Zara Knocks Off Aurora James Brother Vellies Shoe Designs.

 

Zara has yet again knocked off another Designers work Even though we're no stranger to this type of news from Zara it's still pretty bad. I shop at Zara, my friends shop at Zara so you know I'm just sad that they knocked off one of my favorite indie designers. Aurora James is now being added to the stolen idea list, news got out about the shoegrab from Zara when Aurora post a picture on her Instagram of a Sandal fur top shoe that looked like a spot on replica of her Dhara Sandal. She captioned the picture "Stolen from Africa" See the difference.




Zara Version



Aurora's Shoes

As the saying goes "Imitation is a form of flattering" As true as it might be Aurora Fashion Brand Brother Vellies, has a core meaning to all her items. The products she makes are made to bring attention to Africa's cultural shoe styles and to create jobs for them and the shoes are made by them, so yes the prices are set high for a reason to actually pay the African's justly for their work .  Aurora chit chatted up with Refinery29 and I know you're wondering why hasn't she filed a law suit, or even trying to take action? Well here's why.

"For me to go after a multibillion dollar corporation like Zara, which has a huge legal team ready and waiting for this, is not going to happen. I can’t afford it, and that’s how they get away with it. You have to weigh your time as a small-business owner,"

She's very right. Sometimes you really do have to cut your losses and let it go. On the real Most us doesn't have a over a thousand dollars to spend on shoes and all we have is stores like Zara to go get at least the closet thing to the real thing. Plus there's a huge factor called loans and bills to pay so yeah I'll quickly drop 50 to 100 bucks at Zara's to look good. But that doesn't make it right for a company to take the idea of another hard working woman out here. Will  Zara latest action stop fashionable ladies from going to the store? Heck No! You will be catching me back at Lenox racking up clothes from Zara. What I love affordable style stores :). But all the best Aurora! Get it Girl.