Real vs. Pirated "Twiggy" dress

[Ookoo]

Real vs. Pirated \"Twiggy\" dress

I have a "Twiggy" label dress, and I'm considering buying another. Both have labels that look like the ones on the label resource here, but the resource also mentions that the market was flooded with "pirated copies". How can I tell the fake ones from the real ones?

 

[hatfeathers]

Some of our label-knowing fashionistas might know...good question, though!

 

[hipvintage]

HEY! This makes two pirate-themed posts in one weekend, Ookoo!:scratchchin:

Janine

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

that is a good question, and i'm of no help

but a Twiggy label, cool.

 

[Ookoo]

I didn't buy the second dress, partly because I had sent the seller a question about shipping and never got a response.

Now that the auction is over, I'll post a link for anyone who's interested in seeing it.

Click here

You have to scroll your screen all the way to the right in order to see the pictures.

Does it look like the real thing?

 

[joules]

Gosh that is cute! I'm not expert in this line, but the tag looks real to me, and the style seems quite plausible for a Twiggy.
Well, maybe send another note to the seller....

 

[Ookoo]

Thanks for your comments. :sunshine:

I'll be curious to see if they re-list it, but I won't be bidding on it.

 

[fuzzylizzie]

I think it is the real thing.

I went and reread the label resource entry (which was written by the ever-knowledgable Senti) abd it sounds like to me that the pirated copies were in the US. She dosen't say if the label was copied, but could could have been that the designs were stolen with no effort to put a twiggy label on them. I'm also getting that the Twiggy label was never produced in the US because of the lack of a manufactuor backing the label.