrong.

ANYWAY BACK ON TOPIC: the thing I wanted to point out is that, as far as I can tell, Acne isn't selling this hat anyway and it was probably just a one-off piece used to compliment or draw attention to the collection. If anyone has any background on the matter, please fill me in. If not, enjoy this ASOS hat because it's pretty spiffy, if wholly unrealistic...