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"When Tom Ford debuted his 1980s-inspired &amp;quot;cross-cultural multi-ethnic&amp;quot; fall collection in September, it was met with mixed reviews and criticism that it was a bit too cartoonish. He said Rihanna was his inspiration, and again critics wondered whether her style was practical and whether his customer wanted to dress like the singer. &amp;quot;Whenever I&amp;amp;#8217;m working on a collection, everything does have to be real, and those outfits are real to me. If I think, &amp;amp;#8220;OK, who is wearing this and where is she going?&amp;amp;#8221; he told WWD. And I think, OK, that&amp;amp;#8217;s Rihanna, and she&amp;amp;#8217;s going to her lawyer&amp;amp;#8217;s office in that all-black outfit and she&amp;amp;#8217;s hungover and that&amp;amp;#8217;s why she&amp;amp;#8217;s wearing those glasses. Yet she&amp;amp;#8217;s still a rock star. Rihanna might wear this, but would you? I ask, because most likely you will see something similar pop up at Zara or another fast fashion store that quickly takes runway looks and produces them months before you will see the actual designer looks in stores like Barneys or Saks Fifth Avenue. Designers have often lamented this knockoff trend. &amp;quot;A lot of the things I did&amp;amp;#8212;it&amp;amp;#8217;s not going to sound anything but egotistical&amp;amp;#8212;if I&amp;amp;#8217;m lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don&amp;amp;#8217;t like that.&amp;quot; Do you think it&amp;#x27;s flattering for a designer to be copied by a less expensive retailer, or do you think it&amp;#x27;s wrong? Discuss!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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