This Fendi Halter Cutout Dress costs a whopping USD 2,432.40 (PHP 117,963.14) at Net-a-Porter. I should be happy with that actually because at the start of the season, it was at USD 4,880 (PHP 236,663.43)!!! It's a dress--why that absurdly insane price?Anyway, though I can never afford it, I like to imagine how I can wear it. Polyvore has come up with enchanting ways:
Fascinating. I've wanted this dress badly since I saw it early this year! I first saw the ads in the foreign fashion mags I browse through. I was first obsessed with the shoes and then I thought the dress was cute. 
It reminds me of the pastillas de leche (milk candy) I indulged in as a kid and they came wrapped in these meticulously crafted Japanese paper. I think I liked the candy more because of the paper! I really love this Fendi dress!
So imagine my surprise when I saw this ad in one of our magazines:
This Kester dress from Plains & Prints costs a mere PHP 2,395 (USD 50). I don't know whether I should be ecstatic or outraged. Should I get this dress??? I totally love it! And it's not exactly the same. But I feel it will suffer the fate of my Zara ladybug dress. Oh, and when my hubby saw it in the shop, he said, "It's obviously a knock off." No approval from the hubby. I guess that means I shouldn't, right?
if you don't feel right about it, don't get it <3
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprise with that.
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ay! nangopya... ;) I think that Plains and Prints dress is nice too. And it's okay. If you didn't mention here that their design is copied from Fendi's, I wouldn't know. A lot of people wouldn't know either.
ReplyDeleteEdward Cullen is a nice accessory with any dress. ;)
H&M, Zara etc. are the disposable versions.
ReplyDeleteI have since learned to settle with so-called "reasonable" options, it won't hurt if that dress gets a tear, stained or (gasp!)burned.
I remember that Batibot episode where they showed how they made those pastillas wrappers, so intricate! And I kept trying to copy them as a kid, only to end up with little shreds of paper :D
ReplyDeletethe dress does remind you of pastillas! :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom and I loooove that Fendi dress, too! I also don't know if I should be outraged or ecstatic :o I have to agree with your hubby though, it does really look like a knock-off.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that plains and print dress was a Fendi knock off til i read it here! I tried it on - panget the way it fits! Matron-ish. It's longer than the Fendi, and it poufs out something funny.
ReplyDeleteAnything cutout and tulip (referring to the skirt) is fasyon nowadays. So wth, go get 'em. :)
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm not getting it. Daisy Chain is right--I don't feel right about it even if Vikki said it's very on trend. Because even if it is hot right now, Anna said it doesn't fit well! So there! Thanks for your advice!
ReplyDeleteHI Frances, It's more than half a year since this post came out but I just got this dress from Plains last week on sale. I love it. It looks wonderful and dainty. Don't mind if it's a knock off, only found out here today anyway while searching for a photo I could send to my sis in Canada. When I tried it on my one year old daughter said "Wow! Mom! Pretty!" and I knew it was worth it. =) Fashion is like art...as long as it makes your heart skip a beat, it shouldn't matter what others have say. =) By the way...it fits me perfectly so I guess if it doesn't fit one person it doesn't mean it won't fit everyone right. =)
ReplyDeleteI have that dress from P&P, I got so many compliments wearing that dress. I didn't know it was a knock off until i saw a hollywood star wearing a similar dress. I still love it. :)
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