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#1 2011-11-18 06:33:59
- Bishop of Briggs
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Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
http://stjames-style.blogspot.com/2011/11/borrowed-heritage.html
American Ivy look? What a fraud and scumbag! I hope that RL is paying royalties or he will end up in court. The final insult would be for the tie to be made in Asia.
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#2 2011-11-18 06:36:48
- Andy_B
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
Agree with you absolutely. Same as offering regimental ties, really.
#3 2011-11-18 08:03:34
- Avgvstvs
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
Have seen several with 'borrowed' university crests too, including my old one. Considered informing the alma mata but then thought what's the point?
#4 2011-11-18 09:02:57
- formby
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
....contrast with R.L approach to counterfeit goods.
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#5 2011-11-18 09:57:59
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
I consider all RL counterfeit goods.
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#6 2011-11-18 12:41:40
- captainpreppy
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
Any possibility RL made a deal with Eton, some kind of licensing arrangement in return for a nice donation?
I should think that RL is too sophisticated an operation, with high-powered counsel, to attempt overt rip-offs.
#8 2011-11-18 13:16:03
- Andy_B
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
Just more 'bogus milordism'.
#9 2011-11-18 15:41:32
- Axel Ferguson
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
It's a more expensive version of having those faded sprints on t-shirts referencing sporting events during years the wearer wasn't even alive.
Part of a look that once had meaning, but that now is just done because it looks right. And by right I mean tacky.
#10 2011-11-18 16:28:48
- Gilgamesh2003
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
My heart overflows with pity for Eton, which will probably have to shut its doors forever since it has lost its highly lucrative position in the American necktie market. Perhaps some of its illustrious alumni can find positions for the faculty that the school will have to discharge, perhaps as scullery help or gardeners.
#11 2011-11-18 17:52:06
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Ralph Lauren pinches Eton crest design for a tie
Eton will have to wait in line to sue Lauren. Brooks Brothers, LL Bean and every army navy store are all ahead of them
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