The Trickle Down Effect of Celebrity Influence on Fashion Trends
The trickle down is trickling.
Once and for all, I want to tell you the story of the POPFLEX Pirouette Skort and what had to happen in order for me to be in the situation I am today, with dupes all over the internet and dupes being sold at multibillion dollar corporate giants such as Nordstrom, TJMaxx, Marshalls, JCPenney, and Kohl’s.
If you’re wondering how you can help me fight back, you can go to my IG and share my post! These companies want to ignore small business owners like me. To silence us. But enough is enough and its time to get LOUD about what they’re doing, which is stealing.
As always, thank you so much for being here. 🖤
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Hi, Cassey! I’ve been a fan of yours since my mom was first hospitalized back in 2015 and youtube became my life. I’m sorry to hear about the wildfire of duplicate items since the Taylor post. I suppose it comes with the territory of “making it”, but it is still stressful regardless. I currently work for Nordstrom Rack and didn’t feel comfortable posting on your earlier blog post about Gottex copying your design and selling it through Nordstrom. It didn’t seem right for me to take away from your frustrations. However, I want to caution you against going after these large “goliath” retailers, when the root of the issue lies in the brands they work with who are the ones copying and selling your designs to these “goliaths”. I would hate to see you burn bridges with large retailers who could be future business partners of yours. Your brand has come a long way and I could totally see Nordstrom working with you to sell your work. Unfortunately, there are other brands that are sold through Nordstrom and their Rack stores that sell items that are very similar to your designs (and not just the skirt Taylor wore). I’m sure this is true for other retailers that sell dupes of the skirt as well. Also, please be careful of how you voice your frustrations to the public. Although many of your fans are well-meaning, your message can get easily misconstrued or misinterpreted. I was guilty of this after reading your orignal post about Gottex and Nordstrom. It was unclear to me whether your frustrations were geared toward Gottex or Nordstrom or both. I even mistakenly assumed Nordstrom was the one who threatened to silence you due to the phrasing “One of the largest retailers in America is trying to silence me”. This statement appears untrue as Gottex’s lawyers were the ones who threatened you according to your YouTube short. Gottex and Nordstrom are not the same entity, so spreading misinformation as if Nordstrom was the one who wronged you when all of the evidence presented has more issue with Gottex’s actions may result in your fans resenting Nordstrom instead of being willing to work with Nordstrom to sell the real mccoy. Nordstrom had no problem dealing with the rage of Trump supports when they stopped selling Ivanka Trump’s line. Being vocal isn’t going to sway Nordstrom especially if it comes off as blind fandom rather than professionalism. Don’t get me wrong, I have my own issues with Nordstrom just like any other employer I have worked for. But a lot of improvements to my work environment happened because I communicated clearly and effectively as well as being just damn good at what I do. There’s no reason why you can’t have it the same way.
If I made any statement that are untrue or unclear, feel free to correct me or ask me for clarification.
Also if you look in the “you may also like” section beneath the reviews of dupes you can probably find more… I already found another dupe Leftear Women’s Pleated Tennis Skirt High Waisted Ruffle Golf Skirts Sports Skater Athletic Running Skorts With Shorts Pockets Cute Clothes Summer
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I found another dupe on SHEIN 😭 Blaosn Women’s High Waisted Pleated Skirt Athletic Skorts ,Ruffle Tennis Skirts Cute Golf Sports ,Running Skorts With Shorts Pockets Workout Casual Outfits
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I’d say that you 🫵should sue👀⚖️them once you have some undeniable evidence/proof 📝🔎that they infringed🙅♀️your patent📄on the pirouette skirt🎀✨. Bring lots of evidence📱📷📑📝with you to court👩⚖️⚖️, and get a really good lawyer👩💼 so you can’t lose. 💁♀️💯
Never give up. Sadly, your incredible product sells out and some are forced to buy a lesser quality. I wait for yours, more times than not, I am doing without.