Harajuku Lovers Sues Forever 21
July 16th, 2007 Posted in Fast Fashion
Gwen Stefani’s Harajuki Lovers has filed a lawsuit against fast fashion chain Forever 21 for trademark infringement. Pictured, above right, is Harajuku Lover’s Logo Heart print and a Forever 21 tee, on the left, with a modified Logo Heart print. While they’re at it, they might as well get Wet Seal and Aeropostale in on the act. See proof after the jump.
Harajuku Lovers Modal Tee on the left | Wet Seal tee on the right
Harajuku Lovers on the left | Aeropostale on the right
Image Credits: Forever21.com, HarajukuLovers.com, No Doubt Community
July 17th, 2007 at 9:53 am
oh, wow! those were definitely copied, no doubt!
July 19th, 2007 at 9:55 am
I mean give me a break! its called being original that’s what will get you sales not copying someone elses design!
July 24th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
i can’t blame forever 21 for taking inspiration from gwen stefani’s harajuku lovers line because it is so cute and original… but if they want to give their clothes a similar theme, then they shouldn’t completely copy gwen’s designs! they made it so obvious! they were practically asking to be sued. they deserved it. NOBODY STEALS FROM GWEN!
July 25th, 2007 at 7:34 am
why not copy something that is sooooooo pricy, most people cant afford the real thing….so we go into 4ever21, see something simialr or exact and of course we r going to buy it, we want what we cant have, why does it matter to the designers anyways, they make millions on top of millions, there not losing anything….maybe they should make affordable clothing not everyone is Rich and Famous!!!!!!!!!!
July 31st, 2007 at 1:14 pm
heck yeah sue RAVE tooo i was 2 mad wen i bought a Harjuku Lover tee and seen and almost similar one at there store i say go 4 it
December 6th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
well…that totally sucks!!!
i wonder what’s gonna happen to
Forever 21
Aeropostale
&
Wet Seal???????
December 19th, 2007 at 11:29 pm
lmao. Did you know Gwen Stefani often copies a lot of other things? Example, the HARAJUKA girls and also EGL. No one sues her, so why would she file a law suit against people who took her ideas? Also, If you look at Japanese fashion and look at Gwen’s, they are very similar. She gets a lot of her ideas from Japanese culture. She’s a copy cat basically.
December 20th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
gwen stefani is a fake. she makes people view japanese culture as what she designs… but it’s the opposite. sure, some of her shirts are cute, but i think people should sue her for making people parade around in her brand and pretend they are all hard-core street-style. >:O
December 30th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
The entire fashion business is based on people “borrowing” ideas from other brands. That’s how trends work! stefani should be proud that the people she hired to design her lines for her are so talented that everyone wants to copy them. Wake up, this is the real world.
January 13th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Gwen isn’t the original thought on the clothing, the pictures might be from her own ideas, but the inspiration is purely from Harajuku the true origination of the ideas. Pictures, modified logos is stealing no doubt about that. But ’stealing’ the Harajuku fashion from her is not true. It wasn’t hers in the first place, she just drew inspiration from Harajuku. She’s the fake here, there so many other brands that were here first, she wasn’t the first one. Duh!! Personally I like Gwen, but saying that her stuff is ‘original’ it’s not true.
February 13th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
????? everyone bits off of everyone, nothing is new.