Did Guess Rip Off Rodarte For Target? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Today's "This Thing Looks Like That Thing" -- Fashionista points out that Guess' Blair Vintage Dress quite closely resembles Rodarte for Target's Slip Dress in Peach.

Lace trim? Check. Mesh overlay? Check. Bows at the shoulders? Check. Price? Funny you should ask. Guess' arguable knockoff rings in at $168, while Target's option is on sale for $15.74, making this one a no-brainer and mind-blogging. All at the same time!

Take a look and tell us what you think.

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Did Guess rip off Rodarte for Target?

YES! It's a total copy.

NO! I think they're different.

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But...real talk:

Quick Poll

Which one would you buy?

Guess! $168 isn't that bad.

Rodarte for Target! Are you kidding me?

Neither. I wouldn't wear it.

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That's Guess on the left, Target on the right.

Comments

[Terri McManus]

02:01 AM on 05/25/2011

too bad no one bothered to ask if Rodarte was ripping off Guess by Marciano here, instead of the other way around since the Guess dress design was developed from an old 50's vintage dress... odd that Rodarte happened to see the same vintage dress and get all the details exactly the same as the guess dress, even the changes to details that guess made from the vintage original...I'd be very interested to see the original working design sketches that Rodarte used to develop their dress

[placedesvosges]

02:05 PM on 05/25/2011

you work at Guess then? lol

[Dana Nicole]

10:41 AM on 05/24/2011

What's more appalling is that Guess wants someone to pay 168 dollars for that flimsy looking thing!

[Nicole Quiros Adams]

10:06 AM on 05/24/2011

What's the difference? They're both made in either of the following countries: China, Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Nepal, Mexico, Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia...

[Daisytoo]

08:27 PM on 05/26/2011

And they both look like cr/ap/ola

[Kitten Kramer]

11:59 PM on 05/23/2011

Please, why would anyone spend their hard earned money on that ugly stuff? People that do that follow the fashion trend and that is sad because fashion is always changing everyday. Wear clothes that make oyu look good not what's on a hanger that looks cut up and wrinkled.

[ummm]

07:47 PM on 05/23/2011

nude lingerie as outerwear still trendy after all these years? fashionable if you like an old, tired look (see Madonna circa a lifetime ago)---

[Marturia]

06:50 PM on 05/23/2011

Sure it's a rip off. But Target thought to match the dress with military boots. Add steampunk headwear and it would be a bigger hit!

[Cinquopated]

04:24 PM on 05/23/2011

Gap sells stuff for $168 now? I remember when they sold stuff for the middle class. I guess more evidence that the MC doesn't exist anymore. Besides BOTH dresses are hideous, negligees more like it!

[thrillsnswills]

06:32 PM on 05/23/2011

Nobody said anything about Gap.

[crl2010]

06:47 PM on 05/23/2011

Guess = Gap? For some of us I *guess* so!

[Wistfulslinking]

03:21 PM on 05/23/2011

The issue is the horrid sentence structure of the headlines.

Gibberish.

[Max Shaw]

03:15 PM on 05/23/2011

Theyre both unflattering, but the Target one with the waist belt looks a lil more stylish and less boring. Plus pink looks a bit nicer than beige...

[Deni]

02:42 PM on 05/23/2011

They're both ugly.

[intellifran]

01:59 PM on 05/23/2011

I could tell which one was the Guess without reading. The Target one looks cheap.

[CUL8R]

02:55 PM on 05/23/2011

Do you work for Guess? Seriously.

[Cinquopated]

04:25 PM on 05/23/2011

Agree with intellifran

[Amber Berglund]

01:56 PM on 05/23/2011

It looks like Grandma's underwear. Can't we do better than this? Who wants to wear a beige slip with bows that look like shoulder pads from the 1980s?

[Kitten Kramer]

11:56 PM on 05/23/2011

Please your insulting all the fashion designers that are telling us to wear this ugly stuff. I mean after all, don't these designers know more then the people that wear the clothes? Aren't they trying to get the young girls to look like they walk the streets instead of being decent wholesome girls who get good grades and stay straight. Fashion is fickle, chose what looks nice on you as a person not what someone who thinks they know fashion because they are designers.

[DawnK]

01:36 PM on 05/23/2011

It's fine for a young girl and if I was a teen or 20teen I would wear the Target one. It actually looks better.

[intellifran]

02:00 PM on 05/23/2011

Wow. I'm glad you're not a buyer for a department store. The target one has no shape, shotty fabric and it's paired with a black belt...ewwww

[DawnK]

05:54 PM on 05/23/2011

The other one looks ill proportioned and cheaper. It just does.

[SeanMartin]

01:21 PM on 05/23/2011

They're both absurd in concept, but at least the Target version has better proportions.

[intellifran]

02:16 PM on 05/23/2011

Of course, the average Target shopper is over weight.

[SeanMartin]

03:37 PM on 05/23/2011

I'm just looking at proportionate details like the width of the shoulder straps and the way the bodice is curved: little things that make it a more pleasing design than the one from Guess.

[MissIndependentLady]

01:09 PM on 05/23/2011

Amazing. But I think without the stupid shoulder bows, both of these dresses would look nice, but the pink one looks far better than the one on the left which is absurdly expensive for such an ugly dress.