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    Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street

    Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
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    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    12/09/09

    In reply to Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street
    Did anyone else do a double take and start counting on their fingers after that People headline?

    (I'm too dispiritedly conflicted about validating rights of the small business designer/IP owners but mourning an as-a-result-lacerated budget to comment on much else in the article here.)
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    12/09/09

    In reply to Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street
    Regarding the counterfeiting bust: yes; It is the start of a HUGE crackdown. Bloomberg is on a rampage because counterfeiters don't pay taxes and are illegally importing their items. Not to mention the huge violations of copyrights, patents and IP.
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    12/09/09

    @winner: Agreed. Plus they are a major tool for laundering money for drug traffickers, human traffickers, terrorists, proliferators, etc. etc. They are a very dirty business and I am glad to see this crackdown.
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    12/09/09

    @winner: I hoping there's going to be a crackdown. We should handle counterfeit goods the same way France does.
    Here (the US) isn't it legal to buy CGs, but not to sell? They ought to change that. Punish the buyers.
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    12/09/09

    @LaFemme: Exactly.
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    12/09/09

    @femme-bot: At least people like me will look fabulous in the clink with our (fake) Chanels.
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    12/09/09

    @dj_chick: Fake Chanel doesn't look fabulous.
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    12/09/09

    @femme-bot: I agree! And they do!

    There was a raid on a FedEx type shipping station off Canal St. that was directly associated with several vendors of counterfeit goods. The items were either purchased from a Chinatown storefront and dropped off to be shipped to the customer's home or sold (often as authentic) via eBay.

    All of the packages were confiscated and messages were sent to the addressees that basically said "sorry charlie but you're S.O.L."

    The Trademark Counterfeiting Act of 1984 made it a Federal criminal offense to *knowingly* sell counterfeit items. It's usually a wholesaler who is held liable - if you can find them, if they are solvent, if they can be subject to the jurisdiction of US courts and if he is insured. Not exactly easy which is why NYC is taking this route.
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    12/09/09

    @femme-bot: Neither does being judgmental.
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    12/09/09

    @dj_chick: At least my judgment doesn't support crime rings, terrorism, human traffickers, and child labor violations.
    My judgment doesn't support a shady ass industry.
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    12/09/09

    @winner: Oh, cool, I didn't know that. I recall reading an article a bit back discussing how they're starting to go after people who have "purse parties". Which I guess are wholesalers.
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    12/09/09

    @femme-bot: It doesn't make sense to punish the buyers - it doesn't work with drugs, either.
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    12/09/09

    @LaFemme: Yeah, I guess if it funds things like this it's good to be disbanded, but it seems like a lot of effort has gone in to it more because of the big-name designers complaining all the time. Nobody spends as much time and effort on other causes of drug and human trafficking.
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    12/09/09

    @JerkoftheMonth: I don't disagree that the designers complaints probably play a part, but I think it is a little off-base to claim "nobody" spends as much time and effort on other causes of drug and human trafficking. Trying to dismantle international drug cartels, human trafficking rings, and stop the funding of terror isn't exactly an easy task, and there are many, many people who are involved in trying to do just that across a wide range of government and private sector. Frankly, the time and effort that it would take to basically shut down Canal street counterfeit shops seems so minimal, I can't believe they didn't do it sooner.
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    12/09/09

    In reply to Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street
    Oh how I love How to steal a million. Peter O'Toole was simply scrumptious, and Audrey wears the best clothes...
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    12/09/09

    @sara-without-an-h: agreed. everyone was perfectly cast!
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    12/09/09

    @sara-without-an-h: Damn, that black lace dress with the matching veil/masque... simply divine!! Probably my favorite thing she's worn on film—even including Funny Face! (although that stripedy white dress from Fair Lady....?). In any case, chantilly lace LBD, I lust.

