Slugworth...tis the season...


It always amazes me when several different designers come out with similar looking garments at the same exact time.  Oh I remember the tales of spies and moles planted in the factories and even outright thieves stealing patterns off the shelf.  I imagined the spy to be like Mr. Slugworth from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, infiltrating the design houses and making secret offers to those who looked weak.  Although it's probably not that dramatic, it still happens.  There is no way that seven different designers just happened to create black sheer dresses, high waisted bathing suit bottoms worn as pants and yards and yards of nude fabric covered in black lace.  Now, I believe that if you do not have your own original thoughts and need to steal from others more talented than yourself, well maybe you're in the wrong business.