July 14th, 2008 by Loki
No, this is not another post about the legendary Magazine Street Transvestite Crime Ring ™, that is covered elsewhere (at the moment). Instead this is to comment on what appears to be the theft of a dress design. Listen my children and you shall hear the story of a wholesale client that wanted more.
Trashy Diva is a great little clothing store on Magazine St., down near the big Rue De La Course coffee house. It has been around for years and is respected in the local community, I know that because I live nearby. Recently they discovered that a dress of their design had been duplicated by one of their wholesalers with no credit (or percentage) posted.
From the Trashy Diva MySpace:
Yesterday, a customer brought in a photo of a dress (printed out from one of our regular wholesale customers UNIQUE-VINTAGE.COM.-Now, if you haven’t heard of them, then no suprise. They are a generic non-offensive site, but not a site exploding with any original personality ). Anyway, this photo is of one of my dresses-but in a different color. The customer was wondering if we got some new colors instock in the popular “Trixie” dress. After a bit of investigation we find out that this website has actually taken one of our dresses to a factory and had the dress copied and is selling the dress as their design under their label on their website. WHAT!!?!
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June 25th, 2006 by Loki
Only in New Orleans! The Drag Queens are coming! The Drag Queens are coming! Why does this make me think of the State House of Reps and the White House? Hmm…
New Orleans CityBusiness-Transvestite crime gangs pester Magazine Street owners
Robyn Lewis, owner of Dark Charm fashion and accessories for women, represents the first line of defense for the Magazine Street shop owners. She is the first to see them come strutting in their pumps down St. Andrew Street, the bewigged pack of thieves who have plagued the Lower Garden District since May.
Like an SOS flare, Lewis grabs her emergency phone list and starts calling.
“They’re coming,” she warns Eric Ogle a salesman at Vegas, a block down Magazine Street. Ogle, who was terrorized by the brazen crew two months earlier, alerts neighboring Winky’s where manager Kendra Bonga braces for the onslaught.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am the biggest supporter of small local business, but this is funny. Its that special kind of absurdity that seems to flourish in our subtropical environment, the almost psychedelic vision of heat induced dilirium. It is a moment that makes you realize that you are home after all. Welcome to the Mirror Universe, kids!
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