    And Peter O'Toole has just the prettiest blue eyes that ever opened on this earth.
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    sara-without-an-h promoted this comment Edited by betty.black at 12/09/09 12:12 PM betty.black was starred betty.black was unstarred
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    12/09/09

    @betty.black: And her cute nightgown, gum boots and Givenchy coat!!!
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    12/09/09

    @sara-without-an-h: When they spent minutes on end in that art gallery closet just.this.close--mmmm.
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    12/09/09

    @ardentlilac: So glad others know this film! I've always thought HTSAM was unfairly overlooked in discussions of the works of Audrey Hepburn or Peter O'Toole or William Wyler. The comic performances of Hugh Griffith and Eli Wallach are brilliant, too.
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    12/09/09

    In reply to Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street
    The use of the word "spawns" in that context is uncomfortably reminiscent of those CF assholes, to my mind.
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    12/09/09

    In reply to Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street
    Spawn is the funniest word ever. Unfortunately a classmate of mine (who has a baby with his wife) didn't find it so hilarious when I jokingly asked how the spawn was doing.
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    12/09/09

    In reply to Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street
    Here's a link to an NPR article about the Hepburn auction. If I had that kind of bank account I would have tried for the Givenchy ball gown from Love in the Afternoon. A girl can dream...[www.npr.org]
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    12/09/09

    In reply to Gisele Spawns Baby Boy; Counterfeit Crackdown Hits Canal Street
    Even though Naomi is like "legitimately" crazy, I still find her more likeable than Tyra. No lie.
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    Image of GirlFailer GirlFailer
    12/09/09

    @Understater: I like her because instead of being passive aggressively (like TyTy) bitchy, she's just blatantly bitchy.
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    12/09/09

    @GirlFailer: Exactly. NiNi owns her bitchiness, whereas TyTy puts a mask of sincerity over it.
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    12/09/09

    @Understater:
    She's just seven times more interesting than Tyra. My favorite and only moment watching the Tyra show outside of Jezebel was when Tyra had Naomi on to "confront" her about how she treated her.

    That shit was fodder for an SNL/Mad Tv parody. Naomi is hardcore.
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    12/09/09

    @dandelionbrowne: I remember that! It was great. The whole episode was trumped up to be Tyra's mega-catharsis but Naomi was completely clueless: "Oh, was I mean to you years ago? I'm sorry, I guess".
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    12/09/09

    @IndignationCoordinator:
    I have to admit I cackled a bit watching that. Naomi was like," I was on coke. I don't remember any of this. What do you want from me?" while Tyra was all melodramatically devastated.
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    I couldn't fit into women's clothing until the age of maybe 13. It was awful. Now Stella McCartney is reversing the problem for me. BACK TO KID'S CLOTHES PLZ?? #nicolerichieclothingline
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    Is it just me, or is that Jimmy Choo for H&M range tacky as hell? #nicolerichieclothingline
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    10/22/09

    @Diziet_Sma: But is it ironic tackiness? #nicolerichieclothingline
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    10/22/09

    @Haystacks: Ha! But if the irony is lost on me, is it still ironic? #nicolerichieclothingline
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    I hope J. Crew sent Michelle Obama a nice thank-you note. #nicolerichieclothingline
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    As a Kate, I may buy from the Winter Kate line, because I still have the childish reaction to like anything that has to do with my name. #ragtrade
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    10/22/09

    @lilbobbytables is a la-di-da feminist: My mother's favourite present to buy me is anything by Billabong because my name starts with a B and its 'sort of' personalised #nicolerichieclothingline
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    10/22/09

    @beastybeatsy: I am a sucker for Kate Spade for that very reason. #nicolerichieclothingline
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    Image of lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black
    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    neoprene pencil skirts???? *swoon* #ragtrade
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    Judith Leiber once designed a bag for Hillary Clinton based on Socks the Cat.
    Does she call it her catbag? Heh #ragtrade
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    Oh Mr. Mizrahi, your observations on the fashion world make me sad. #ragtrade
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    10/22/09

    In reply to Nicole Richie Doing Designs; No Sampling Allowed At Oprah Store
    I go to fashion forums, and people are fawning over J. Crew a little too much. And apparently the free Michelle Obama advertisements made the company offer very little sales/coupons.

    It's decent quality, but overpriced, in my opinion. #ragtrade
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    10/22/09

    @lilyHaze: J. Crew online always has stuff on sale, and they constantly are flooding my inbox with free shipping offers, etc. If you like an (admittedly overpriced) item, just wait two months. Everything ends up on sale. I haven't noticed any decline in that kind of discounting following the Michelle Obama phenomenom. #nicolerichieclothingline
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