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Oilily rips off independent designer Rosa Pomar

April 1st, 2009 by alice

Dutch clothing company Oilily as launched, in their spring ‘09 collection a soft doll that is a flagrant copy of Portuguese independent designer Rosa Pomar’s signature doll.

They have not only produced an exact copy of the doll, as they have printed the image of her copyrighted design all over the fabric from which part of the ‘09 collection is made of.

Rosa Pomar has her own blog since 2001, having documented all of her creative process from the beggining, including all the dolls she has ever made.

Here’s the original doll, from Rosa Pomar:

rosa-pomars-doll1

And Oilily’s copy:

oilily's copy

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12 Responses to “Oilily rips off independent designer Rosa Pomar”

  1. on 02 Apr 2009 at 12:27 am   hoganfe handmade handbag originals

    Pretty sad…

  2. on 02 Apr 2009 at 11:34 am   Ana

    Other websites mentioning this:

    http://www.inhabitots.com/2009/03/26/is-dutch-fashion-house-oilily-guilty-of-imitation/

    http://whipup.net/2009/03/25/rosar-pomar-oilily-blatant-ripoff/

    http://daddytypes.com/2009/03/22/oilily_aka_the_dutch_portuguese_indies_plundering_company.php

  3. on 02 Apr 2009 at 3:43 pm   bobshouldhavethoughttwice

    These sock monsters/puppets/plush dolls have been about for decades, Rosa didn’t invent the monster – I don’t think it’s attributable to one person specifically.

    Unfortunate but true.

  4. on 03 Apr 2009 at 8:48 am   hR

    It’s close, but you shouldn’t claim it’s an “exact copy of the doll” when it obviously isn’t an exact copy.

  5. on 06 Apr 2009 at 3:36 pm   big sky

    It is stealing. It would be hard to make a copyright case out of it but it is obvious they took the original and changed things just enough to get away with it. It is sad but very common for companies like Oilily, who use to put out really cool original items to become so big they start cruising little handcraft sites to steal ideas . CHEESY . The original doll is much cuter but it will suck if your customers get confused when they see a doll that looks like yours being sold with cheaper detail at Oilily.

  6. on 13 Apr 2009 at 9:26 pm   Laura

    Hope she can afford a lawsuit. If it’s any consolation, Rosa’s doll looks tons better than Oilily’s.

  7. on 18 May 2009 at 1:37 am   meat.org

    eh dolls like this are not new and they are only vaguely similar.

  8. on 27 Jul 2009 at 4:27 pm   iynque

    So many people on this site rip one design and get mad when someone else rips them.

  9. on 05 Aug 2009 at 12:01 pm   samantha hahn

    awful!

  10. on 05 Aug 2009 at 12:24 pm   stacy

    the original looks wayyy better!

  11. on 06 Aug 2009 at 1:02 pm   kmd

    I have seen dolls like this for years, neither one are original. I think neither one should claim them as their idea. I do agree you do have to be careful when putting your work online.

  12. on 29 Mar 2010 at 8:29 pm   A Ervilha Cor de Rosa » ugly oilily:

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