Jil Sander dress...

The Jil Sander dress… I love it, but I honestly can’t believe how many editorials I have seen it in lately. Why use something that everyone else is using. Could it be a lazy stylist or does everyone just really love this dress. I didn’t know it was that amazing. The first time I saw the dress was in the last Plastique Magazine but I also saw it in the new Self Service, Italian Vogue, I-D, and I saw it in two different editorials in the 101 issue of Numero! Am I the only one who has noticed this copy cat trend and lack of originality?

It’s kind of like when you see a photographer’s latest shoot, and you love it, and talk about it with your friends, but then- you see the photo shoot that inspired that photographer- and it happened 3 months ago! I guess this is just the nature of fashion; someone comes up with an original idea, then ten or so artist copy it and he or she passes it off as his or her own work.

            Maybe it’s not a bad thing; maybe it’s just a reflection of our culture, and trends. After all every photograph is different, because every photographer is different. We all see the world in a slightly different color, so even when we copy other things, we can’t help but to put our own spin on it.

           What do you think? When you see the same photographic style, or the same color scheme, or even the same dress in six different magazines, do you get angry, or inspired?

 Dress, $4,175, Jil Sander