Rachel Zoe launches first full collection not on QVC

By Ashley Knox » Controversy and plagiarism ensue. Everyone dies.

Launch isn’t the best way to describe it, as there’s no word on when, where, or if the collection will hit the racks. We wouldn’t worry about it too much though as the clothes are pretty… meh.  Save for a tiered ruffled chiffon number, Zoe steered away from her signature, over-accessorized boho look and onto more tailored 70s inspired styles.The result is something wearable albeit rather boring, and not in the Celine minimalist kind of way.

But what’s a story without a little scandal?  Shortly after the collection’s debut in WWD, it was noted via Twitpic that one of Zoe’s designs, a stand out black and white sequined mini dress, is LIT-RALLY a copy of a vintage dress she once styled for Teen Vogue in 2007 and later wore on her eponymous TV show, The Rachel Zoe Project.  With the line between inspiration and plagiarism stretched thinner than the skin on Zoe’s sternum (ba-dum ching!),  it makes us wonder whether reality TV begets a complete lack of integrity or if pregnancy now comes with amnesia.  Either way, Marc Jacobs was busted for the same crime two years ago and he’s doing fine, so Rach is probably okay.

 Righhhttt.

Posted on January 20, 2011. More on: rachel zoe, the rachel zoe project, plagiarism