https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 15 May 2026 18:17:59 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket/page/2#post-1853824 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:13:03 +0000 Lisa 1853824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous jacket! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket/page/2#post-1853792 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:22:03 +0000 Style Fan 1853792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachy exactly.&nbsp; A jacket is never just a jacket.&nbsp; Fashion is so interesting.&nbsp; I learn so much here.&nbsp; I saw some boots with graffiti on them.&nbsp; Hmmm.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket/page/2#post-1853742 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:04:48 +0000 rachylou 1853742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hehe. Just a jacket. Hehe.</p> <p>But the trademark design thing is interesting when it comes to fashion. Fashion has never gotten into design protection the way, oh say, tech has. I think designers all worry they're vulnerable... and dependent on 'cross-pollination'... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket/page/2#post-1853662 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 13:16:07 +0000 viva 1853662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think it's a very cool jacket. Interesting what approprio had to say about the art ripoff (which does seem clear, although what you do with that information is really up to each person) -- but I have to say that my initial thought was: cool jacket! Reminds me of Michael Jackson. (Musical performance connections only, please.) So that's my reference point. </p> <p></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853637 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 09:11:57 +0000 Jenni NZ 1853637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So fascinating! Love the look of the jacket Anna, looking forward to seeing it on you! And as I know so little about art I would never realise things are plagiarised most of the time. My objections to brands will be more for environment-damaging or worker-exploiting reasons, and even then it is so hard to follow, so complicated. Looks like some of the fast, cheap brands may be guilty in more than one way, yes? And on another tangent, Topshop in NZ has recently gone into receivership! After opening with great fanfare only maybe 3 years ago. I didn't help. I bought precisely one item, a pair of leggings. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853636 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:48:17 +0000 approprio 1853636@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna, I don't buy from those brands, for exactly those reasons and more besides. You're absolutely right though, there are far worse offenders than Maison Scotch. That Topshop case is by no means unique.&nbsp;</p> <p>I appreciate that we're all negotiating complex choices around fashion ethics and how we consume it. I make my own decisions on that front and I'm not going to judge others for making theirs. There are all kinds of rationalisations needed to justify this purchase over that one, but at the end of the day we all need to put clothes on our backs.&nbsp;I will, however, share my knowledge and try to maintain good faith, for whatever that's worth.&nbsp;</p> <p>So my very Cassandra-like observation here is that there's a world of difference between the positive and necessary cultural exchange that links an artist like Bispo do Rosario to Stephen Sprouse or Keith Haring, or to the embellished menswear at Valentino, and the practice of reproducing heritage artefacts outside their original context and passing them off as fashion.&nbsp;This is the grey area of cultural appropriation that regularly has us mired in so many fruitless discussions about what we should and shouldn't wear, but always seems to bypass the very obvious question of what constitutes healthy cultural creation.&nbsp;</p> <p>And honestly, I don't have a good answer to this. I feel more or less the same way about Isabel Marant and Ralph Lauren, but I have clothes by both those brands, so I'm not about to call you out for buying this jacket. I'm looking forward to seeing it in fact. I hope it's as nice as it looks in the pictures.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853595 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 03:22:33 +0000 annagybe 1853595@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For a classical bent see Handel-Bach-Mozart</p> <p>Or how Picasso was inspired by African art </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853593 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 03:15:43 +0000 annagybe 1853593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Appropio, I appreciate your information.<br /> But Topshop, Forever 21, and Urban Outfitters are notorious for stealing from living designers.<br /> Here's a breakdown of an indie jewelry designer &amp; TopShop<br /> <a href="http://wendybrandes.com/blog/2012/08/making-a-long-story-longer-update-on-topshop-swear-rings" rel="nofollow">http://wendybrandes.com/blog/2.....wear-rings</a></p> <p>The artist you mentioned is dead. Artists steal and inspired from each other forever.<br /> I bought some Basiquat inspired sweatshirts, they were approved by his estate. Unfortunately I was ignorant of his anti-commercialism </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853507 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:42:47 +0000 Angie 1853507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know the brand well. I hope it works, Anna. </p> <p>Liz, I understand your passion and frustration. Fashion plagiarism is inevitable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853490 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:05:18 +0000 approprio 1853490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anna, that's a lovely jacket. </p> <p>Be warned though, I have a massively conflicted love-hate relationship with this brand, so&nbsp;you probably don't want to read what's coming next.</p> <p>Ahem. </p> <p>As so often happens with Scotch and Soda designs, I can see very clearly where it comes from, and not in an "influenced by..." way either.&nbsp;This particular piece is a blatant "homage" to Brazilian <a rel="nofollow" href="http://eltonjacobsen.com/2008/05/19/outsider-art/">outsider artist</a> Arthur Bispo do Rosario, who spent most of his life in a psychiatric hospital.