the obsession with dupes, fakes, and counterfeits

Head to http://squarespace.com/minale to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or a domain! ➤ NEWSLETTER https://minale.substack.com/ ➤ PRODUCTION written and edited by Mina Le ➤ SOCIALS Instagram: http://instagram.com/gremlita TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gremlita Letterboxd: http://boxd.it/7YgX ➤ CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ➤ SOURCES Design Piracy in the Fashion Industries of Paris and New York in the Interwar Years by Véronique Pouillard (2011) https://www.dailydot.com/news/emily-mariko-tote-bag-dupe-amazon/ https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/song-ji-a-singles-inferno-netflix-instagram-b2018649.html https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60384651 https://abovethelaw.com/2023/12/fashion-victims-dupes-are-a-serious-problem/ https://wwd.com/business-news/retail/counterfeit-knockoff-replica-legal-10437109/ https://copyrightalliance.org/is-fashion-protected-by-copyright-law/ https://www.itsbeyondmycontrol.com/the-american-look/ https://fashionexhibitionmaking.arts.ac.uk/faking-it/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-10-oe-dilberto10-story.html https://fidmmuseum.org/2010/10/american-editions-of-paris-originals-1950s-couture-copying.html https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/education/cristobal-balenciaga-1895-1972 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/28/nyregion/familiar-but-not-marc-jacobs-and-the-borrower-s-art.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/weekinreview/09wilson.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-10-oe-dilberto10-story.html https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22573682/shein-future-of-fast-fashion-explained https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-is-the-dupe-generation-2023-12 https://www.nssmag.com/en/fashion/30096/gen-z-moda-fake https://www.fastcompany.com/90895043/lululemon-dupes-align-tiktok-lululemondupes https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/03/22/dupes-shopping-trend-gen-z/ https://www.nbcnews.com/news/matilda-djerf-avenue-dupes-copyright-strikes-controversy-rcna121901 https://www.voguebusiness.com/fashion/gen-z-loves-dupes-is-this-bad-news-for-luxury-fashion-brands https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/gen-z-shoppers-love-new-brands https://lizabelmonte.substack.com/p/039-is-this-the-year-we-stop-dressing https://heymrss.substack.com/p/dupes-are-the-devil?utm_source=%2Fsearch%2Fdupe&utm_medium=reader2 https://www.blackbirdspyplane.com/p/the-cop-irl-only-challenge 0:00 - intro 6:38 - are dupes illegal 10:45 - the history of fakes 17:17 - tiktok dupe culture 28:22 - conclusion