It has come to my attention that industrial espionage has leaked into the world of sewing blogs. Back in May, Scruffy Badger blogged about her gingham make and I was lucky enough to photograph her wearing this most beautiful of dresses on the Fabric Fandango:
Scruffy Badger, Centre
So far, all so seemingly innocent. Yesterday, I wandered into Hobbs:
Coincidence? I don’t think so.
I marched straight over to a sales assistant and told her that if all Hobbs could do was rip off my friends and copy their dresses then they were all a load of stinky pants whose mums didn’t love them. Her eyes flickered over my shoulder and she gave a small nod to the man in the navy uniform.
Security guards have surprisingly firm grips when they march you out of a store…
Hahaha. Well, now we know who to call when we need someone to stand up for us! (No picture with the security guards? ;-))
And I bet they came up with some pathetic excuse along the lines of, “It’s a homage to Scruffy’s work”. The cheek of it!
Seriously? Hahahahaha. well now they’ll know not to mess with u future.
Loving your work LOL !!!!!!
Ha ha, they are a bunch of stinky pants! And stoopid poo poo heads because they can’t come up with their own ideas. To be fair though i think we all want that dress of Scruffy Badgers, I know i do…..
OMG!! My friend trailed me into Hobbs a couple of weeks ago (it’s way too expensive a shop for me!), and I saw that exact dress, and had the exact same thought! I wasn’t brave enough to confront anybody though!!
A picture of you with the security guard would have been fantastic! I guess there wasn’t time for that! I have to say though, that the Hobbs dress is a poor relation to Scruffy Badgers dress. And in any case was machine made by robots so carries no love in the weave! x
This happens with alarming regularity. My mate had her textile designs ripped off by a store I never go in!
Have to say Scruffy Badger’s is superior.x
Hah, no way! That dress is certainly popular. I blogged about it last month, as my friend and I had spotted it on a shopping trip. Have to say, I much prefer Scruffy’s version!
http://kestrelfindsandmakes.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-do-you-make-what-you-make.html
You tell them Karen! No one rips off our badger!!!
ha ha ha…. you are funny!
Ha ha ha. You didn’t get a photo with the security guard? But you know my gingham was from walthamstow ( stall by sainsburys) and I was assured that it was ex- hobbs. Interesting, non ?
I think I just wet myself….
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