</p> <p>Honestly Anna, I'm so sorry, this lovely jacket is flagrant plagiarism, and I don't know what else to say. It's no reflection on you, because if I didn't spend half my life looking at textiles and the other half trying to make a living as a creative I'd be all over it as well. I just wish Scotch and Soda would stop copying and hire some real designers. Or maybe in this case, honour their source with a mental health awareness initiative. Or something.</p> <p>Fashion's like that though. Angry as I am with with S&amp;S, I have to admit they make good threads and I like knowing this jacket exists. I'd go picket their head office on the Prinsengracht but I'll probably be too busy embroidering bad poetry on a Uniqlo blazer.&nbsp;</p> <p>I bet it'll look fab. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853465 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:24:05 +0000 DonnaF 1853465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I feel like you're teasing us!!! When do you think the jacket will arrive? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853445 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:11:14 +0000 Christina F. 1853445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853363 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 05:29:30 +0000 Anonymous 1853363@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful jacket and I can visualize it on you. Even the model looks a bit like you. Love it with those striped trousers, but it should look good with black too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853357 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 03:49:06 +0000 Laura G 1853357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very cool jacket!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853354 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 03:30:28 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1853354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, what a cool jacket. It will be fantastic on you. I hope it fits! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853318 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 01:50:27 +0000 Jaime 1853318@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks very promising - hope it lives up to its pictures. Maison Scotch (sister brand) shows up more often on the resale market here and is usually good quality. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853302 Mon, 16 Oct 2017 01:05:24 +0000 Style Fan 1853302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous jacket.&nbsp; Hope it works for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853294 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:37:08 +0000 Sal 1853294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My neighbours here are totally into Maison Scotch and Scotch and Soda and do all sorts of things to obtain it (small amounts can be purchased here but not the full range).</p> <p>I eyed it up on my recent Sydney trip - really nice quality and colours and details.&nbsp; I liked the menswear too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853293 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:35:49 +0000 binkle 1853293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Anna - I really like the velvet stuff and will take a closer look. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853290 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:31:04 +0000 annagybe 1853290@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think their sizing is generous. A wee bit inconsistent but not horrible.<br /> Mostly I think being from Netherlands, it fit my Northern European mutt build </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853286 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:20:33 +0000 binkle 1853286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They have really nice things!&nbsp; I think you've mentioned this brand before.&nbsp; How is their sizing?&nbsp; I notice they only go up to 12, so I wondered if they run on the generous side.&nbsp; Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853283 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:11:26 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1853283@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a fabulous jacket!&nbsp; &nbsp;Fingers crossed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853282 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 23:09:30 +0000 Anonymous 1853282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow - this is gorgeous ! Bet it will be perfect on you.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853278 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 21:05:40 +0000 Kari 1853278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That looks like an incredible piece. Fingers crossed that it works! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853272 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:35:43 +0000 kkards 1853272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great jacket....looking foward to seeing how you style it </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853269 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:33:00 +0000 Janet 1853269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's a terrific jacket and I can totally picture it on you. Crossing fingers that it works! Let us know when it arrives. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853268 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:30:43 +0000 Sheila 1853268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it lots, can't wait to see it on you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853266 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 20:28:30 +0000 gradfashionista 1853266@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love it. Looking forward to seeing it on you when it arrives. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853261 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:46:35 +0000 Anonymous 1853261@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ordered-a-jacket#post-1853260 Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:45:47 +0000 JAileen 1853260@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm unfamiliar with the brand, but I like the jacket a lot. Literally a statement piece. </p>