https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:42:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232482 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:18:32 +0000 Jules 2232482@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had always assumed these dupe items came out of the factories identical and just got different labels slapped on them. But I recently heard a theory that the same factory that produces eg. couches for a known brand like Article may also copy the design to sell to other companies but not build the dupe to the same quality standard (perhaps more evident and significant for a couch than a simple item of clothing). I remember years ago a fabber found two items in the same fairly distinct pattern, but one fabric was silk and the other poly (or similar). It’s fascinating sometimes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232471 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:58:53 +0000 Anonymous 2232471@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes I see that a lot on Amazon- but good to know why it happens. I tend to avoid those pieces cause it seemed dodgy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232455 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 07:54:20 +0000 Bijou 2232455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The comment KKards makes rings true for Australian garment manufacturers, I occasionally see the same material used by more than one company. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232417 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:53:19 +0000 Jenni NZ 2232417@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shevia, how do you Google a picture? That would be awesome to be able to do that with clothing. Kind of like reverse Googling is it, to find out what the original is? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232410 Sun, 17 Oct 2021 02:37:42 +0000 Jaime 2232410@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fairly common in Israel to find two pieces by two different local designers in the same print. And it is always worth googling a picture before buying online. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232281 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 13:07:13 +0000 kkards 2232281@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, this is not a new phenomenon&nbsp;<br />years and years ago (25 years ago actually), i worked for the outlet division of a mall retailer, we bought a lot of product “off the shelf” and than sent it to a sewing factory in New Jersey where they would sew our label on the garment.<br />also unless you are a very big brand or one with deep pockets it could be very expensive to have exclusive fabric, and in the old days you might be able to have exclusive rights to a particular fabric in lets say the US, with the internet that kind of exclusivity isn’t really relevant anymore.&nbsp;<br />In addition, much of what is sold on both the Amazon and Walmart sites is not sold thru Amazon or Walmart but is sold thru 3rd parties, and so if being sold by the same company on the 2 sites. Also beware that Amazon in particular is well know to sell fakes.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232190 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:14:34 +0000 rachylou 2232190@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’ve seen this online and maybe once or twice in a store. Only once did I ever see it for a designer brand… Marc Jacobs. I think a Chinese factory had to be selling a sample run. The buttons were right, the pattern was right, but not the cloth itself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232171 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:39:38 +0000 Jenni NZ 2232171@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Actually what RobinF says about different names for the same thing happens here, particularly with a certain shoe chain which imports from France, Germany, Spain etc. I notice they name all the styles with the same letter of the brand. So Ara shoes will all be A styles, Hispanitas shoes will all be H styles, Wonders shoes W styles, etc. I think this is too much co-incidence! They must be allowed to do that with the imports.<br /> I suppose then if I were desperate I could search elsewhere but it could make it tricky not knowing the original style. Not necessary when I like so many shoes, more than I could ever buy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232167 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:25:37 +0000 Carla 2232167@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes when I can’t get something from a Finds due to the store not delivering to Canada, I check if the line has a Canadian source or I browse Canadian department stores. &nbsp;I’ve found identical items at Nordstrom CA and HBC (Hudson’s Bay Company) with the better price being at HBC. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232164 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:08:28 +0000 Vildy 2232164@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have Coldwater Creek cotton jeans cut pants in a dappled floral pattern in cream, camel, black and the exact same in a Gerard Darel skirt.&nbsp;</p> <p>One year I found a patterned silky blazer and the pants to match in two different thrift stores, two different manufacturers.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232163 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 21:01:58 +0000 RobinF 2232163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have seen that on Amazon from overseas suppliers but not from name brands or brick and mortar stores. Interesting. Although now that I am thinking about it, I have noticed it with furniture online. Apparently exact same items with different item names and prices. Like maybe the store "purchases" the design and puts their own name on it.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232147 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:11:15 +0000 CocoLion 2232147@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been looking on AliExpress to buy souvenirs for the gift store within my restaurant and this Yosemite design can be had from multiple different companies.&nbsp; I think the design was originally featured in a Japanese fashion magazine.&nbsp; You can get it in sweatshirt form, tee, or hoodie and all of them come from different makers.</p> <p>So if a design is "hot" multiple companies will sew it in China.&nbsp; There is no copyright on design or at least it's hard to enforce. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232139 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:29:33 +0000 Jenni NZ 2232139@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>As Tanya says, I have seen different NZ designer brands with exactly the same fabric-not often. But when it did happen I guessed they had been to the same fabric supplier?<br /> Otherwise our market may be a little small for this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232137 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:26:25 +0000 Tanya 2232137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm, that is an interesting observation.</p> <p>For higher priced lines, I&nbsp; haven't seen this for specific items, but I have seen different labels repeat specific fabrics several times, as if they buy them from the same warehouse.&nbsp; This was easy to notice as these were very distinctive plaids with unique colors, and the material content was listed as the same.&nbsp; &nbsp;Last year I have bought one such plaid blazer.&nbsp; It was unique and the brand, which is Canadian, did not have anything else in the same fabric.&nbsp; &nbsp;This year, I noticed a British brand has several items in the same plaid, and I am contemplating stalking the pants to match my jacket for a suit look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/an-observation-1#post-2232125 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:53:20 +0000 always trying 2232125@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A few times I have the exact items in different stores, with different prices, and different labels.&nbsp; Also on line the same items on Amazon and on Wall Mart web site.&nbsp; This may not be true of higher price items. Going to check this out. </p>