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Shirt, Custo/thrifted; Blazer, Van Heusen, thrifted; Pants, Urban Outfitters; Boots, vintage

My Knock-Off of a Knock-Off

You may have heard of the scandal about Forever 21 being the queen of knocking off high-end designers and getting sued all the time by the likes of Anna Sui and Diane von Furstenberg? Anyway, here in lowly, fashion-deprived Costa Rica, the designers don't even have the know to knock off the originals, instead they knock off the knock offs and you end up with an even more distorted version. Lucky for me, I don't even really care. Check out the following three dresses:

On the left is the original by Tibi, and on the right is the F21 knock off, and now, I bring you this:

This is the dress I bought yesterday at Aliss, the cheapest-ass department store in Costa Rica (well, after Carrion, I suppose) and it's made by a brand called New York Collection. Three cheers for those fun random finds!

Karlie Kloss

Only 15 years old, Karlie Kloss, an up and coming model/ballet dancer, has already walked the runways of Marc Jacobs, Carolina Herrera, Just Cavalli, Alberta Ferrera, Pucci, Alexander McQueen, and other big names.

Japanese Vogue, June 2008

Backstage at Gucci, Feb. 2008

Backstage at Vera Wang, Feb. 2008

All photos courtesy of NY Magazine

Continued Adoration for Suvi Koponen

Dazed and Confused, Oct. 2007

W, Dec, 2007

The face of Blumarine, spring 2008

British Vogue, Feb. 2008

All photos courtesy of NY Magazine Models