Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters are owned by the same company (which also owns Free People, Terrain and Leifsdottir). Aside from giving large donations to Rick Santorum, a man I find reprehensible, Urban Outfitters is constantly ripping off indie artists and vintage furniture and selling the designs as their own. Anthropologie is no slouch in the copying department either...
There is example after example of this (and more here and here). There is even a blog devoted to their rampant thievery. Sadly they have done it yet again to an Etsy artist I admire. Her California necklace has been on my wish list for quite some time and now it's been outright copied by UO.
Take a look:
They even stole some of the write up on the necklace. I urge you to show your support to Truche and buy the original. Yes it's more money but it's original, real silver and handmade. You could also send a message to Urban Outfitters and boycott them as I have.
Update: Urban Outfitters just stopped selling the necklace on their site. After being a trending topic on Twitter and an article in the Huffington Post seems like they got the message. I hope they change their ways and not just in this one instance.
thoroughly disappointing..i never shoppped at these stores and refused a giveaway sponsored by a big name for the very same reason...
ReplyDeleteThat is disgusting! Shame on them.
ReplyDeleteshared ur link on facebook...i want other design bloggers to know what these big brands actually do :(
ReplyDeleteEeew I feel sick at the thought of these huge companies trawling the internet for creative ideas to steal. So glad they caved to the pressure and pulled this product. I'm sure there are countless more instances of this happening daily.
ReplyDeleteThis is so disappointing! I've always loved shopping at Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters, and I hate to think that all that money I've spent has gone to support this kind of theft! I'm definitely going to stop shopping there...thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteDid Urban counterfeiters get hacked?
ReplyDeleteI can attest to the quality of Truche's necklaces. I bought the Illinois version for my sister a couple of years ago when she was living overseas, and she still loves and wears it all the time. Not something you'll be able to say for the UO version I bet!
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