Is Dutch Fashion House Oilily Guilty of Plagiarism?
Posted By Jill Fehrenbacher On March 26, 2009 @ 4:10 pm In Eco Textiles,Inhabitots,Modern Kids | 1 Comment
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They say ‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery’, but children’s toy designer Rosa Pomar [5] isn’t smiling about the recent unauthorized copying of her signature hand-made dolls by major Dutch fashion brand Oilily [6]. Rosa, a Portuguese children’s toy designer, recently came across a doll that bore an uncanny resemblance [7] to one she created and has been marketing online since 2004. Rosa’s bonecos [7] (dolls) are beautifully hand-detailed soft toys made from fabrics bursting with color, and bearing what she thought were trademark details such as daisy eyes and a stitched harelip smile. Oilily’s new copycat doll is almost EXACTLY the same as Rosa’s trademarked doll [7] – raising a serious quandary for a young, independent designer: what do you do when a major brand appears to blatantly rip you off?
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